What It's Like Being an ASIAN RUSSIAN in CHINA 🇷🇺🇨🇳

Do you know where I am from? In this video, I share my feeling and experiences being an Asian Russian in China.
I am living in China and many people think that I am Chinese but actually I am from Russia. Also, many people ask me in the comments about where I am from and so I thought I would make this video to explain more about Sakha, the different republics and regions and ethnicities of Russia, and some experiences I've had. In the future, if someone asks me about where I am from then i can just show them this video.
About Me:
I grew up in the coldest place on Earth - Yakutia. It's a republic in far northeastern Russia, in northeastern Siberia. The Sakha (Yakut), a people who formed from the mixture of local tribes with Turkic groups that migrated from the south in the 6th-10th centuries AD, joined the Russian state in the first half of the 17th century.
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Thanks 💙

[@KiunB]

Hope you enjoyed watching this video, we have been working hard to create this beautiful little movie to share with you guys 😇 Unfortunately, KZbin has now demonetized my account and they did it without any reason. Just like that. But I want to keep creating, videos about my hometown and how people managed to live in the coldest place on earth. There are so many interesting stories and I was so excited to share it with you guys! I'm planning to post my next videos on my Patreon account until my channel will be resolved. I will be very happy to see you there guys 💙 here is the link: @t Appreciate all your support xx Love, Kiun

[@hoyjude8902]

I guess you're out of touch about the war with Ukraine that is going on by the Russia. And I'm not surprise that you have no or very little info since you're in china where they also block the info. FYI, KZbin has demonetized all Russian accounts. IG, FB have also been blocked.

[@tsengelshariad6143]

be proud of who you are and where you are from, tell people that you are from Siberia and Sakha, forget about Russia, you are an Inuit girl which is better than being Russian.

[@derche4005]

Did you get permission from Zoya to use her video clips.

[@xyzabcwater]

Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed watching your videos! Lol it's hilarious that people don't believe you 🤣, but I can also imagine how tiring and time consuming it is to explain it each time 😅. Maybe it save can you some breath to carry around a map of Eurasia (with Yakutia labeled) in your pocket so you can just point to it and explain that your ancestors were there before Tsarist Russia crossed the Ural mountains in the late 1500's? If they still don't believe you, maybe just remind them that China also has 56 ethnicities, hopefully that would resonate with them.

[@francisbarbeau2225]

Its sad that your are tagged as Russian and I can definitely see why your account has been demonetized. Hopefully, the outcome will sunder Russia sub regions into many sovereign countries.

[@ShynggysZ]

I'm from Kazakhstan and I have a funny story from my friend. Here in Kazakhstan we have a lot of Koreans as a result of deportation in Soviet Union. Mostly they speak Russian and have Russian names with Korean surname. So, two Kazakhstani Koreans were in a holiday trip in the USA. They were speaking Russian between each other, and one local approached them to ask what language were they speaking. They answered it was Russian. He then asked: so, you are Russians? They answered they were from Kazakhstan. And he said: so, you are Kazakhs? They answered: no, we are Koreans. And it blew that guy's mind. Two Koreans from Kazakhstan were speaking Russian in the USA :)

[@d.r.k.7548]

😄 👍🏼

[@talybodzhakow2641]

Hahaha)) I took a screenshot ))

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

I'm curious about Soviet Russia "deport[ing]" Koreans to Kazakhstan. Was this after WWII when there were ethnic Koreans in Soviet territory from all of the chaos? Did it have to do with North Koreans (DPRK) who found themselves stuck in the USSR and they were in some sort of diplomatic dispute?

[@grantli9218]

@@keldonmcfarland2969 Back in 19th century when Russia was still ruled by a tsar, there were a lot of Koreans living in the Russian Far East due to natural migration. Stalin transported them all over the country during the 1930s purge, including to the western parts. For example the mayor of Mykolaiv in Ukraine is actually a half Korean named Vitaly Kim, fighting in the war right now.

[@tx523]

Lol I took a screenshot as well～

[@flyingzone356]

I am a college professor in Canada. I once had an Asian-looking student with a Russian first name and a Korean last name. Being a history buff, I immediately knew she must be the descendant of Koryo-saram (Soviet-Koreans). And I was right. The really interesting thing is, when she realized that there was a Lithuanian student in the very same class, she started conversing with him in Russian. Their classmates around them were really baffled by what's going on.

[@jordanbl4270]

Kim?

[@SlayerofFiction]

I like to troll people when they talk about Asians and ask them if they mean the blonde haired blue eyed ones. They always get confused. I can get that, as Moscow is still part of the European Continent so it can all get mushed :P

[@IvanushkaPetrovVodkin]

Well, speaking of Canada, particularly the more diverse places like GTA and GVA, you'd find a lot of people like that. I mean, for example, my kids have a Russian last name, look Eurasian, and speak English, French, Russian and Vietnamese :)

[@superAweber]

@@IvanushkaPetrovVodkin show off! I don't blame you, I would too

[@Swarmah]

tho its unlikely that a lithuanian student who is like 35 or younger would understand russian nowdays, same with latvians and estonians

[@melbrown6019]

I’m an American. I find Russia and your culture fascinating. I really admire how you all work together to survive and how everything is fresh and healthy. It’s neat to see how diverse Russia is. Thank you sharing about yourself and for these videos Yakutia (hopefully I spelled that correctly). You are a beautiful person with a diverse and unique background.

[@GenetetIncorporated]

It actually echoes with American history. There is no American ethnicity (except Natives maybe) but US citizens have very different roots, which are blurred under the citizenship aspect - and also merge over time (lots of Black+Latino, Irish+Italian, etc.)

[@neptunejesus777]

Americans aren't welcome in Russia

[@blessedbeauty2293]

​@@GenetetIncorporated - Yeah we are literally every single thing in the world 🌎 . All in one country, The USA 🇺🇸 ❤

[@safo6151]

honestly im shocked that people in Moskow or in China dont know that Siberian people look like you. Im from Poland and i know that not only Slavic people live in Russia, but also a lot of different nation who lived here before. Thank you for channel, everything is so interesting ❤❤

[@lubneko]

At the moment, it is easier to meet a Chinese tourist in Moscow than a representative of small ethnic groups from the east of the country.And this is not because there is something wrong with small nations. There are just a lot of Chinese themselves.

[@user-dg9by3th8u]

we are simply divided for the most part, they live on their own lands, we on ours, while we are all part of one federation, this is a normal topic, they have their own culture, customs, we have ours and no one bothers anyone, we’re just still in the USSR they chose the path of friendship of peoples, not Western tolerance

[@Mimi-zm9ry]

Also Russian people who live in Moscow or another big city think that all Asians are Chinese and they always say nihao. And they think Yakut people live in yurt and still use deers as a transport. Ignorance is insane

[@BugaBugu]

​@@Mimi-zm9ry I am Russian living in Moscow and I know Yakut people and how they live. And I admire programming solutions they've created, truly talented and hardworking people. Russians living in Moscow are very different, fortunately

[@user-nw9hz9fo2g]

В Москве таких 5%, а в США и Европе 95%, чувствуете разницу.

[@Maria-ok8wk]

I'm Sakha living in Italy and I faced a lot of funny reactions when I told Italians I'm from Russia similar to yours. But after few years it stops to be funny and just makes you feel sad about people's ignorance. The worst situation that happened to me was on the passport control at the airport when the officer told I couldn't be Russian and my passport was fake

[@teyataom]

Ma mandalo aff... то же самое с ними)))

[@urnush9889]

Oh dear, I 'm really sorry to hear that sad story.. The officers at border contoll in some countries should improve their knowledge about ethnic groups, diversity in different nations on the earth. As a Mongolian some ppl really surprise me with ridiculious questions during travel.

[@turuus5215]

You should probably say you’re Kazakh or Mongolian - more known races.

[@Maria-ok8wk]

@@turuus5215 why should i? At this point it is more simple to say I'm Chinese

[@turuus5215]

@@Maria-ok8wk Oh, okay.

[@chanman4rings]

I always thought it was common knowledge that a lot of Eastern Russia had a large "Asian" population. I'm surprised that people are surprised by this. Love to hear your perspectives, but yeah that's honestly surprising that more people don't know this

[@halc2008]

Same with India. The people living in upper regions look like "typical" Asians

[@zhouwu]

I think it's one thing to know this. It's another thing to put two and two together when this person is standing in front of you. I think every country brands itself in a particular way, so that when a certain minority group doesn't quite match the expectation, people can get a bit confused about what to do next. It's not good, but it's human nature to be a little bit lazy, especially if you have a long day and a lot of people to meet and greet, generalisation isn't great, but it is fast and gets things done. And if you're meeting them for a 30 seconds greeting before a 1 hour business meeting, most people don't feel like standing there for 6 minutes trying to figure out how your background fits into the world map. I've got similar issues being a Chinese who grew up a bit in Germany and settled in New Zealand. When people ask me where do I come from, they want to hear: "China", because that's what they expect. They don't want to hear "Germany" because that doesn't make sense to them. Basically, people tend to like to put others into boxes they can understand. And when the other person doesn't fit easily, things can get a bit more complex and awkward, but also more interesting? But to what extent another person wants to engage in that part of you is an open question and varies from individual to individual.

[@baqikenny]

@@halc2008 manipur and nagaland? particularly the meitei right hahaha

[@vufcyfxcyyfccfugvi7466]

larger population of the Russian Far East- Russian Slavs

[@dnickaroo3574]

I find the large number of ethnic and linguistic groups in Russia truly fascinating. Also, I believe that the Saha are indigenous to Saha or Yakutia region.

[@user-nb5vr6rx1q]

Я - советский, российский кореец. Мой рост 1,9м.По корейски понимаю несколько десятков слов - так вышло. Киргизы, казахи принимают за своего и пытаются заговорить со мной на своëм родном языке!) Хорошо, что мы из Союза и говорим по русски. Некоторые россияне путают с иностранными азиатами и удивляются, когда я с ними на чистом русском говорю.Самое смешное, что со мной пытаются громко и отчëтливо говорить!)) Живу в ближайшем Подмосковье. Здесь уже 27 лет. За всё время меня остановили для проверки документов 1(!) раз! И то мент-кореец!)) Расизма в России нет! Встречается порой национальный снобизм! Это лечится с возрастом!) Девушка саха в ролике очень красивая, милая и талантливая! Подпишусь пожалуй!)

[@moroc333]

As a Mexican who started learning Russian a couple of months ago I felt a little ignorant for not knowing there were Asians native to Russia. But now that I know that even some Russians ignore this, I feel a lot better about myself. Спасибо!

[@Montagnard_DePeshxo]

Not quite true. In Moscow, for example, a lot of immigrants from central Asia. And if I met her, I would think she is Kyrgyzian, but definetely not Korean or Japanese or someone else. Ex-USSR’s asians completely different from the rest asian nations.

[@niamtxiv]

​@@Montagnard_DePeshxo not really. There are central Asians to Siberians living in SF, California. They resemble most East Asians.

[@dvidli4042]

@@Montagnard_DePeshxo After reading history, you should know that in Siberia, there lived ancient ethnic groups such as the Turks, the Xiongnu, the Mongols, and not just the Yugoslavs.

[@Montagnard_DePeshxo]

@@dvidli4042 what?

[@krnpowr]

Um.. Hello.. Most of Russia is in Asia.

[@Traveler-rf8ye]

It baffles me how many adults don't understand how borders work. Borders are man made. A language/tribe/culture etc doesn't begin/ end where the border begins/ends. Sometimes borders were drawn up the way there were, because of colonization other times, because of wars and various other reasons. Especially a country as big as Russia that spans over so many timezones and land, it's obvious that not everyone will look the same. Borders are man made, just keep that in mind. What bothers me more are the Russians who won't believe her. Don't they learn about their own country and it's people?!

[@mjames4709]

Err, if you say so.

[@andersenchang9524]

go to Hollywood and ask an AMerican to point out United States on a map

[@user-oz8uf6cn6u]

It is question of practice. Those people in Moscow do know about existence of Saha people or others Russian Asian looking peoples, but still, they meet many Chinease or Vietnamese people in everyday life. So that is the first idea coming. In my provincial city of Volgograd, for example, this issue doesn't stand, as there are many Russian Koreans and other nationalities living there.

[@seatheparade]

Mmhm, sadly many people don't bother to learn about people beyond the bubble of their family or friends. Hopefully more people internalise this over time!

[@minyoonji8699]

exactly

[@Ivanfbi]

I am half Buryat, half Korean, but Russian is my first language and Tashkent is my hometown. I now live in USA and first few years were difficult, because nobody believed me. My favorite was the questions from Western Ukrainians, on how do i speak Russian. My answer was always: "Probably better than you!"

[@donkeyslayer8370]

yo my great grandparents are from tashkent though ive never been to uzbekistan

[@Ivanfbi]

@@donkeyslayer8370 if you get a chance, visit the city. It is beautiful and has some of the best cuisine in the world in my opinion

[@brunetka_361]

Ух ты, такая смесь реально редкая. А у меня папа бурят (но его бабушка киргизка), а мама русская (но ее дед поляк). Ну вот как-то так))

[@PyromaN93]

@@Ivanfbi and better do it in the early spring/late summer. It's too hot, I was able to walk only in nigh time during the first week.

[@Ivanfbi]

@@PyromaN93 well yes, June, July and beginning of August are hot and AC is not everywhere

[@lesi979]

Красавица и умница!! Как здорово, что мы в России таки е разные! Взаимное обогащение культур делает нас лучше. Восторгаюсь и горжусь нашими людьми 💛💛💛

[@Mewidy]

За себя говорите

[@lesi979]

@@Mewidy Берегите себя, о, гадящий в комментариях человек.

[@alexdemidoff8014]

Но эти нелепые понты с записью на английском...типа владею инглишем....ну это выглядит жалко и убого

[@lesi979]

@@alexdemidoff8014 на 10 секунд задумайтесь: что именно ВАС так задевает в этом? ..."язык врага"? ;) на мой взгляд , - вполне логично...у автора замечательный английский . она умница. и почему бы и не на английском, если это расширит аудиторию канала, тем более .""наше отечество - все человечество!" ✌💛

[@lesi979]

@@alexdemidoff8014 а на мой взгляд это показывает, что в России ест девушка из Якутии, которая красива, умна и образована: русский знает, и свою культуру не забыла и чтит, и на английском очень даже может с представителями других народов, не владеющих русским и якутским разговоры разговаривать :)

[@user-hc6gb9oq9m]

Ты так классно говоришь по-английски, что я почти всё понимаю без субтитров. Привет из Кыргызстана!

[@yl8410]

When I was a student in China, I used to play dota quite a lot in a game club near campus. There was a guy who always sat near me and we played dota together for a few times. He looks like Chinese and talks like native Chinese with a little northwestern accent so I thought he might be a student from northwestern part of China. As we were getting close, I noticed he likes visiting Russian websites. “Are you learning Russian?” “No, I’m from Russia”.

[@tangbesitangbesi7009]

Interesting, thanks for sharing

[@aleksey-_-]

😆

[@user-uf2vt5ui7s]

🤣

[@slewone4905]

It's natural for "Chinese" to be in Russia. Their neighbors. when the border was drawn, there were some Russians left over in the Chinese side.

[@yl8410]

@@slewone4905 Yes. There are also many Chinese-looking Russians in US. I love Russian food such as Kompot, Kvass, and Lagman, so I do groceries at Netcost, a Russian chain store. I noticed some Chinese-looking people speaking Russian. Sometimes, the cashier even speaks Russian to me. Probably, they think I'm Russian too.

[@fabi0681]

I'm a Japanese born in Brazil, and when I lived in China and people there asked where I'm from, everytime I said "Brazil" they were like "huh?"😂 Then I explained that I'm FROM Brazil but ethnicaly I'm Japanese. When I was in college in Japan I had 2 friends from Kazakhstan who looked Asian but speak Russian when we were with our Russian friend. And I love this diversity!♥️

[@antwango]

i also love this diversity and beauty!!!! i find it disheartening that some people have bad experience from it... i guess we all experience problems fitting in who we are... who we supposed to be etc growing up or still experiencing it but like you i love the diversity and the wow and the beauty just the special something different...

[@jipsey7]

Russian is a beautiful language, but is difficult to study, but only at the beginning of studying .

[@THETRUTH-BR]

@@jipsey7 Hi Russia, loves and huges from your Brazilian friend!

[@leolana6729]

o melhor é ver meme brasileiro em video de russa/asiatica !.. ahuauhauauha

[@cheungchingtong]

heard the first group of the japanese immigrants went to brazil in early 20th century.

[@harikuang]

We need more content creators like you who keep educating us about cultures of places least exposed in the media. Many of us are not aware that the eastern part of Russia is practically North Asia; a term we don't hear much compared to other parts of Asia. Thank you for showing us your culture and living place. The Summer festival with the multi-sport stone-lifting event is especially interesting!

[@SakhaYkt14]

I may surprise you even more. Even though the Sakha live in Siberia, we have many related peoples outside of Russia, for example the Turks.

[@user-nw9hz9fo2g]

​@@SakhaYkt14пол Китая тюрской принадлежности.

[@SakhaYkt14]

@@user-nw9hz9fo2g я знаю

[@mihrom6140]

​@@SakhaYkt14строго говоря с турками у нас, саха, никакой генетической и культурной связи, только языковая.

[@SakhaYkt14]

@@mihrom6140 с чего это? Билбэт буолахына ону маны туойума. Бэйэн тускунан билбэткин кордорумэ.

[@azamatsh2834]

This is so cool that I stumbled across your video. I can empathize with your stories a lot, because I'm also from Russia. An Adyghe which are the indigineous people in North Western Caucasus around the Black Sea coast region. Having slightly dark skin with brown eyes (which is by the way not exactly a typical look of my people as well, but still) I have met with a lot of similar funny and confusing situations both in Russia and abroad. But especially with other Russians abroad 😅 Some people just get stumbled when they notice that I speak perfect Russian. And to overcomplicate things even more I spent a lot of time in South America and I also speak very good Spanish and Portuguese. And, you know, as I said I do look very much like some regular Latino guy and sometimes people approached me with "Hablas español" line which I can actually play along. When the conversation gets to "Where are you from?" parts it is where things get really complicated.

[@shapour]

The feeling of being "a foreigner in your own country" really hits home for me. I'm a half Chinese half Iranian who lives in China and often I'll get asked if I'm a Chinese ethnic minority (mostly Uyghur or Mongol) when they hear me speaking native-sounding Chinese. If it weren't for the fact that mixed-races are common knowledge, I'd also have a hard time explaining myself.

[@zhouwu]

Damn... I feel you, man.

[@fruit4423]

蒙古可是100%的东亚人种

[@shapour]

​@@fruit4423 但是蒙古族和维吾尔族是大多数人知道的，所以一般也会先猜是不是这两个

[@pourianocherino6013]

یک رگه ایرانی... فارسی بلد هستی ؟

[@shapour]

@@pourianocherino6013 Sadly, I don't because my father didn't speak Persian to me when I was growing up. I do wish to learn it someday when I have the opportunity.

[@kawings]

Im amazed that you can speak major languages in the world. Russian , Chinese , English and your pronunciation is totally perfect .

[@dav2ry7]

+ Yakutian

[@ramazannabiyev1020]

+ Yakutian language= Turkic language

[@ladyinwhite2701]

It's far from being perfect

[@jwyn3085]

@@ladyinwhite2701 no it isn’t

[@ladyinwhite2701]

@@jwyn3085 it really is,she makes lots of grammar mistakes, and the accent is really strong

[@user-ec5vf1mf6k]

Вы умничка! Очень жаль, что в России встречаются настолько необразованные люди. Я - русская и грузинка. Много путешествовала по России, и в некоторых областях, русский фенотип в явном меньшинстве (например, в Калмыкии). Именно наше многообразие делает нас уникальными и богатыми. Каждая культура - это свой оттенок красок, составляющих палитру нашей цивилизации.

[@roselove2196]

Так и в Китае сотни национальностей.

[@user-ny7ks2sr8w]

Дааа дааа.. а что там делать то? А кстати даже в якутии чистокровных якутов около 20 процентов всего. Понаперемешались все уже давно. Так же и в калмыкии уже давно не калмыкский фенотип и что вы там видели непонятно. Через 200 лет вообще не отличите от общей массы Россиян. А вообще смешение генов это огромный плюс в антропогенезе. Несмешивающиеся народы просто остаются маленькими и вымирают.

[@roselove2196]

@@user-ny7ks2sr8w смешение это нехорошо,так нации исчезают,идентичность.

[@user-ix5el5gs9l]

Согласна Дмитрий с вами . Идёт регресс малых народов ,кто пытается сохранить свою идентичность. Но увы .

[@user-sv4wk9lr7f]

​@@user-ny7ks2sr8w Смешение это плохо, от смешанных браков рождаются дегенераты или люди с разными заболеваниями. Одно дело если азиат женится на азиатке, а европеец на европейка, тогда тут не так страшно. А когда речь о смешении рас, то тут и будет возникать деградация населения сша тому пример.

[@elenakipurova]

Посмеялась от души) Мне всегда было интересно узнать о том, как чувствуют себя россиянки с азиатской внешностью где-то за границей ) Благодаря Вам, получила ответ. Здорово, что вы с юмором относитесь к этим метаморфозам. И от этого Вы ещё более прекрасны.

[@yeshiyangzom8532]

Why no Americans shout for free Yakutia, free Siberia?

[@kiwikemist]

​@@yeshiyangzom8532because they're brainwashed to "free" places they're told to free by the media

[@user-dr3ti4ge5e]

@@yeshiyangzom8532потому что там пока холодно . Станет теплее и американская машина пропаганды будет говорить об этом из каждого утюга :)

[@aryungurueva4083]

За границей бываю часто, постоянно думают, что я вру что из России, спрашивают где твои голубые глаза и почему не блондинка😂 Когда мне не лень и есть желание, то образовываю несведущих людей о том насколько наша страна большая, и что буквально бОльшая часть находится на континенте Азия. Ну и про Сибирь там расскажу пару слов. Иностранцы удивляются. А когда лень вести долгие разговоры, то проще ответить что-то типа я из Кореи или Монголии - встречных вопросов нет, все сразу верят.

[@sonyasever7625]

@@aryungurueva4083 погуглите видео «согласны ли к присоединению татарстана к рф», хотя бы откроете глаза на то, сколько людей в рф не в курсе, что татарстан в рф

[@markus_park]

Fun story: I’m Kazakh. Once I went to Vietnam, some Russian girls were talking behind me and probably assumed that I was Vietnamese because I wore that traditional hat. Then, when I started speaking Russian they were so shocked lol

[@Pero-zl4jp]

Damn what did they say... hopefully good stuff

[@monikameena138]

@@Pero-zl4jp 😅

[@Pero-zl4jp]

@@monikameena138 I said hopefully never said I expect it to be good stuff

[@monikameena138]

@@Pero-zl4jp why r u getting irritated?

[@pauloviniciusnunes1946]

Unfortunately people do not have enough knowledge about geography or history to know how diverse certain countries are, ethnically speaking, like Brazil, Russia, United States, among others. Especially airport immigration officials should learn more about this. I think your culture is beautiful your people and the way you are proud of it. Kisses from Brazil! 😘

[@TheDaeroner]

I'm an African with a healthy obsession with Sakha and the city of Yakutsk and its people. Russia is a truly multiethnic country with a fascinating history. May Allah watch over Russia and may God bless its people.

[@user-xg6er2ug9d]

Allah and God are different?

[@ConstantinoMRL]

​@@user-xg6er2ug9d no, they are the same from different perspectives

[@raniabaha2210]

@@user-xg6er2ug9d No, Allah is the Arabic word for God, so it's the same word but in different languages

[@mnemonicpie]

Bro your black arse will freeze there like in 30 seconds

[@merrick6484]

The moon is the same moon, we just look at it from different Language and Culture background. However, there is no such a thing as God/Allah in our traditional culture. When Abrahamic religions talks about it, we see it as a different name for our own Deity.

[@ashton1952]

One of my closest friends has an interesting background: speaks Russian as her home language, country of birth is Georgia, mother from Azerbaijan and Orthodox, step father Muslim and from Georgia, father from Russia, and her grandfather was Chinese. She just says she's Russian. 😊

[@andreymuha2946]

Русский это не национальность, это как бы духовная община, мы в России для вас все русские, но в России живет примерно 120 национальностей, есть азиаты, есть славяне, есть тюрки, говорят на разных языках, разная религия, даже разный алфавит.

[@ruthxk7844]

If you remind people of how HUGE Russia is, and that part of it is in ASIA, it shouldn't be that hard to understand. Lovely culture, I hope to learn from it more soon!

[@user-jd8wo8fd9p]

A staggering 77% is in Asia, it’s really strange that people don’t seem to think about Asian Russians

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

I mean this is a common confusion. She is not Russian by etnicity. She is Russian by nationality, and not really that either because she herself say she is yakutian: So basically she's not Russian. She just speaks Russian. 🙂

[@ruthxk7844]

@@GratDuForloradeArgumentet she's not just Yakutian anymore since "modern ways" have been introduced and she has been taught Russian language and culture, also education... that is de facto one of the things that make you a citizen of a country or an empire whether you like or not. So yes, she is a Russian ciziten, and many things she feels or thinks are cause she is Russian in that sense, otherwise they would have been left alone with their Yakutian traditions alone and it wouldn't have been compulsory for her to learn Russian. Unless I am wrong and she just learnt Russian cause she wanted but I don't really think that's the case...

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

@@ruthxk7844 Not really. She talks about her Yakutian culture all the time. Not Russian culture. Yes citizen, that's what I said. That's where your confusion is. But she is not Russian. She is Yakutian and asian.

[@ruthxk7844]

@@GratDuForloradeArgumentet if she was just Yakutian she would not speak Russian. She herself says her thinking is so different to "Asian" Chinese people, that she feels the educational difference. Unless I misunderstood what she said about having certain beliefs and thoughts that make her Russian.

[@Emvali]

I’m half Russian-half Chinese, was born in Moscow, have lived in Beijing, studied at an English international school in Moscow, and then immigrated to Canada. I can related to you on a spiritual level XD.

[@michaeldorimon3377]

Can u speak mandarin and Russian language?

[@suzukigixxer1627]

@@Bennnyak You Nepali or Indian?

[@bagzhansadvakassov1093]

Lol why everyone ends up in Canada.

[@SR-zc6lk]

@@bagzhansadvakassov1093 Everyone wants to live among Whites. Lol

[@Dragon_rls]

You must be an absolute stunner ( with all respect to you).

[@Yamroksa]

I'm Asian Indian from Northeast India, we are also called Chinese in Mainland India.

[@KFC431]

Yea, because in most english speaking countries, the word asian is refered to the phenotype of people who has east asian ancestry, which is the case for the east russians and the north east indians, but also for the native tribes in americas such as the inuits, that's why they look asian, it's because they were east asian who migrated to North America. But what people should do is they shouldn't mix ethnicity, nationality and culture/religion together. Those are part of our identity but they are still different things. Just like the north east indians who complain about many instances of racism by the majority indian due to be phenotypically asian, but you can still be phenotypically asian while being nationally canadian or indian and culturally something else, just like the women in the video who's phenotypically asian but in terms of culture, she's russian. And it's the fault of the people for assuming that she's necessarily culturally east asian. Some indian also argue that they are asian because of the north east indians(while not being phenotypically north east or asian at all), but the north east indians are a minority within India, and the minority doesn't represent the majority demographic. It's as absurd as saying that the US is an asian country because they have 7% asian population. In most part of the world and in almost every conversations, people use the word asian phenotypically, in most english speaking countries it's the east and south east asian phenotype, while in the UK, british people refer asian as desi people (south asian ancestry), just further proves asian isn't necessarily a geographical term. Phenotype is much more objective than geography since each countries have their own borders of continents and geography. Phenotype reflects of our dominant/majority genetic ancestry, it takes into account nuances such as the east russians, the north east indians and the native tribes who look phenotypically like east/south east asians. And it takes into account for nuances such as why a white person with only like 2% black african DNA wouldn't usually be socially accepted to have the N word pass, because most of who they are isn't black and their phenotype represents that. Just for calrification, if the word asian was solely used geographically, the typical white russians would be asian objectively since most of russia 77% is in asia, jews would be asian, arabs would be asian, south asians would be asian, then east and south east would be asian too. At this point, it loses it's meaning due to being such a broad general term that encompass so many demographics, it can simply be replaced with the word "human". And remember, geography isn't objective at all since each countries have different map/borders. And if there's an issue with the word asian not necessarily being used geographically, then there should also be an issue with the word american not being necessarily used geographically, yet everyone is fine with that and knows where canada and mexico is despite calling only US citizens as american.

[@roadrollerdio565]

This is actually what I immediately thought about! I'm from South India and lots of NE Indians are coming to the cities here in the last 10-20 years for university and jobs, and so many ignorant locals used to call them Chinese and be racist. I hear more people are educated on this now, but we can do better and our schools should really be teaching more about the Northeast! (The history textbooks barely even teach about the South too). And when I studied abroad, the Northeast Indian students there were in a particularly odd place because foreigners are even more ignorant about what Indian culture means.

[@boiscooka232]

That why Northeast India need independent from India 😂

[@Knoka_Klala]

Да уж, реакция некоторых моих сограждан на таких же сограждан азиатской внешности удручает. Однако, у меня был такой опыт. Однажды были с семьёй в Тобольске, это на 250 км севернее Тюмени. Пошли в местный торговый центр. Там встретили несколько парнишек азиатской внешности. Мне было понятно, что это НАШИ азиаты, скорее всего с севера Тюменской области. Они очень отличались от всех окружающих, однако это было приятным и запоминающимся моментом, потому что напомнило, что страна у нас многообразная. А люди очень красивые.

[@dadlight3783]

Пзди мангадяра, всех вас задавим. Как же хорошо, что любая власть не считалась с русней

[@user-fo3hg8em7z]

В какой то мере многонациональность наша сила во многом, как допустим, тувинцы на радиопередачах передавали на своём языке разведданные без шифров, так как их и так никто не поймёт. Однако плохо, что большинство всё же не знает о нацменьшинствах, помню бабушка рассказывала, как она поехала учиться в Барнаул, а это было во время Советско-китайского кризиса, и местные дети дразнили её китаянкой, ведь им сказали китай плохой, но блин, ты живёшь в АЛТАЙском крае, тебя не волнует что здесь жили наши предки? что мы существуем и мы отдельный народ? конечно моя бабушка возмутилась этими дразнями и проявила акт насильственного воспитания (такой уж мы гордый народ). Хорошо сейчас никого пинать не надо, чтобы доказать о своём присутствии, за что спасибо правительству РФ.

[@Knoka_Klala]

@@user-fo3hg8em7z у нас в школе постоянно появлялись ребята и девочки то с Кавказа, то из Башкирии. Даже наши учителя были разных национальностей. Поэтому, видимо, имею прививку против различных стереотипов. Но могу представить, что есть регионы, где реально довольно мононациональный состав. Поэтому появляется реакция не всегда здоровая.

[@KiunB]

Thank you everyone for all the kind comments and support!

[@Msiva-my5mb]

I love❤ you because of beautiful

[@mbulelozulu7963]

There is something I would like to ask, Do you find some similarities between your culture and Chinese culture the other thing I find is you are Siberian and find that you do look like Inuit ( Eskimo) people maybe Siberians and east Asian people have a ancient common ancestor

[@juansuponatime517]

Isn’t 85 federal subjects now including Sevastopol and Crimea in the list??? Not sure though...

[@MrGod47]

I honestly thought you're Chinese until you start introducing yourself lol. I'm Chinese btw.

[@KiunB]

@@MrGod47 😂

[@jackkidd8438]

Regardless of your ethnicity you are a lovely young woman. Your English is excellent.

[@nurusheva]

Какая классная подача) посмеялась от души 😂 Привет от русской казашки 👋 Во многом узнала себя) Спасибо, что без негатива

[@pandarussian4652]

Если вы казашка, то не русская, русский национальность, а не душа

[@InsightLife]

Я много путешествую и поняла одну важную вещь: ты никогда не можешь знать что за человек рядом с тобой и на каком языке он может говорить. Поэтому всегда нужно быть аккуратным и уважительным.

[@chaosland5325]

Same thing in India. People usually think Indians are what you will only see on TV and bollywood but there's so many tribes in India. I'm from North East India and from the state of Meghalaya. I belong to the Khasi tribe. Most people around the world don't know that. We are really different in culture and traditions from the mainland India. The language we speak is so different. And we are majority Christian. Great video.. ❤️❤️

[@monikameena138]

❤️

[@Tttt28882]

@66yearsago88what’s the difference? I’m curious to know since I don’t like Bollywood movies a lot! Do you have any S. Indian movies recommendations? Kisses from a Brazilian-Italian and God blesses you and ur family!! ❤

[@sleeperboi8701]

You're not Christian because it's not your religion it's ours. You have your own. Many people claim to be Christian bc it's a white religion. It's literally within European culture where christiany took place like the 1700s. Just recently you guys call yourselves christian.

[@amitabha629]

@@sleeperboi8701 Religion of invaders, your ancestors forced us to change our original religion and now you're saying we are claiming your religion, you're funny.

[@chaosland5325]

@@sleeperboi8701 who cares. I'm not Christian.

[@slimtodress]

"Мужчина, у Вас все в порядке?" Ору 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-wf7gp4es5i]

Россия входит в состав Священной Китайской империи

[@theothertonydutch]

Нет человека. Пуп ушел.

[@copetimusmaximus3363]

Этого не было🤓

[@carlag.9914]

I know some Filipino who married a Buryat Mongol man from Russia when she introduced her boyfriend (now her husband) at her parents, her parents said "Why did he don't look like Putin?" Lol

[@user-3aa6234fh]

Hahah but them Mongolian men are handsome tho 😊

[@kiki-6900]

Ahahhahahaha this is funny and I hope they are okay about that😂

[@gustavosalgado3481]

Thank you for sharing the beauty of your culture, your smile, all the ethnicity, the humor in the video, the nature; it is mesmerizing and beautiful. Thank you.

[@valerie_and_we]

I live in the Volga region (Russia), we have many nationalities here. Russians, Tatars, Chuvashs, Mordovians and many others. Therefore, we are used to the fact that if a person does not look like you, this does not mean that he is a foreigner. 😃 In general, the diversity of nationalities and mentalities in one country (not to mention religions) makes us more flexible. And such behavior, like the people you talked about, only shows their limitations and bad manners. I’m glad that Russia is so different. There would be more authors like you who talk about her little-known facts. It's amazing how many languages ​​you know... Fantastic. ❤️

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

No Germans anymore, though.

[@valerie_and_we]

@@ladymacbethofmtensk896 Oh yes, after the German attack on the USSR in 41, the German Autonomous Region was closed. Subsequently, the Volga Germans emigrated to Germany. Europe also has many such examples. Unfortunately, ordinary people always suffer in such cases (

[@valerie_and_we]

@kaıser I have nothing to talk about with you🤦🏼‍♀️

[@user-wf7gp4es5i]

Volga region belongs to China!!! Be patient, China will handle you later!!!

[@Blaze6432]

Nationalities and ethnicities are two different things. Please stop mixing them up

[@qimengzhang2836]

I have a similar experience with you but actually in a completely opposite way :) I am from mainland China and I have traveled to the Ulan-Ude republic in the Russian federation. Everyone on the street would assume that I am local Buryat and spoke Russian to me lol. It was during new years eve so they had a festival thing going on at the city's main square. I was stopped by a news reporter who had a whole filming crew behind him. He thought that I am local and asked me questions in Russian which I did not understand at all. It was really a lovely trip to Russia and I ended up learning my first Russian phrase: Я не говорю по русски

[@brunetka_361]

I'm half buryat, half russian. When I studied in Irkutsk in 2005 many chinese people still worked there on street markets( right before it was banned), so they always stopped me and trying to talk with me in chinese :D And as I didn't get a thing they just let me go. Later when I was studied in Japan japanese teachers thought that we (with my mate-girl which is mixed too, she is half bashkir, half buryat) are joking at them that we are from Siberia, Russia. And that is annoying sometimes when people saying like - aaaaa, mongols. And we are like - oh, no....

[@qimengzhang2836]

@@brunetka_361 Buryat people are mongols by descendants. Though many people do not realise that Russia is a muilti society just as the U. S and therefore might be shocked to see Asian Russians lol

[@brunetka_361]

@@qimengzhang2836 It's like saying that ukrainians and russians are the same. So mongols and buryats are different nations. This is not right to say that they are same. Buryats always lived around Baikal. You can watch it on the map of Mongol Empire in 1207 year.

[@Sander38rus]

@@brunetka_361 Хаа, родная шанхайка. Они и со мной на китайском говорили, хотя я славянин. У многих же словарный запас состоял только из: "зрасуйти", "цена вот", "дёсива".

[@brunetka_361]

@@Sander38rus Не на самой шанхайке, а мимо ТК я проходила) они просто думали, что я китаянка и хотели поболтать.

[@Earth-Renewal]

Thanks for taking the time for compiling this video and sharing it. Informative and funny!

[@elllllllle939]

Can you please do more video about being an Asian in Russia? It’s very interesting.

[@gg-ct5wu]

Being Asian Russian (Bashkir) who has lived in China myself I related to this on so many different levels! And omg how many times I got that "I bet you're Chinese/mixed/wasian", "is your dad white Russian and your mom is Chinese?"( why it always was my mom who had to be the Asian one, why not vice versa?), "so your parents have immigrated to Russia from an Asian country?", "you don't look Russian to me at all🧐" and so on. And even after I explained the whole thing about my ethnic background people tend to reply with "you probably had Chinese ancestors" ... Anyways thanks for this video, you did such a good job - it was interesting and educational! Надеюсь, это видео наберёт много просмотров😁

[@maxdc988]

They assumed your mother is Chinese, not your father because for Chinese, children always took their father's surname, so just by your Russian family name they deduced that your mother, not your father is Chinese.

[@gg-ct5wu]

@@maxdc988 yeah but the thing is that nobody has ever asked my last name 😅 Actually many times people assumed I was American/Chinese, once even a waiter at the bar has directly asked me if my dad was American 😭

[@zhuziyuan4141]

@@gg-ct5wu lets say.. if you were an American born chinese, how would you address youself? chinese or American.

[@arolemaprarath6615]

I don't look like the rest of my country and assumed me as an outsider. Either way, I love my country and would never leave my country.

[@CJ-jp3zw]

You look like an Uighur

[@paulm6529]

I am from Tatarstan and moved to Belarus last year. I am not Tatar, with pretty much European appearance. When some people find out where I came from, they get surprised and say they thought I was from Russia. But what's more fun is that I have to explain at post offices that Tatarstan is in Russia almost every single time I send something to my family.

[@dragonlion108]

Люди тупы это нужно просто принять

[@bogdanfedyuk]

Русская Азия, Буряты, Якуты, Татары. - Вы лучшие люди России! Люблю вас.

[@Pythoner]

в Беларуссии люди думают что Татарстан отдельная страна?

[@yelenashishkina8804]

When I told one paki British that I am from Asia he called me liar. Because I'm blond and blue eyed. Asian people do not believe I am from Asia.

[@pandarussian4652]

@@bogdanfedyukнет русской Азии, есть просто Азия

[@kurutze]

I am grateful for your videos and stories. They are not only ilustrative, but they also very inspiring and encouraging. You show us that innocence, beauty and family love are not lost. God bless you!

[@Lunanecra]

Thats 'really funny. We Slovaks, a small heart of Europe, we truly understand what you mean, coz we had many wars and armies ongoing through our territory, so we got really good mix in our genes. F.e. my ancestors are from Poland, Italy (father's side) and Hungarian, Russia (mother's side) and Yeah, Yakuts is really harsh area, i saw some vids about its winters :) Warm greetings from Slovakia

[@D11r41k]

"When I try to explain my ethnicity.." I feel you girl😂😭😭 As a Tatar from Russia living abroad, I struggle with those explanations as well, and in 95% I just say I'm Russian. Only people from Turkey and Hungary understand 😀

[@ethereal7030]

I suffer from the same thing, only Hungarians understand when I say I'm Bashkir.

[@melihaktan2000]

I'm Turkish :D and you're Turkic like us :))

[@cheeru6457]

I'm curious how does Hungary , a European nation, related with Turkic people?

[@ethereal7030]

@@cheeru6457 Hungarians and Bashkirs are brother nations, as they partly migrated to Europe together from Ural steppes

[@cheeru6457]

@@ethereal7030 Thank you for replying. Can you explain about Bashkir? I never heard of them before.

[@dr.lunyak2386]

Саха жемчужина 👑💎 РФ . Очень рад что я живу вместе с таким количеством разных культур.

[@azamatfromastana2354]

Еще бы относились норм

[@AliceLavrenyuk]

@@azamatfromastana2354 в каждой стране есть недоумки, не надо всех под одну гребёнку

[@user-yp6tn9ew1s]

Только Саха жемчужина РФ, а другие регионы по твоему что? Помойка?

[@dr.lunyak2386]

@@user-yp6tn9ew1s ты не из РФ если так пишешь. Ты украинский цепмошник

[@Artzimin]

@@user-yp6tn9ew1s А зачем вы перевираете фразу? написано что рад что живут с таким количеством разных культур... подразумеваются все культуры. А про Якутию - потому что видео от девушки из Якутии.

[@orochi5605]

As a north-east Indian i can totally relate to your situation. Whenever I visit north or south India, people automatically assume that I’m either a Chinese or Japanese😅.

[@MM-br3gt]

Asia (India and Russia) is in the Asian continent so even if russians and Indians in the majority don't look Asian "Asian'' their land mass is in Asia so they will have Asian looking people among their people too.

[@joelbiju9184]

@@MM-br3gt All Indians are Asians British acknowledge Indians as Asian and US acknowledge Mongoloid featured people as Asians We Indians are South Asians

[@alanOHALAN]

That is because the British conquered the northeast part of India today, and made it part of India. But the people there are southeast Asians.

[@PatrickVeira]

@@MM-br3gt Indians are South Asians. Chinese, Koreans and Japanese are North East Asians

[@antwango]

eh WTF!!!????? im having that reaction right now and im Chinese!!!! you mean theres "Native" Indians that look Chinese / Japanese???? mind blown not in a bad way but wow cool way lol

[@RussianBoyish]

That was very interesting! Sometimes you just forget how diverse Russia is. Thank you for the video and the embedded clips! Спасибо)))

[@janberanek-chiu4800]

Very well explained, you are a beautiful Sakha woman. I learned much from you. Thank you.

[@KidTreky]

Honestly, I’m not surprised by her story as indigenous history is not being taught or absorbed properly in schools. All it takes is one anthropology course to understand the entire flow of human evolution, culture, and migration.

[@justicetruthwarrior4756]

"EVOLITION" LMAOL

[@Natalia-ix9rw]

It's taught and absorbed 😊. Russia is home to arnd 160 different nationalities all having their own unique culture and speaking their own language 😍

[@user-py9hb1qx3y]

В Российских школах преподают историю коренных народов проживающих на территории РФ. Просто в Москве чаще можно встретить китайского туриста.

[@inuyasha4889]

@@justicetruthwarrior4756 duh

[@lipijini]

yep. its the same scenario in India; people from North east of India vs rest of india.

[@Veronica-vb6nk]

Though I am Caucasian, not Asian, but as I am also not blond with blue eyes nobody believes me when I say I'm from Russia. In Italy, Spain and other southern European countries they always assume that I'm local. Sometimes they think that I'm pretending that I don't speak their language. :) Once a Sicilian told me that I look like a local who spent several weeks at a hospital (meaning that I have no tan). 😁 Russia is big and multicultural believe it or not. :)

[@NorthCitySider]

Interesting to see that Caucasus people also have this experience.

[@connaeris8230]

I'm Italian and I know a Russian girl with Georgian roots. She has dark hair and eyes, and if it wasn't for her very light skin color I would've totally assumed she was Italian!

[@monosodiumglutemate8216]

the Caucasus is in Asia, so youre asian. but youre not East Asian is what you mean.

[@AndreaBorto]

I believe it. I was in Moscow and there is a melting pot not know in the west where russians aren't at all all blonde and slavic. It is a "former" empire that cross europe and asia, and you can see lot of russians with dark hair. Russia is know as a slavic country, with slavic people, but the slavic fenotype generated up in the north arund novgorod like the germanic one was in scandia and coastal germany. But there were a lot of ugro finnic tribes so the original slavic people must had some finnic features. For example, Putin to me is more like a mix of finninh and slavic. he is not tall, while slavic men are tall generally, he ha a large forehead like finnish people. And of course is blonde. his face is slavic: triangular with thinlips. Slavic people conquered south and east so they met tatars, some people of ancient iranic descent in the volga region, caucasian people, then all the asian minorities in the east. And there are a lot of mixed people so it is possibile to see a long, thin girl with prominent cheekbones, blue mongoliand eyes and blondish eyes. usually eroasin had asian face and european body. It is not known this melting pot because few russians lives elsewhere and russia is not a popular destination.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Some people is very ignorant and prejudiced but I have no idea why they would think all Russians are blonds with blue eyes when not even Scandinavians are (maybe the Dutch?) On the other hand it baffles me even more that not even Mediterraneans seem aware of the Mediterranean diversity: it's not all about skin and hair color, in fact pigmentation is a very secondary trait in West Eurasia, and Mediterraneans are more diverse and structured than Northern Europeans: it's apparent in the genetics but it's also apparent in the looks: there may be some overalp but each Mediterranean peninsula is quite different and I'm pretty sure I would have a very high score, well above 80% or maybe even 90% accuracy, if asked to blindly classify Iberians, Italians and Balcanics even from just mere photos, they are not at all like each other.

[@rggu-tk7ed]

Cool, great video! Shank you for sharing your unique experience!!!

[@fazilm1]

The more I hear about it, the more I learn that Russia is an absolutely fascinating culturally diverse country, probably more so than any other country in the world. And except for culture and traditions, Russian are so much like other peoples from around the world, unlike the stereotype some in the west like to portray them as

[@user-sq2lg7wf6i]

I was born in a region where the Buryats live, and as a child I spent a lot of time among the Buryats. So it will not be difficult for me to distinguish the Buryats from other Asian peoples, I can even sometimes distinguish the Buryats of the Irkutsk region from the Buryats of Aginsk. And buuzy is the most delicious dish

[@sayaniiv7050]

Агиииинск! Я щас в Агинске. На улице тепло, но супер ветренно.

[@lolitavine9616]

Дальневосточники практически все, кто там родился и вырос, могут отличить китайца от японца, а японца и китайца от якута и бурята. Я из Владивостока, легко определяю, идет китайская туристическая группа, японская или корейская. На интуитивном уровне, плюс языки разные и я на слух знаю, как звучит японский, а как китайский. И, естественно, я их никогда не перепутаю по внешности с филиппинцами, к примеру. Для москвича же все будут, плюс-минус, на одно лицо. Также моя мама из Читы и я вычислю бурята и смогу его отличить от казаха, т.к все детство я проводила в читинской области и даже знаю несколько бурятских слов, им меня научил мой русский дед. Он обожал говорить по-бурятски 😊 И у него был друг, бурят Миша. Даже по говору где-нибудь в поезде могу догадаться, что человек из Улан-Уде или Читы. А вот ближе к Москве людям уже сложнее уловить нюансы, поэтому там любого азиата могут принять за иностранца.

[@user-ty4mr5xy5o]

@@lolitavine9616 я бурят во владике лет 15 назад мне одна продавщица сказала что я очень хорошо говорю по русски- на что я ответил а кто я по вашему мнению? Она ответила вы китаец. Русский я знаю лучше среднестатистического русского и говорю без акцента... Тогда же на почте я хотел отправить посылку в улан-удэ но барышня сказала мы за границу не отправляем!

[@thepatrusnostor5794]

​@@lolitavine9616yo no puedo diferenciar a ninguno. Soy de Sudamérica

[@stokeynathu8112]

Buryats used to be Chinese land, ceded to Tsarist Russia in the late Qing Dynasty

[@Aviram124]

My mother was born in Harbin of Russian parents. I understand your problems and your story. Though I was born in the US I identify with my mothers heritage and story more than my own. A multi-cultural identity brought by marriage I consider the greatest gift and legacy a son can carry.

[@Abevann]

Hey Kiun! I had a similar situation when I travel to China long ago. I'm mexican and nothing to do with China; just mexican relatives. Nevertheless they believed I was chinese. Even worse I can't say a word in chinese, and it was hard for me to understand english with chinese accent. After a month (I was there because a project with a mexican company I was with at that time), I was trying to go back to Mexico; the funny thing was that the people in immigration tought that my passport was fake. After I tried to explain my self (they hardly spoke english) they realised that I didn't understand chinese at all and decide to let me go. Hard situation, because my visa was for a month! I still don't know what should happened if I had not been able to leave China that same day🤔 Thanks for the video it's great:

[@slomo4672]

Very interesting. You probably look Chinese.

[@niamtxiv]

That's not a surprise. I am Asian American. I used to work in a restaurant and a Mexican or Guatemalan girl came in. She looks very indigenous. She started speaking Spanish to me instantly assuming I may be Latino. I had many Latinos that just came to the US speaking Spanish to me. Lol when I was in Alaska, the Alaskan natives thought I was Native Alaskan too lol

[@anna.somewhere]

Kiun, your video made me want to go to Yakutia! Thank you very much for making it☺️

[@sravasaksitam]

Being a black person who can speak Russian, I can somewhat relate to your story. It's always fun surprising my friends' parents or even random people in stores or on the train with my Russian skills. Also I would like to say you are very gorgeous! Респект из Америки

[@Fdsgjjkhg]

А расскажите откуда вы знаете русский? Если не секрет)

[@tai7ok684]

Лет в 20 дружил с одной негритянкой. Собрались мы как-то побухать компанией. Пришили в магази, а там нароооооду полно. Стоим у вино-водочного и я, из-за того что в компанние девушек было больше, стоял и размышлял в слух что же из алкоголя брать. Пока моя подруга, без малейшего акцента, заявила "Хренли встал, водку бери и пошли к закускам". Люди встали как вкопаные🤣 Ну а мы поржали.

[@user-ye8ix4wf9z]

Hello, I'm russian, and it's strange for me that some people still don't understand that Russia is not only about blond hair. As for me, I don't have fair hair too :) Moreover, some people don't believe when I try to explain to them that our country has much more different culture than they think. They just believe in stereotypes and don't want to open their eyes 😔

[@yyzhg6894]

Same here... I'm chinese, and people always think china is a highly homogeneous country (maybe because of some communist stereotype). My French classmate believes Chinese only speak mandarin, but there are actually more than 80 modern languages

[@BreadPeed]

Блин, да весь мир живёт стереотипами. И это в какой-то степени нормально. А что человек должен думать о далёкой стране, в которой никогда не был и о которой ничего не знает? Вот именно, конечно же, он будет думать стереотипами. Мы за собой просто замечать не привыкли.

[@itdobelikedattho8112]

Тупицына хихихих

[@Golden-lviv]

Try explaining that russia does genocide of Ukrainian people. You will find out that people around you don’t simply “believe stereotypes” but are actual fascist

[@user-wy7wx1ph8v]

Это все от того что в советских фильмах было мало не европеоидных актёров. Азиатов и в российских фильмах мало. Иногда кавказцы встречаются в фильмах и то редко. Миф и стереотип о внешности россиян создан самой Москвой.

[@ptg01]

Absolutely fascinating.. Thank you for sharing your multi cultural , multi ethnic background and experiences ! Way COOL !!!!!

[@gugulethumbambo6419]

That was so insightful, thank you.

[@liviodefranza]

I was studying Mandarin in China and I had many colleagues from Russia which were looking Asian, like Buryats, Tatars, Koreans (from Russia). For me that's not surprising at all... Even some relatives of my wife look Asian because they are Bashkir and Buryats. Whenever you have different backgrounds, that's a treasure. I think it's totally fine if you say "I am Sakha" even to foreigners. If they don't know, you can tell them, promote Sakha culture abroad. Nobody should dictate your identity. Ofc you are a Russian citizen, but regional minorities shouldn't forget their culture. I'm always saying to friends that my wife is "Volga Tatar from Russia". When I was living in China I was always saying I am "a Croatia born Italian because there is an Italian minority in western Croatia 我是一位来自克罗地亚的意大利人 我们在克罗地亚有许多少数民族 ".

[@pass3d]

是的，不同国家，其实有很多民族。中国的民族划分，有的很小的族群的也没再划分，例如穿青人、西藏的僜人、很少的夏尔巴人也归到”藏族“了 。kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHPTf5iuj6t9nJY 这些人的说话，和藏语完全不同。还有尼泊尔后裔，达曼人 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6nKqXmPasR8Z9k

[@goheine]

Siberians are Asians.

[@yuchinglo5192]

Totally agree with you; Yes, just be proud of what you are🙏👍😊💖

[@ruzahel6287]

It boggles me that people don’t understand that nationality and ethnicity are not the same thing. You can be a citizen of one country but have many unique ethnic and cultural nuances.

[@LVo-mk4sr]

@@goheine How about Siberians who are Slavic?

[@vishalbajaj4231]

This video is so relatable to some of my friends. I'm from India and we too have a region where people look "Asian". They are from the North East of India. These people have their own culture and history but many people even within India will call them Chinese or maybe Southeast Asian. It is sad how basic geographical and ethnic information about one's country is not given properly at basic school level.

[@maksimborodajenko9930]

because people in general are ignorant and they prefer to be that way, no one cares where are you from and what is your culture about

[@ligedoji3674]

Ab toh aadat si ho gayi hy.. Lol... some incidents are funny and innocent but few are very demeaning and racist.. From Arunachal..

[@MM-br3gt]

Asia (India and Russia) is in the Asian continent so even if russians and Indians in the majority don't look Asian "Asian'' their land mass is in Asia so they will have Asian looking people among their people too.

[@MM-br3gt]

Even Hazara people in Afghanistan look Asian or mixed Gengiz Khan Kai bachai log hai Afghanistan mai.

[@zhubajie6940]

I'm reminded of the time in an American coffee shop I had to explain to some Chinese students (I was born in America) a girl from Kazakhstan was not Chinese, and of course, Chinese and Americans both had never heard of it.

[@philjones3824]

As an Asian-Canadian who has worked in South Korea and traveled to other places in Asia, I can totally understand what you've been through. I worked at an English summer camp in Korea, and I had a Korean girl tell me I couldn't be Canadian because I had black hair.

[@user-3aa6234fh]

Her situation is more similar to Native Canadians - Inuit. It’s their ancestors land but they were colonized by Europeans and now it’s just annoying when people say that they don’t look like Russian/Canadian. In your case you at least have Korea, an independent land of ancestors. Their lands are still colonized

[@philjones3824]

@LSvetsi I said I understood the feeling of alienation, of being told you can't be something because you're the wrong ethnic group. I was born in Canada, I grew up in Canada, but I've been "other" since the day I was dropped off in kindergarten. And not just by "white" people, fyi.

[@clorozweepvmundosalazar5153]

Yes I’m Korean American , I’ve traveled to Israel, turkey, Ethiopia. And people around the world just get really confused when I answer that I’m from the US,. So I started having to say that I’m a Korean that grew up in America.

[@rogeryang18]

Totally understood. It is like when people talk about Chinese, they always think of Han people. But we have 56 ethnic groups including Russian and Korean.

[@TannerChung]

I try to explain that to people in the states and they have trouble grasping this idea. The problem has a lot to do with the institutions. If you ever go to a museum that showcases ethnic cultures or ancient cultures, they present it like everything is in the past in Europe and East Asia. They rarely talk about the "indigenous" cultures of Europe or Asia in the same way let alone celebrate them. Indigenous to the museums mean Native Americans emphasizing they're relics of the past that somehow still exist rather than just calling them an ethnic group in the country who still carry on traditions and cultures.

[@Etereys]

@@TannerChung You are right about the educational institutions. I'm from the US Southeast, 43 years old now, and have always been interested in learning more about the diversity in that region of the world. Mainly due to the fact of just what you pointed out. So it's good to find real people sharing their own cultures and experiences online, especially for those who are unable to travel & experience in person. I'm also so thankful to the commenters like yourself who add to the topics.

[@sarahtonen4873]

what the rest of the world doesn't know about Russia is staggering. Honestly, you have a beautiful and fascinating country. It is so proud of it's people and so culturally diverse. As a born Canadian, I have been taught almost nothing about Russia, and I'm so thrilled I found your channel for me to learn more and share with my children. I think Russia is and will be increasingly more important on the world stage in the next few years. Good natured sensible people with strong ethics. Thank you!!

[@SvetlanaVoikova]

Thanks..🇷🇺💕

[@user-jl8ij4oi9w]

Hello. There are a lot of ethnic groups living on the territory of Russia. Read about the Yakuts, Buryats, Tatars, Chuvash, Mordvins, Komi Permians and so on. There are a lot of us) I'm a half-breed myself and I'm proud of it. And it is very strange that this fact is hidden from such a "diverse" Western world, because our cultures learned to coexist together a long time ago. Not without wars, of course, in the past, but who hasn't had them? Now Russia is full of Orthodox churches, Islamic mosques, Buddhist temples, nomadic peoples, and someone still considers himself an atheist. I think that's why foreigners are not told about Russia in detail. Why talk about a place where a person can be himself, live on his own land and live a free life.

[@s_terra]

​@@user-jl8ij4oi9w как же вы правы 🤗

[@user-jl8ij4oi9w]

@@s_terra спасибо 💗🌼

[@user-ku5ee6rb8w]

@@user-jl8ij4oi9w а народы Кавказа с их самобытностью.

[@dankenk]

You are so sweet and positive!!! You have such a sparking light in your eyes!

[@georgeconduah5548]

Thanks for sharing this very interesting information.❤

[@ktkilntime1586]

Hello from New Jersey, USA! I have mostly heard of Yakutsk because it is a territory in the board game, Risk. But now that I have found your KZbin channel, I'm fascinated and am binge-watching it. Even after having seen a few of your videos on the difficult life in Yakutsk, I did not know about the indigenous people or that you have Asian features. Thank you for sharing your story with us!!

[@yeshiyangzom8532]

Your gov always cries for free tibet, but never call for free siberia, free Yakutia. Do u know why? Because you and Russian are both white and the white is allowed to occupy colored people’s land. Chinese are not white so they are not allowed to expand.

[@pandarussian4652]

Россия многонациональная страна, вы в школах не изучаете георграфию, в то время как русские и россияне изучают её, мы знаем, как богата и разнообразна наша страна с многочисленными народами, мы не устраивали геноцид, как это сделала Америка с индейцами(коренным народом)

[@vancouverterry9142]

I am old enough to be your grandfather so, if I may, please let me offer a small piece of advice: don't tell people that you are Korean or Japanese when you are tired and don't want to explain that you're Russian. It might lead to situations which are even MORE complicated for you and, worse yet, it might lead to a situation where people do not believe you when you say you are Russian or do not believe you if you say something else. Try to find a way of simply saying you're Russian in passing, without letting any kind of conversation start up if you don't want to explain. Maybe say it undramatically and use your body language to prevent an unwanted conversation from starting up, or find some other way that works for you. My mother was Russian, the only person in her family that was born in Canada. Her eyes were somewhat Asiatic and when I had my DNA analyzed it turns out that my Russian side includes some indigenous Siberian genes. I am very proud of that. Also, my first mentor was half Russian and and a tremendously learned, deep and creative intellectual in the grand Russian tradition of scholarship. He looked like he definitely had a lot of Asian genes. For decades I have been interested in Asiatic Russians. I think you are very beautiful, interesting people. Thank you very much for posting this video and telling us about your experience! My very best wishes to you in your future!

[@arminiuschatti2287]

Yes. I know Chinese that will fight you if you say you’re Japanese.

[@sotch2271]

Isn't asiatic russian a bit large ?

[@hakooplayplay3212]

@@sotch2271 area is large, but population is small - very harsh climate for living

[@cykHAcyk]

​@@hakooplayplay3212 не только климат но и сами територии не очень прегодны для комфортного проживания , то есть климат сильно влияет на территории , основная часть населения проживает в европейской части страны так как тут боле благоприятные климатические условия и пригодные территории, обживать Сибирь и дальний восток очень тяжело, и да страна богатая , но все эти богатства очень сложно добывать, нам очень сложно жить ни то что в этом климате , а на этих территориях , но и отдать их нельзя ибо просто будут разграблены как уже показала практика в Африке и других местах на планете, мы не жадные но мы прекрасно понимаем что может произойти с теми малыми народами которые проживают в нашей стране если мы не будем едины🤷‍♂️у меня нет неприязни к другим народам и странам , но и в обиду я не дам свою страну и народы своей страны, я уважаю культуру даже самого малочисленого народа и считаю что все равны так как все мы люди😊

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

I mean this is a common confusion. She is not Russian by etnicity. She is Russian by nationality, and not really that either because she herself say she is yakutian: So basically she's not Russian. She just speaks Russian. 🙂 It's actually very easy to explain. Say you are Asian, but live in Russia.

[@vovobani1708]

got to respect the fact that you are so positive, and this does not affect you in a bad way. keep being positive and educate. thank you

[@RespectOthers1]

This video has informed us so much more about Russia and the editing was amusing. On the positive side...I think you have the best of both worlds and nobody will talk behind your back in China. :D

[@KiunB]

Thank you 😊

[@peanutbar8882]

@@KiunB not to be rude or anything but I feel like they Were very right when they were not believing u being Russian! Because, You simply are not Russian! You're Ethnically a Siberian! It all got messed up when the entirety of the Giant country was named after only a Single Ethnic Group, namely the RUSS! Just remember, Its always a mess when almost 200 different Ethnic peoples have to identify with the Majority Ethnic Group! Just like Khabib is Avar and Stalin was Georgian, you are Sakha!!!! Take Love, dear!❤️❤️❤️

[@peanutbar8882]

@@KiunB and also, I personally think you are MORE related to the Turkish President Erdogan than you are to Xi PingPing!!!! (It was a Joke)😂😂

[@Shenzhou.]

@@peanutbar8882 It's in poor taste to make a joke of President Xi Jinping's name by deliberately misspelling it as PingPing. It has almost racist connotations to it.

[@delsonlai2180]

@@Shenzhou. don't fall to his poor trick bro, he's obviously intended to be rude or else he wouldn't type such thing to begin with.. Then still had the dignity to make such pathetic joke excuse just so he would look less guilty..

[@peanrz]

Родилась и прожила 13 лет в Алдане(город в Якутии) и перебралась в Поволжье. Всегда приятно встретить, по сути, земляков на просторе интернета

[@tyrtyramus172]

Well, I'm indonesian born chinese. So I can understand u. I also feel like I'm not indonesian but I am. Also when I go to chinese majority country like singapore, china. I feel like I belong there but not really. It really is a mix of feelings :)

[@user-px7sj6lq3z]

Thank you for teaching us something about a culture that many people know nothing about. Many blessings!

[@albertdittel8898]

I am from Kazakhstan and I am always shocked when I hear about such stupid reactions of western Russians somewhere in Moscow or St. Petersburg (or Ukraine). Our Russians would never react like that (ok, they would probably think that you are Kazakh, but they wouldn't be any surprised once you tell them that you are Yakut). Central Asian and in my experience Russians from Russia's Siberia or Far East are also quite well informed about ethnic groups of all former Soviet Union, not only from their own region and also more open minded. It's really the western city Russians who are often arrogant and ignorant about these things.

[@zeleboba2619]

В Москве и Питере много казахов , я казашка и у меня не было там проблем с идентичностью , вообще люди спокойно реагируют , всё таки мегаполис. А вот на Украине нас обзывали чукчами и там люди мало образованные до сих пор думают что мы в юртах живем. За границей нас казахов всё таки отличают от китайцев , по языку да и по внешности тоже

[@latemsi]

In Turkey are centralasian people normal. They know our turkic sisters and brothers

[@user-cm7kg7yz1v]

Прекрати! ..Нет, ни какого высокомерия и быть не может..к западу России,у нас и чуваши и татары, и башкиры тут!..Какое может быть ВЫСОКОМЕРИЕ....в стране с таким количестве народов !!!

[@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia]

Can you teach me more about your country ?

[@xakatas9510]

NOT SURPRISE ME AT ALL👁👄👁

[@audreylockett3633]

I just discovered your channel and am SOOOO happy to see some asian russian representation!!!!! My mom is from Kalmykia, a republic in the Western side of russia in europe, but we descend from mongolia and look asian. I am American but treasure my mom's native culture and am currently learning russian, about my kalmykian heritage, and about buddhism, which they practice. Thank you so much for sharing your story!! Whenever I tell people I am russian, they are confused too.

[@maxdc988]

@MyHeritage Mongolia Persian and Tajik are not the same. Persian is related to Iran while Tajik is related to Tajikistan and surrounding areas. Another group called Tajiks in Xinjiang is related to Iran as well.

[@audreylockett3633]

@MyHeritage Mongolia While I am central asian, Kalmyks do not have european, persian, or tajik descent. we are of mongol oirat descent, who are from the westernmost part of mongolia.

[@dellaraampourkeramati3054]

@Max MC lmao what? Tajik is a dialect of Persian.

[@YummYakitori]

@MyHeritage Mongolia Mongolia is geographically part of East Asia: not Central Asian

[@audreylockett3633]

@LanguagesPro true i feel like the relation is especially apparent in our apple cheeks

[@leilagomulka5690]

God bless you and your wonderful podcasts introducing us to your beautiful people .

[@aszechy]

Some people have a hard time grasping that your ethnicity is not necessarily the same as your citizenship. They think the only way that can happen is if you are an immigrant. But there is also such a thing as indigenous ethnic minorities, who are living on their ancestral lands, only for some reason, they don't have their own country, or history caused them to end up on the wrong side of state borders...

[@DarkFoxV]

One time while I was working at a Japanese restaurant (I'm Rusyn/Russian, but I grew up with Japanese, but I'm from CNY, but this was in WA), a group of like 5 Chinese kids came in and one kid I immediately noticed was not Chinese, they looked like they were from our part of the world (I was probably the only one in the restaurant to notice tho). (also, I can speak some chinese on that note, but not great. I need to improve both my Mandarin and Russian honestly! ) Anyways, when I went to the table and was crouched down to get orders we ended up immediately speaking in Russian and all the Chinese kids were dumb-founded by our entire conversation xD It was so great xD

[@mnemonicpie]

Are we fcking supposed to know what CNY or WA means?

[@YSFmemories]

you're from Chinese Yuan, a currency?

[@YSFmemories]

@@mnemonicpie Yes for WA because America is the entire world so clearly everyone in the world thinks washington when they see WA. I've no idea what the Chinese Yuan have to do with where a person is from though.

[@jimmyduong6285]

@@YSFmemories I think CNY is Central New York State. A Russian living in CNY with Japanese, working in a Japanese restaurant in WA and speaks Russian with a Chinese dinner. Hahaha, love it from an Australian who is born in VN of CHN parents.😀

[@totochanel2251]

I'm from Kyrgyzstan (ex-soviet country), have been living abroad for 6 years (Middle East and now Europe) and oftentimes hear "you are the first person I meet from your country" LOL. It's a big responsibility and I carry it with pride, people get curious and some wanna go visit my country as long as they are openminded. I also learnt a lot about different Asian nationalities since I moved outside of my country, it's really fascinating how we are similar and different at the same time in various aspects. My favourite are Japanese and Vietnamese people.

[@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia]

I like to learn more about your country

[@totochanel2251]

@@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHumdWx9hLd4oaM

[@totochanel2251]

@@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaCQk5KDpcyogtE

[@3DHDcat]

@@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia government is corrupt, people are leaving towards big Russian cities, China or west

[@yiguangshi8722]

I once knew an East Asian looking girl. She had a Russian name and spoke English with a slight Russian accent. She said she is ethnic Korean but came from Uzbekistan.

[@paulbarham1038]

This was a very interesting video. I enjoyed it!

[@debbieanne7962]

I can't believe people are so ignorant. Russia is huge with diverse peoples. A funny story from years ago. I was working for the Australian government and met a couple from Siberia. He was European looking, his wife Chinese features. Their sweet little girl had Chinese features with bright red hair! Could only happen in Russia

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Eh, prefer the mainland slavs. Cool info tho

[@feruzaamanova7450]

I feel so seen. I’m Central Asian. I look pretty East Asian /Chinese, but I was born and raised in Moscow, so I identify as Russian. And then on top of that, I moved to US and hang around a lot of Chinese people. It blows people’s minds when I try to explain who I am and where I’m from and why I look the way I do. Russians, Americans, Asians…. they always get super confused.

[@user-wf7gp4es5i]

Россия входит в состав Священной Китайской империи

[@deborahdavis6801]

You are just a beautiful person!! I am in USA, where of course race is such a big issue. I love learning about different people and places and am sooo grateful to you for the hard work you are doing using technology to broaden the horizons of people!

[@whukriede]

Oh, how lovely! I didn't know that. Although Eli has told us a bit about Yakutia.

[@neon_wombat]

I met an Asian Russian in China. She was working in a Chinese company and she said that a lot of her co-workers treated her like she was mentally disabled because her Chinese wasn't so good. But because she looked Chinese, they thought she is just dumb to not learn the language quickly.

[@angelayang1850]

I used know a girl from Kalmykia who had similar experience. Locals in China always assumed she was a weirdly dumb Chinese who doesn't know how to speak her native language and didn't believe her at first when she said she was from a different country.

[@randywer123]

My experience working in China too! The worse part is I speak Chinese fluently but didn’t grow up in China so I don’t understand a lot of social norms there. They just thought I was stupid 😂

[@petercarlisle2927]

Sure she said at lest once she's not (han) Chinese so why treat her as retarded? Not listening or not wanting to its racism at its finest. Hun Chinese are what we would call "almost all, hard line bigot racists" if raised in China at lest. They don't see an issue, kinda like the SS nazi, it's not racism but all p3opl3 know they are superior in every way. Comin knolidge in China, same as tabiet, Mongolia, east turks tan are chines or will be and they are lucky to be so privaledge but then han Chinese are nothing if not kind, giving, selfless people. Can't say it's communists ccp fault as was in there calture well before that but now it has been portrayed as facts.

[@DBZ6008]

I'm Chinese when I study abroad I also feel dumb when speaking lol

[@Commievn]

It's alright, it happens a lot in developing countries, where people are generally not considerate or polite enough like in developed countries. Here in Vietnam for example, i see many elders or mid-ages people (both men and women) speak in front of foreigners in a very impolite manner. As the countries become more developed, the social etiquette will improve naturally.

[@alma_khaute]

When she said "we are more open to the world", I really felt that and being considered a foreigner in your own country is an everyday issue for people like us from the North eastern part of India living in North India.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

right .

[@brtnvmauthor9622]

Arunachal Pradesh?...

[@monikameena138]

❤️🫂

[@sidy6526]

No issue . It will settle with time . It's been only 70 years since india got independence and the connectivity with northeast started only in last 20 years . Before that many people in North and South didn't even knew that we had people with mongoloid features too 😂 I guess , this issue will be resolved automatically in next 20-30 years

[@monikameena138]

@@sidy6526 automatically! No we have to make efforts .

[@allenng2471]

When I visited Shengyang in NE China, the upscale hotel had a beautiful blonde girl working as a greeter, manager. I thought she was American and spoke with her. She spoke perfect American English and mentioned she was from Russia. The world even in NE China is becoming more international. Hopefully the world can continue to grow in peace. Down with the western concept of continuing colonialism into the 21st century.

[@Cappuccino17]

Right now it is Russia who continues with colonialism

[@mrkonradxx2965]

@@Cappuccino17 This is bad?

[@ruhainaruhaina5079]

Great video love you from Rome Italy ❤

[@spicn00]

This is an interesting topic which I kind of relate. I'm an Asian who lived in Russia for quite some time when I was in High School. I speak Russian quite well to the point that some Russians think that I lack "Accent" and speak like a real Russian. A lot of time people mistook me for being a Kalmyk or from some central Asian countries while I come from Southeast Asia which is far away. I completely relate with being spoken in the back while understanding the whole thing that are being said. However, one thing that kind of bugged me was being checked a lot more by "менты" and metro security just for being an Asian. Other than that, I think Russia is a wonderful place and have met a lot of wonderful people there.

[@emoneytrain]

I’d love to hear more about Russian vs Chinese mentality that you mentioned briefly at the end

[@gaspersiol9747]

Love the content! Круто! 😀 Greetings from Slovenia.

[@KaRomy831]

I have no idea about asian russian or russian asian..thank you for sharing this... from The Philippines

[@svetoslavstanchev9977]

I have met many Asian looking Russians, some Mongolian looking, some Turkic Asian type, BUT you from Yakutia / Sakha are the most Asian type of all Asian types in Russia, and you are beautiful, different and unique ... Respect for Саха Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ... ♥♥♥

[@keptins]

They are Turkic too. And as a white turkic person, I can tell the Yakuts are among the most Asian looking Turkic populations.

[@svetoslavstanchev9977]

@@keptins I know they are Turkic, I said Turkic looking Asian people and East Asian looking tips. AAA, now I saw that I did not write East Asians but only Asians ... Ok, they are the most East Asian looking people in the Russian Federation ... This does not change the fact that they look beautiful and their culture is beautiful. You said "As a white turkic person, I can tell the Yakuts are among the most Asian looking Turkic populations"... I say, "Аs a "Slavic" person, with Turkic ancestors, I can tell the Yakuts are among the most East Asian looking Turkic populations"

[@cocoaorange1]

I have too over the years. I love learning cultural geography.

[@realmadridworld1688]

I went to university in Miami and I met so many people from Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Many of them, specially the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz, had predominant East Asian features. If you told me they were Chinese or even Korean, I would have believed it. But then you listen to them speak fluent Russian (a lot of them barely speak Kazakh/Uzbek/Kyrgyz) and it's so beautiful, because they have an instant connection with the Europeans that speak Russian. I have never met a Russian east from the Urals, but I would assume they share similarities to the Kazakhs, Uzbeks and Kyrgyz I have met. I have to say, Central Asia/Asian Russia is probably the most diverse region in the world, specially the country of Uzbekistan, where one of my best friends is from. I want to visit Central Asia one day!

[@Aloisio799]

85% населения России живёт к западу от Урала, и не все принадлежат к русской нации, но большинство. К востоку от Урала живёт множество коренных сибирских народов, но собственно русских там тоже большинство. В России у нас есть различия в произношении и написания русского, как представителя нации и русского, как гражданина России.

[@thekonkoe]

@@Aloisio799 It is true that a majority of the people in Russia east of the Urals are ethnic Russians, if you include Central Asia east of the Urals it is probably not a majority, but ethnic Russians are still the largest group. For the parent comment, Central Asia is still quite diverse but much less so than it was during the Soviet era. The 90s especially were a chaotic and sometimes violent time, many ethnic Russians but also other non-indigenous minorities left and even Central Asian group have partly sorted. That’s not to say it’s not still quite diverse, just worth having some perspective compared to the past and possibly the future.

[@user-hc6cw8gh3z]

На юге европейской части России проживают азиаты: калмыки - это монголы, и ногайцы - это кажется тюрки.

[@kiskis1970pk]

Thank you for this educational story❤

[@bharatthapa2736]

Very informative video. Loved it.