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[–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Russians look European, speak an European language and have a culture that's immensely inspired by that of other European countries. There's not really anything "Asian" about them.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That is if we're talking Russians as an ethnicity. The terms are conflated in English, but no so much in Russian.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Yes, I'm aware that there are two words in the Russian language that are both simply translated into English as "Russian": the one for ethnicity and the one for citizenship. I didn't feel the need to point it out since most people think only of the former.

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