Why do some Europeans never recognize Russia as a European and think they are descendants of Mongols?

This question makes Russians want to hit people.

In fact, Russia belongs to Eastern European countries, and Russians should also be Europeans. Unfortunately, however, Europeans do not quite recognize this distant cousin and regard him as a descendant of the Mongols.

Historical origin:

Russia? The word originated from the name of an eastern Slavic tribe in ancient Europe? Ross? . The ancestors of Russians first lived in Eastern Europe. Historically, Russia originated from the Eastern Slavs in the grasslands of Eastern Europe, and mixed-race Russians are the common ancestors of Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians.

Russia is not regarded as a European, but an Asian. This embarrassing phenomenon is related to many factors.

1. Geographical factors

Russia is the largest country in the world, with a land area of 654.38+07098200 square kilometers and a population of only 654.38+046 billion, which is pitifully small.

Geographically, Russia occupies 1/7 of the planet where human beings live. Its land area is three times that of the United States and twice that of Europe except Russia. But what is embarrassing is that Russia is partly located in Europe and partly in Asia. Coupled with the factors of immigration and external expansion, Russia's land area in Asia is not small. Because Russia is located on the edge of Europe, far away from Central and Western Europe, it is gradually marginalized.

The Mongols once ruled Russia.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 3rd century, Genghis Khan led the Mongolian army to Russia. At that time, the mighty army flew all the way from east to west. People who witnessed at that time thought that Asians were going to migrate to the center of Europe, which frightened a small western country. Finally, the Mongols won Russia in just a few years.

After that, Russia was ruled by the Mongolian Empire for a long time (nearly 250 years). Influenced by the ancient Mongols, the Russians at that time showed great compatibility in customs, life and diet. This may be one of the reasons why many people in later generations think that Russians are descendants of Mongols.

3. Expand aggression

In addition, westerners exclude Russians because they think that the blood of Russians is mixed with Mongolian aggression genes.

However, this is also true. Objectively speaking, Russia is a history of external expansion. From the Principality of Moscow to the establishment of the Russian Empire, Russia's national territory has expanded to 400 times in just over a hundred years. Such an amazing number is the highest in history. From the16th century, Russians crossed the Urals and expanded to Asia, at the same time, they also extended their influence to the hinterland of Europe. For example, in order to gain access to the sea, Russia successively carved up Poland with Prussia and other countries and established its own sea port in the Baltic Sea.

Of course, in addition to the above reasons, it is also related to the differences of religious beliefs and the conflicts of national culture and ideology.

References:

Meng, colorful national culture, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press.

(America) Hendrick? William? Long Fang; Edited by Andy, Long Fang's World House, a humanistic series for children in the Times, was published by Anhui Children's Publishing House.