Is Russia In Europe Or Asia? 

It is interesting how roughly 75% of Russia's land is in Asia, while roughly 75% of the population lives in the European part.

Had Russia kept Alaska it would've spanned 3 continents which is crazy.

Eurasia is the answer

Is Russia in Europe or Asia? Yes

Russia is: 1. Politically = Asia 2. Culturally = Europe 3. Geographically = Eurasia So, the conclusion is... Russia is in Eurasia

Personally I've always thought of Russia as a more European country, but then again Russia's very good at just doing its own thing altogether. Wasn't Pangea a simpler time?

Russia is а european country that took possession of North Asia, in which very few people live. Taking into account the fact the people from central, west (Belorussia) and south (Ukraine) Russia colonizated Siberia, Siberia is a Europeanized territory like North America or Australia and New Zealand (of course, taking into account local specifics). P.S. Russians do not think in therms of races, we think in therms of nations and ethnic groups in contrast to Western countries.

Russia is in Europe and that's it, Sankt Petersburg is one of the most beautiful European cities.

Russia isn't in Europe, nor is it in Asia. Russia is in the heart

Russia lays in both continents, but Russia started as country in Europe.

If Russia is in europe, then Asia will become much smaller and Europe will become bigger. 😂

If Russia is Asian, then Denmark is North American...

russia is so big that it can be own continent ! its so big like south america!

Putin once said the following: "Russia lies neither in Europe nor in Asia. Asia and Europe lie next to russia."

I am Russian, I do not agree with the conclusions of the author. Russia is not Eurasia or Asia. This is eastern Europe, if we talk about our culture and order.

Me:-In which continent Russia lies Teacher:- We don't know but Mitochondria is the power house of cell.

Answer: It's Russian

Interesting side thought: Until not so very long ago, Britain (and the Netherlands) also had huge areas in Asia. The only differences with Russia are that these areas are not contiguous with the dominant area and also that Russia still rules its Asian empire.

That's a great video, I'm really glad you point out all of this, especially the arbitrarity of the so-called border between Europe and Asia. I wish you mentioned the Caucasus too though. As a north-caucasian, it really frustrates me, how North is considered Europe and South is considered Asia. The whole of Caucasus has been surrounded by asian cultures since earliest civilizations. We've had nomadic iranian and turkic peoples to the north and Persia and (now) Turkey to the south. There was of course Byzantium as well, but even in Byzantium itself, everything to the east of Bosphorus was considered Asia. A lot of territories to the north of Caucasus (which is Southern Russia) were turkic-speaking in 19th century.

Russian are European and Russia is a European country following the United nation classification. Russia is European its won’t change their origin by conquering Siberia. Most of the land it’s uninhabitable and unpopulated. Even ethic Russian who lives in Siberia considered themselves European. Russia it’s a European country and it’s diverse.

Putin gives up trying to find out which continent Russia is in so he makes Russia it's own continent

I am from Russia and we consider ourselves Russian not European or Asian. I am from a place about 100 miles from Asia so... it's your decision.

Moscow is the capital city of Russia which might be that Russia is European.

Country in twin Continental: -Indonesia 65% Asia 35% Oceania -Russia 30% Europea 70% Asia -Egypt 95% Africa 5% Asia -Turkey 97% Asia 3% Europea

tbh europe and asia should be considered as one

Thank you ever so much for sticking to the facts without political opinion. You are entitled to your own viewpoint of course but this is truly a breathe of fresh air.

I'm Russian and I think that Russia in Europe

Some sane video about Russia in the field of shitty propaganda vids all over youtube

Answer: Yes.

this helped alot in my project thanks

I used to get confused when I was way younger since whenever we did mapping Russia would always be "in Asia"

Definitely Europeans. Russians may have their own Russian soul that's very complex and intricate, but they consider themselves European Russian literature, painting, classical music and ballet are not just close to European ones, they have become a solid part of the European culture, making a noticeable dent into European mentality and cultural coordinate system. For Russians, this culture is the core of their identity. Peter the Great built St. Petersburg to mimic Venice Tsars had their court speak French. When Tolstoy/Pushkin/Dostoyevsky wrote their masterpieces, the main language in court was French Russians are Eastern Orthodox (a variant of Christianity), so they fall into the European camp more than the "wrong religion Asians" Their singers compete in Eurovision Their oligarchs own real estate in Europe, own the Chelsea Football Club in England, send their kids to study in England and launder their money through Swiss bank accounts Russians have a very derogatory termin for anybody who comes from the 'stan (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, etc) republics which are decidedly more Asian - "чуркестан", which roughly means "idiot-stan" Also in the European part of Russia, the lives of 75% of Russian and focuses the entire economy. Whereas in the Asian part of the lives of only 25%.

Very good question and very well answered!

The Answer is - "EARTH"

Прикольно, не думала что будет иностранное видео на эту тему

Very positive video without politics!)My nerves are resting!

Russia started with Europe, Asia appeared relatively recently. History

Well done! Thank you for clearing that up... or confusing it more. 25% more confused, 75% clear ;)

Technically you could even say that there are only four continents if you’re basing it on connected land. The Americas are connected, so that makes one. Europe, Asia, and Africa are also all connected by land, so that makes two. Then the only other two independent continents are Australia and Antarctica, so that makes four continents.

Great video, I love your channel!! Great educational content and it has the most adorable characters! I love it 😊

"We are the exception" -The Mongols

This is all about racism. Obviously Europe and Asia are one continent. A mountain range doesn't change that. They are only called separate continents because of racial differences.

My friends from Russia whenever i ask them Is Russia in Europe or Asia they always say the samething Russia is in Europe or they say What is Asia

you need more subs man like seriously your channel is as good as like vsauce and big channels i cant believe you have only

I love the "And most importantly, Russia competes in Eurovision"

My friend is a Russian who lives in Khabarovsk, his wife from Chita. He always thought he is an Asian, because he lived here and felt he wasn't an European.

White = eroupe

The name of the state is "The Russian Federation".That thing is eurasian."Russia" in my language is just the european part,like Scotland for the UK(simbolically,not in any way politically).I see Russia as european and Russian Federation as eurasian.

Well, I'm Russian and I consider myself a European. I was born, raised and still live in the European part of Russia as well as my ancestors. I've visited the Asian part only twice, and only because my uncle happens to live there. Russia has a more European-type culture, it's a Christian country which is more European, most important episodes of its history took place in Europe, most part of Russian people live in the European part, it has a capital in Europe, it was even once suggested to enter the EU. What's more, we're considered "Western people" by various Asian manufacturers, so... Why not European?

From the Bosphorus Strait all the way up to the northern tip of the Urals is the boarder between Europe and Asia. It isn't a cultural boarder, it's a physical one too

I lived my entire life in Siberia and always felt European And the cities i lived in feel, look and culturally feel European so.. for me Russia is a European country?

good job man :D

I think the continents should be: The America's Eurasia Oceania Antarctica or if you want you could separate the America's but they are better combined

If we are considering Europe and Asia as a continent, then Africa would be there too, 'cause the only division between these continents is a man-made canal but that would make things more complicated. Great video BTW!

3:59 FINALLY WE WILL GET AGE OF EMPIRES IV

5:30 Actually, if you asked a Russian, he would most likely say that they're European

As a Russian, i can safely say it's Eurasian. It can't be boxed in to just Europe or Asia

The music kinda sounds like the Tetris theme when you're drunk

I'm not European ni Russian but Europeans and Russians are very lookalike it's more than obvious than Russia is European indeed sorry for my englisch

That's a very clever and subtle reference to Gorbachev. Well done.

As Russian I can tell that this question bothers some people even today. Threw the whole history no one questioned this matter until Peter the great. Some thought Russia is Europeen and others thought Russia is just Russia- it has its own way. I know for fact that most people from Moscow and Petersburg consider them selves as Europeen, but there are more than 200 ethnicities in this country, so you wont hear same answer every where. I borned in far east, close to Japan, China and Korea. There are many Asians and Russians (Or Russian Asians), who am I? Well, can't call my self Europeen, neither Asian... Funny thing is people in Russia differ a lot from each other by culture and even manners. (simmilar but different) good video btw, can see you made some research

The Slavic languages are a group of related languages within the Indo-European family. Among the most common are Russian, Polish,Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak,Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, and Serbo-Croatian (Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian).

The answer is Europe for I still get to play overwatch and cs go on EU servers despite living literally in the center of siberia.

Russian is in Europe when it's about beating records such as the highest building but when you tell about culture there are like "noo we aren't Europe"

Great video! I recently started my own channel, so its nice to see a small channel putting out high quality content. I'm sure your channel will grow pretty quickly.

Answer: *E U R A S I A N U N I O N*

simple answer: Mr.Worldwide

In some of your previous videos you spoke way too fast. This video is a great improvement!! Nice pace to follow. Well done 😁

Audio quality probably needs a bit of work but apart from that another great video!

Do a video on why The Indian Subcontinent should be considered a separate continent as it lot different than the rest of Asia

Russia is both. It's Eurasia

You forgot to mention that Kaliningrad is also part of Russian territory and it is the most western city which has the way out to Baltic sea.

that reference with Tchaikovsky and the canon was wonderful

For me, Asia and Europe should be considered the same continent

Majority of russian land are in asian part Not to mention most russian hate being called european So russia is asia

What was the song use for the vid?Great vid by the way!

this should have tons of views, your videos are really good! :)

3:36 Yes, electric cheese Your baguette is scandalous

I love what Cogito says at the end about Eurasia (or Asiurope). It's a single continent. The idea of Europe being separate is a Eurocentric idea. When people use the cultural division argument, I point out that the Middle East and India have cultures just as distinct from their neighbors as Europe. The same could be said about multiple regions of Africa.

Great video!

First. :D (I felt the need.) Also, there's some weird audio at about 2:41, I think, a drop in volume.

You deserve more love :)

I am from Indonesia Russia is very big and spacious and spacious :) until I was confused that Russia entered Europa or Asia, finally I got lost here, thank you.

Can u make it about Georgia? Pls.

If you watch the European championships in any sport Russia are always or mostly in the championships so to me that says that they are in Europe but It can still be an argument

3:37 I'm french and agreed to those jokes.

Read " The Scythians" by Alexander Blok

I like Europe and Asia better, Asia's big enough already ;-;

1:52 ...."According to the Greeks (which the Europeans based their geography on), Russia was in Asia." .....So, which geographical feature did the Greeks identify as the border between Europe and Asia? The Dardanelles and the Bosporus Strait, in their area, was obvious; but what about the land demarcation north of the Black Sea? ...After doing a little web research, apparently it was Ptolemy who defined the boundary; and he had it going through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of Azov and then following the Don River. North of the Don River is less certain.

I would say it's pretty much Europe beacause, Moscow and most of the major populated areas are far west and within the European area. Also, the Asia side(east of the Ural Mountains) is barely habited.

Reminds me of how Filipinos constantly debate whether they are Asian or Pacific Islander… I chalk it up to a little bit of both

There is a version that the colonies of Russia were the same lands in Asia, beyond the Ural Mountains. So we can assume that these internal colonies have been preserved until now, since all the money from the Asian part goes to the west of Russia (and politicians are in your pocket)

*part of Russia is in the North American plate*

People are more important than geography so Russia is much more European than Asian.

It's a federation so there are many republics like Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and so on

Europe and asia are the same continent. No real reasonable reason to have them be separate.

the culture of the country is determined more by religion than geography. Look at the similarities between Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox countries. Sunni and Shiite, Hindu and Buddhist, and you will understand that religion is the decisive factor in determining the relevance of culture to larger groups, in this case Russia is an Orthodox state. Orthodoxy is peculiar to the whole of Eastern Europe. If we talk about who we are, Asians, or Europeans, I will answer that we are all Europeans of Orthodox culture will be the ideal answer.

Asia is a continent. Europe is a peninsula. The word for "all of a landmass including the attached peninsulas" is just the word for the landmass. So the name of the whole continent is "Asia." So... Russia is in Asia and Europe is in Asia and the two regions overlap but neither is fully contained within the other. *Simple*

Wasn't Sankt Petersburg designed after Amsterdam ?

Nice vid your characters cute