Is Russia not western because of the Mongols?

>>2494788
What do you mean western?
I don't consider America western.

Are the Balkans not western because of the Turks?

Is Iberia not western because of the Moors?

>>2494799
No, because those guys weren't n the same situation the Russians were.

Those guys are western, its just Russia that is not.

>>2494803
>ts just Russia that is not.
How so?
What is western?
How is US western but russia not western, there is nothing special about russia.

From Athens, Greece
To Moscow, Russia
3,291.0 km

9,605 km
Distance from United States to Athens of sea

>>2494803
What was so special about Russia?

>Northern barbarians who adopted Christianity, a classical tradition, and feudalism

Like the others

>>2494826
nothing, there is nothing special about russia, it is another european state with brainwashing since 1917 to think they aren't european.

>>2494808
>>2494826

Its just, theirs a weird energy about just them. like an ill defined blackness.

>>2494831
No, it's just you're a retard who watched too much T.V propaganda.

>>2494836
Nope, grouping Russia with other European countries is retarded

>>2494845
Not really, Russia has nothing special.

>>2494820
Being close to Athens mames youbwestern.

God people on this board are retarded.

What do you even mean by "western"?

>>2494852
Russia has othodoxy, indio-european language and is close to europe, it's European.

>>2494845
You're retarded

>>2494856

>implying Europe isn't just a peninsula of Asia

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>>2494874
There is no population connection of Asia to Europe.

>>2494829
They weren't considered European before that.

>>2495204
Yes we were

>>2494788
Russia tries to undermine Western civilization because they are aware they are apart from it. Western countries try to support Western civilizatuon though the upholding of values, even if their actual decrees aren't useful.

>>2495215
Sure thing Ivan.

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If Russia is European then why does their architecture looks so weird?

>>2494788
Russia isn't western because Russian don't consider themselves western.

>>2495477
comically small