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Update: To put it simply, what I am looking for is a Russian word or expression that combines three things together: (1) inconsiderate (that is, not careful to avoid harm to others), (2) meddlesome (that is, getting involved in situations where he is not wanted or which are none of his business), and (3) asshole (that is, arrogant, non-emphatic, insensitive, etc.). For details, read my original text below.

I cannot find a precise Russian word for a specific kind of person or personality trait and am humbly asking for your help. Let me describe a few situations to explain what personality trait or kind of person I mean.

• Situation 1: A girl climbs on a high diving tower in order to enjoy a view of the lake. There a guy starts trying to persuade her to jump into the water. The girl is highly reluctant, but the guy is persistent and explains that jumping into the water will bring unforgettable emotions. Being unable to persuade her, the guy physically pushes her from the tower, deliberately making her fall into the water. The girl falls from the great height, screaming as if she were watching a horror movie. She surfaces from the water and feels extremely angry, as she strongly disliked the experience, was not psychologically prepared at all, and did not want to get her hair wet. The guy laughs, "You had to try it. Told ya, it's easier than you thought."




• Situation 2: A student is preparing a small party for her colleagues in a research institute on the occasion of her graduation and brings a few bottles of expensive champagne to the institute for the party. Having little time left before the party, she puts the bottles to the freezer of a fridge at the institute in order to cool them on time. A few minutes before the party she returns to the fridge to take the bottles and does not find them in the freezer - they are in the main compartment of the fridge and have not been cooled at all. The girl is totally frustrated. The cleaning guy, who is unaware of the party, comes in and says, "Champagne does not belong in the freezer. How could you not know this? How could you not realize that it would get frozen within a few hours? I put it where it belongs."




• Situation 3: A PhD student feels she was somewhat mistreated by her professor, and tells a friend about it. The guy says he will go to the professor and explain him how wrong he is. The girl asks the guy not to do it, because she is afraid that things might go very wrong. Yet the guy nevertheless approaches the professor some days later. A verbal argument starts between them and quickly escalates. The result is that the professor feels deeply offended and finds a formal pretext to stop supervising the girl. She is in deep trouble and has to look for another supervisor and start her PhD project over. She would happily accept occasional slight mistreatment instead, but it is too late.

I humbly hope you now understand what kind of people I mean. The guy causes harm or trouble or inconvenience, believing he knows better. He is closed-minded, has little empathy, and disregards the opinions of others. He is ignorant of the details and circumstances of the situation, but is quick to intervene. He has a big ego and feels entitled to decide for others what is best for them. He is not evil and has no bad intent, and he is not stupid either and may even excel in his studies or at his work, but he pays little attention to concerns or intents of others and is not used to giving thought to how his actions will actually impact others. He has a rigid way of thinking, is quick to make decisions, and is persistent and stubborn in executing them, sometimes to the extent of ignoring explicit protests or warnings by others.

My question is this: what words or brief expressions are there in the Russian language for such people? The more precise the better. I want to learn not only high register words, but also colloquial and even rude words. I especially want to learn very clear words that will cause deep understanding on an emotional level.

Not about the person, but about the situation:
Медвежья услуга, оказать медвежью услугу — When someone tries to help, do it the way he thinks will be better, but it turns out only worse.

You probably could use:

Каждой бочке затычка.

Он каждой бочке затычка.

This expression basically means someone excessively active, who try to help others, even if they don't want it.

https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0

I believe непрошеный помощник satisfies all 3 of your requirements. Непрошеный here have negative connotations, it may mean both “not asked for” and “actively declined” help. However, the words are not very strong, if you want to express strong negative emotions, you may want to add some generic curses.

Медвежья услуга also means help which made thing worse, but it does not necessary imply pushiness. It may even mean help which was asked for.

As for being pushy, you may look at words назойливый, навязчивый and their synonyms, though they are not limited to offers of help.

And finally, you may have to accept that Russian does not have an idiom which is both precise enough and widely known.

There are two Russian set phrases which come to my mind.

They might not describe exactly the kind of the personality traits you're after, but I think they're close enough.

1. Унтер Пришибеев

This is the protagonist of Chekhov's eponymous short story (extended spoilers below) who is standing trial for insult and battery. He's a retired law enforcement officer who thinks that law enforcement is still his duty. He is laying down his law in the village he lives in, abusing the power he does not have in the first place and taking police functions upon himself. He thinks that the peasants he's living among are not educated enough to have their own opinions and it's his duty to guide them. When he's convicted, he's honestly confused and does not understand what the big deal is.

2. Синдром вахтёра

This literally means "gatekeeper's syndrome".

It describes a control freak who has some little power over people (say, serves as a gatekeeper or as a guard or as a small manager) and tries to abuse this power to the best of their ability.

If they're the proverbial gatekeeper, they would make sure to require a photo id and spend a good minute comparing your face to the photo; if they are a team manager they would micromanage to the lowermost level and deny you any kind of agency etc.

Speaking about the situation, not the person, you can cite "хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда" ("We wanted to do as well as we could, but it went as always")

Here we go, this is just in addition to what other people answered:

what I am looking for is a Russian word or expression that combines three things together: ...

As you can see from other answers/comments there is little hope finding a perfect match you are looking for. A single word is definitely out of question. As to "an expression" - it would have to be made up similarly to what you've done for your English example: "an inconsiderate meddlesome asshole."

A direct translation from English is a problem because:

inconsiderate gives:

1. неосмотрительный


2. опрометчивый


3. невнимательный к другим


4. необдуманный

where only 3. arguably covers your usage and as you can see it's not a single adjective but a phrase.

meddlesome is even more problematic:

1. надоедливый, навязчивый


2. вмешивающийся в чужие дела

where 1. does not quite fit your case and 2. again is a whole phrase on its own.

Note: I used Google Translate for the above just for the purpose of demonstration, I know that better variants of translation can probably be found given some effort (anyone, feel free to suggest your variants).

asshole is easy - almost any option for "bad guy" will fit, you can make your choice depending on the strength of the emotion you want to express: кретин, болван, дурак, идиот, дебил and so on...