08/05/2019 · Is Russian considered European? Although most of Russia’s landmass is considered part of Asia, most of the Russian population lives in the European part of the country. In fact, about 77% of Russia’s approximately 146 million people live in the territory that is considered part of Europe.

23/02/2019 · According to them, Russia is a peculiar case: the ethnic Russians would be considered European but the rest, who constitute a good part of the population, would be considered Asian. Geographically, the consequences of this division would be unusual: this would mean that all of Russia would be part of Europe except certain regions with other ethnic …

26/02/2003 · In particular, most of them unflinchingly insisted that Russia is not Europe, and that there is nothing for it to do there – for a host of reasons, from basic to highly sophisticated. The climate, they said, is different, as are the distances and everyday habits.

31/10/2017 · Is Russia part of Europe or Asia? In our opinion, it’s both. Ultimately, Russia is one of the select few countries around the world that’s lucky enough to be located in multiple continents at once. Perhaps the other most well-known transcontinental state that you might know is Turkey, which can also be found in both Asia and Europe.

02/07/2015 · July 2, 2015. It is no secret that many Western Europeans do not consider Russia a part of Europe. And they are right. They sometimes follow that statement with the atavistic idea that Russia is a...

Answer (1 of 133): It’s a rather senseless question because in recent years Europe’s borders have been expanded to include Trancaucasia (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan). I presume it was done for some shady political reasons. In the Russian cultural tradition these people (and Caucasians in …

13/03/2018 · However, Russia signed a declaration with the European Union in late 1993, aimed at strengthening relations between the two, particularly in …