Is there a legal difference between European Russia and Asian Russia? No, not as such. In reality, the real boundary between “European” and “Asiatic” Russia - both in geographic and cultural/regional terms, has shifted considerably throughout Russian history.

We can't say that Russia belongs to either Asia or Europe. It's between the hammer and the anvil. In terms of area, though, Russia is easily more Asian then European, as about 60% of Russian land is to the east of Ural. In mentality. You sure heard about "Russian mentality". Well if you didn't, then let me brag to you.

23/02/2019 · European Russia is much more densely populated than the rest of Russia, though. About 75% of the Russian population lives in European Russia. Population density in European Russia is around 27 people per square kilometer, whereas in Asian Russia contains just 2.5 people per square kilometer. Kolomna Kremlin

02/09/2011 · Russians may belong in the West, but they are Westerners with an emotional bent. With half of Europe and half of Asia within its boundaries, Russia will always be a dish made of both ingredients.

Russia between Europe and Asia MIKHAIL NOSOV By its history and geography, Russia is doomed to be bi-continental - with one third of its territory in the Eastern part of Europe, and two-thirds in the Northern part of Asia. Ethnically, more than 80% of the Russian population is composed of Slavs, and at least 20% are Asians. Such an ethnic-geographical

Russia's position between Europe and Asia is once again a timely subject. On the most official level, it figures regularly in Mikhail Gorbachev's pronouncements on foreign policy: somberly invoked either in western capitals in order to press his vision of a "common European home"