What continent does russia actually belong to?
The borders between Europe and Asia are based on culture, hence Europe. 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). Well, it’s sort of what Britain would’ve been if it had Canada and Australia. 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. The original territory of Russia (Kievan Rus’) before the expansion: http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/kievan_rus_…
Europe and Asia are generally considered one continent – Eurasia. The line that separates them is the Ural mountains which separates Russia into 2 parts. Most of the population lives in European Russia. More than 80% percent of the people are ethnic Russians, that spread from Eastern Europe westwards, in search of land and resources. So to answer your question, Russia is geographically both in Europe and Asia, but most Russians would more readily identify themselves as European than Asian.
Russia, the country is divided between Europe and Asia but the real Russia is in Europe the Asian part of Russia(the country) is called Siberia and the borders with the real Russia are the Ural Mountains. This are the borders of Europe and Asia too. So the problem is solved the real Russia is in Europe while Siberia the Asian and biggest part of Russia(the country) is in Asia.
