"Что такое русский?" - "Whats a Russian?" he replied. "The people who live in Russia" the poster asked. Here's what kuz said
"There are hundreds of millions of people inside the Russian state, there are white Russian's, and there are Chuvash, Buryat, Chuchki, Dagestani, Kamchadals.. they are all Russian's. Are they included in the equation? What you are asking is if the nation of Russia is "white" and the answer is No, and Germans and French, and British, Poles, Ukranians, they are not white either, but there are white Ukranians, white French, and others. Race is separate and transcendent from nationality, and trying to merge the two will never make sense. Russian's are distinct from the traditional European whites, white Russians have fair skin but they are not European, we are from the steppes, they are from a great basin in Europe, and the difference between Russians and Europeans is irreconcilable."
"There are hundreds of millions of people inside the Russian state, there are white Russian's, and there are Chuvash, Buryat, Chuchki, Dagestani, Kamchadals.. they are all Russian's. Are they included in the equation? What you are asking is if the nation of Russia is "white" and the answer is No, and Germans and French, and British, Poles, Ukranians, they are not white either, but there are white Ukranians, white French, and others. Race is separate and transcendent from nationality, and trying to merge the two will never make sense. Russian's are distinct from the traditional European whites, white Russians have fair skin but they are not European, we are from the steppes, they are from a great basin in Europe, and the difference between Russians and Europeans is irreconcilable."
