overstep8556@jlai.lu to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoFirst orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes after takeoffwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down11
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkFirst orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes after takeoffwww.theguardian.comoverstep8556@jlai.lu to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoIs it? I thought technically it was in Asia?
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-21 month agoRussia is like Turkey partial in europe. Whereas in Turkey its only part of Istanbul, Russia is up to the ural mountains. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Mountains
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoAny pretty much everything east of Ural mountains was colonised by Russian slavs. The native indigenous peoples often do not consider themselves russian.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe actual Russian part is the European part, though.
minus-squareCrateDane@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt has a small part in Europe, west of the Ural river. The vast majority of it is in Asia, and I would largely consider it an Asian country.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoSchrödinger’s Country. Sometimes it’s in Europe and sometimes it’s in Asia.
Is it? I thought technically it was in Asia?
Russia is like Turkey partial in europe. Whereas in Turkey its only part of Istanbul, Russia is up to the ural mountains.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Mountains
RU is in Europe, and SSIA in Asia.
Any pretty much everything east of Ural mountains was colonised by Russian slavs. The native indigenous peoples often do not consider themselves russian.
The actual Russian part is the European part, though.
So what about Kazakhstan?
It has a small part in Europe, west of the Ural river. The vast majority of it is in Asia, and I would largely consider it an Asian country.
Thanks
Schrödinger’s Country.
Sometimes it’s in Europe and sometimes it’s in Asia.