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c9IceCream t1_j2aqmmz wrote

i still don't understand how russia is considered part of europe when it has a coastline touching the pacific. I blame my American public schools

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Jugales t1_j2as0dh wrote

Continents are defined by geography, countries are defined by groups of people. They don't need to be mutually exclusive, especially for the largest country in the world.

People consider it a European country because Moscow is the most populous city on the European continent. However, find a rural village in the east of the country and the people will identify as Asian.

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c9IceCream t1_j2av0u8 wrote

thanks for the reply. Its just not something that comes up in conversations where i live.

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RussiaStoneAgeNow t1_j2ayim2 wrote

Because 90% (ish) of the population lives and originates from the western part around Moscow and St.Petersburg. Its always been based in Europe, and they have pushed and eastwards for hundreds of years

While the rest of the country seems to be more or less dead space

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galgenberg t1_j2au75r wrote

The large part of Denmark is on the North American continent though.

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