Is russia part of asia or europe?

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helpaneed

Though a part of Russia comes under Europe, but since Moscow, the political capital of Russia is located in Asia, the country belongs to Asia.

Just_gone

Both. The Ural Mountains divide it.

jhayzhon

Its actually part of Europe. Some of the states before that belongs to USSR (now Russia, as you have said) is basically situated in Asia or part of Asia which is Krgyztan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan...

yuliyasa2003

Russia is a part of and Europe and Asia. We call it european part of Russia and Eastern part of Russia. The whole country is located of Euroasia continent.

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Cossak

Europen modern Russia is in Europe and wild Siberia is in Asia....where you can find in streets bears

incaseuwonder

Russia is in both Europe and Asia. The Ural Mountains diveide it into them.

gsublett1949

Present day Russia is mostly in Asia. Part of it is in Europe, which is separated from Asia by the Ural mountains

Andrei B

Russia is part of both Europe and Asia continents. Europe ends at Ural Mountains, so the west part of Russia (less than 25%) is in Europe and the greater east part (more than 75%) is in Asia. The capital of Russia is Moscow, located on European side.

Humanophage

The borders between Europe and Asia are based entirely on culture, hence Europe. Eastern Europe, to be precise. It's a historically European state that expanded eastwards through colonialism. Ethnic Russians are Slavic and purely European culturally and racially, and since they're the dominant ethnicity in Russia, it is European. The majority of population of Russia lives in the geographically European part of this country, too (106 out of 142 millions, according to Wikipedia).

P.S. The absolute majority of autonomous republics in Russia are not European, however. They aren't called autonomous for nothing, and they should be viewed separately.

Little Witchy Girl

Both, Russia is in Euroasia

GermanCA

The Russian Federation is unique country. It is in Europe and Asia at the same time! And the separator of it the Ural Mountains chain! Also before Elizaveta 2 sold Alaska, Russia was the part of North America!

Maria M

both

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geminisoul1984

smaller part of Russia belongs to Europe and the other part to Asia, border is created by Ural mountain range

rima

Russia is a part of ASIA

Russian woman

american women, r u ok? Of course part of Europe. American women dont know anything about the rest of the world

Signilda

Present day Russia is mostly in Asia, but back when it was the USSR, then part of it was in Europe or "Eurasia".

LilyJamesPotter

Asia..

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akshayiii

Russia is a part of ASIA

rumpelstiltskin

Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened Communist rule and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize Communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent republics. Since then, Russia has struggled in its efforts to build a democratic political system and market economy to replace the social, political, and economic controls of the Communist period. While some progress has been made on the economic front, and Russia's management of its windfall oil wealth has improved its financial standing, recent years have seen a recentralization of power under Vladimir PUTIN and democratic institutions remain weak. Russia has severely disabled the Chechen rebel movement, although sporadic violence still occurs throughout the North Caucasus.

To answer your question :
Northern Asia (the area west of the Urals is considered part of Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean.

jimjim

USSR was the part of Asia
Russia is the part of Asia

saratlingamarla_93

asia.
- sarath.

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