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[-] Harvey656@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Wait when was Russia part of Europe.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago

Western part is in Europe, east of the Caucasus mountains is Asia. Map is slightly ehh in that regard.

[-] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

I think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

Yea sorry, it's been over a decade since I last had Geography class lmao

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Russia west of the Ural mountains is Europe, east is Asia. But the Caucasus mountains are also a border between Europe and Asia.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thus proving the almost total arbitrariness of defining Europe as a "continent" but here we are.

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's how the Romans divided the world thousands of years ago and it stuck.

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 12 points 2 days ago

since 80% of its population was in the european side

[-] Harvey656@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Ive been lied to my whole life!

this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2025
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