Why Isn't Russia Considered a Western State? (ancient, influences, Mexican)

[cisco kid]

Originally Posted by TheOnlyWay

The US is considered "west" and what about Australia?

Australia was settled by people from the west.

[CityLover9]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Because it's poor and even more corrupt then the United States.

I love when people think that they are making really witty comments but yet fail to use proper grammar.....

Especially coming from a Brit, since I was often reminded whilst living in the United Kingdom that we Americans "mutilated" their beloved language......


*The word you are looking for is "THAN"

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

I don't understand why. It's European and it did imperalize other countries during the 20th century.

1) It is not European. It is situated on the continent of Asia.
2) What does 'imperalize' mean?

Here's a few people who invaded other countries - should they be considered 'European' because they had imperial ambitions?

Hannibal (Africa),
Darius I (Persia),
Attila the Hun (Eurasia)

[gwynedd1]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

1) It is not European. It is situated on the continent of Asia.
2) What does 'imperalize' mean?

Here's a few people who invaded other countries - should they be considered 'European' because they had imperial ambitions?

Hannibal (Africa),
Darius I (Persia),
Attila the Hun (Eurasia)

Yeah, east of Yekaterinburg nearly 1000 miles east of Moscow its in Asia. That's why there is a section of Russia called European Russia.

[Mathguy]

That divide is euro-centric in origin from a history where anything west of England was of little consequence. Thus the "east" was a regional descriptor and not a global one.

This split stuck after WW2 where you had an east\west division along political lines.

I mean after all....go open up a map of the world and who is oriented in the middle of it? Europe.
Why isn't it centered on Japan or Argentina instead?

P.S. Russia should still be considered the East IMO just due to their politics and the fact that they are still very much a non-democratic country.

[JordanJP]

At this point I think Russia isn't considered a Western country because it doesn't WANT to be a Western country.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

I don't understand why. It's European and it did imperalize other countries during the 20th century.

It didn't? What would you call the Iron Curtain?

[Katarina Witt]

Russia is in both Europe (eastern) and Asia. They use the cyrillic alphabet.

[GregW]

West of the Ural Mountains the Russians are as Viking as the rest of us. East of the mountains, except for places along the Railroad, they are Mongols and damn proud of it.

If there is any reason for their lack of "economic" sucess it is Vodka. They drink more than even Americans.

[Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus]

Originally Posted by cisco kid

You have to actually be in the west to be called a western country.

Did you fail geography?

that's not true; Australia and NZ are considered "western countries."

"Western" in this sense is a culture that was using the Roman alphabet during the middle ages... and the areas around the world that they colonized.

If you want to nitpick about geography, because the earth is a geoid, there are no "Western" and "eastern" regions.