Is Russia European?

[Dragonair]

Well, I didn't know where to put it, so...
Thanks to Missy Aggravation (why is she banned at all?), the myth of Russia as a northen European nation has been smashed. Now, is Russia European at all? I didn't imagine that Russian cities look like this:
http://i18.tinypic.com/2q8991d.jpg
That doesn't look European at all! Is Russia European?

[Captain Marinesko]

A: Why has someone posted what is a rehash of an old thread with the same name and same photos?

B: Considering the degeneration that is common throughout Europe, perhaps it is better for the time being to not be 'European'.

[Hakluyt]

I would consider Russia 'European' from 1703-1917, the reign of Peter I and the founding of St. Petersburg until the October Revolution. Russia should move in this direction again.

ed: I didn't notice this was under the 'Eugenics' subforum. Whether or not Russians are considered racially European doesn't interest me.

[kane123123/Eagle Eye/stumbler/iceman]

NO!

I had a course taught by someone who lived under Stalin and he talked about Europe and Russia as two different things. Most of Russia is in Asia.

[Warka]

Well, I didn't know where to put it, so...

So you put it in Eugenics? That's odd.

[kane123123/Eagle Eye/stumbler/iceman]

Most of Russia is not geographically located in Europe.

You have different kind of people in Russia. You have Josef Stalin East Caucasus style people, you have Ashkenazi Jews (they come from Russia), you have some nordic people, you have some typical slavs. You have some Muslims countries that were part of USSR.

[Captain Marinesko]

Most of Russia is not geographically located in Europe.

You have different kind of people in Russia. You have Josef Stalin East Caucasus style people, you have Ashkenazi Jews (they come from Russia), you have some nordic people, you have some typical slavs. You have some Muslims countries that were part of USSR.

The majority of the people, particularly the Slavs, live in the European part, as if that makes a difference.

[kane123123/Eagle Eye/stumbler/iceman]

And btw, I consider all the people I listed to be "white" anthropologically.

[Hakluyt]

Europe is a fluid concept, even geographically. For most before the 19th century, Strasbourg was considered central Europe. For some today southern Europe is Georgia/Armenia, including members of this board. If we want it to be, even Vladivostok can be European. It's the same continent after all.

[Aragorn]

No, It is not. Neither European or Asian, perhaps in between, but definetely more Asian then European. turkey is also partly located in Europe btw...

As for its peoples, there are many types, and mixes aswell. To compare a Russian Slav with Slavs from Croatia, Slovenia or Czechia is compare day with night.

And if people think I dont know Iam talking about, I have been to Russia for several times:whip:

[Gaellaoch Christo'kos]

Just because a place is geographically not European does not make the culture and people not European - look at Australia, South Africa, or Canada.

I'd say Russia is somewhere between Asian (although that's a rather broad classification) and European.

[kane123123/Eagle Eye/stumbler/iceman]

When I say Russia is Asian, I don't mean to say Russians are related to the Chinese. The Caucasus mountains in Georgia kept many people from entering into areas of former USSR, and there was a mountain range I believe that kept out the Chinese.

[The International Monetary Fund]

Clearly Russia is Eurasian, not European.

http://blog.presscom.org/russian/2823/comments/index.html#1791

[Aragorn]

Clearly Russia is Eurasian, not European.

http://blog.presscom.org/russian/2823/comments/index.html#1791


Thats the correct explanation of ''in between''

[The International Monetary Fund]

Is England European? :confused:

[The International Monetary Fund]

List of countries by Nominal G.D.P. per capita (U.S. $)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29_per_capita


1 Luxembourg 87,955 2005
2 Norway 72,306 2005
3 Qatar 62,914 2005

55 Mexico 8,066 2005
56 Equatorial Guinea 7,802 2001
57 Botswana 6,869 2005

58 Russia 6,856 2006

59 Venezuela 6,736 2001
60 Gabon 6,527 N/A
61 Lebanon 6,110 2004

178 Malawi 171 2004
179 Democratic Republic of the Congo 144 1983
180 Burundi 119 N/A

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List of countries by Purchasing Power Parity Adjusted G.D.P. per capita (U.S. $)

1 Luxembourg 80,471 2005
2 Ireland 44,087 2005
3 Norway 43,574 2005

56 Chile 12,983 2005
57 South Africa 12,796 2005
58 Libya 12,204 2004

59 Russia 12,096 2005

60 Malaysia 11,858 2005
61 Uruguay 11,646 2005
62 Costa Rica 11,606 2005

177 Yemen 759 2005
178 Malawi 706 2004
179 Burundi 680 N/A

[ogenoct]

Russia is clearly a European country, and pure Russians are of Nordic stock. The Russian Federation needs to be smashed so that Putin's plan of the creation of a USSR-2 can be foiled. The Asian part of Russia needs to be cut off, and European Russia should become a confederation which aligns itself strictly with Western Europe. Neither the Tsarist empire nor the Soviet Union were European constructions. They were anti-European as the Russian population had to bear the financial burden of supporting millions of Asians.

Constantin