Geographically, Russia is like Turkey: mostly Asian, but also European. Everything in Russia to the west of the Ural Mountains is Europe.
And culturally, Russia is largely European. They use European letters, they pray to the Christian God. Most of their cultural imports are from Europe but their food is much inspired by Turks and Jews, they prefer gold and lapis as interiors, as well as ostentatious consumption and Russian women wear make-up the way they do in South Asia and the Middle East.
It’s helpful to remember that Russia’s official name is the Russian Federation. As a federation, it’s an association of smaller political units with varying levels of autonomy.
Russia remains essentially a multi-ethnic empire with a cluster of major cities close to Europe that constitute its richest, most culturally influential area.
Although Russia is thought of by many people as a European country, almost three quarters of its landmass is actually in Asia, east of the Urals. Anything to the west of the Urals is considered to be in Europe and everywhere on the Eastern side of the range is considered to be in Asia.
Historically, their origin is European. All the history of Russia was created in interoperation with european countries. All Asian countries were time-to-time their enemies (Ottoman, Persia, Mongols, Japan and so on)Economically Russia is European. Most of their economic relations are with Europe.
China is only the “ready goods” exporter, that does not make any significant “asian shift” compared to other Europe countries. Let it be reiterated that Russian people belong to the European race. Russian language belongs to the Slavic group of the European family.
Russians are Orthodox Christians, European culture has been based on Christianity for centuries.
Russian state institutions are European: Parliament, President, Government, etc. Historically Russia was founded in Europe. The origin of the state is European.
But most of contemporary Russia is situated in Asia.So the answer is that Russia is a European country which has expanded deep into the Asian continent which is proved by its history. Just like Turkey!
There are some people who believe that Europe and Asia are not actually separate continents. Instead, the European and Asian continents should be treated as one mega-continent called Eurasia.
This is because, geographically, there is no real border between Europe and Asia – the choice of the Ural Mountains was largely arbitrary and based on history and politics. If Eurasia existed, it would be the largest single continent in the world, with a population of around 4 billion people – almost a half of the world’s population.
Russia is one of a select number of countries in the world that are located in more than one continent. The other famous example of a transcontinental state is Turkey, which is also in both Europe and Asia.
Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, is one of the few examples of cities which are located in multiple continents.Historically, Russia is one of the few countries in the world that has held territory in three continents at the same time.
The only other major city on the border between Europe and Asia is actually in Turkey. The conclusion of the matter is that RUSSIA lies in both Asia and Europe (EURASIA).
