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Strikes me that it's only in the last decade or so that everyone reckons Ukraine is in Europe. Eastern Europe used to be that region between the West German bor
by denton-scratch 4y ago
Strikes me that it's only in the last decade or so that everyone reckons Ukraine is in Europe. Eastern Europe used to be that region between the West German border and the border of the Soviet Union. I've never considered Russia to be part of Europe.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoUkraine and Russia are conventional inclusions in Europe due to their membership in Christendom (and, relatedly, close ties to Greece/Byzantium).
- denton-scratch 4y agoSo Brazil and Argentina would be in Europe, by that "Christianity" measure. Maybe Albania would be in the Middle East. And most of what used to be Byzantium is now Turkey, which isn't Christian.