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>Europe is just 3 hours on an airplane from there. I thought everything west of the Ural mountains/river (including Moscow) was considered Europe? http://en.wi
by voidlogic 12y ago
>Europe is just 3 hours on an airplane from there.
I thought everything west of the Ural mountains/river (including Moscow) was considered Europe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe#Definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe#Definition
- dchichkov 12y agoI might be wrong, but I think in the context of discussing Russia it is pretty standard to use the word Europe, assuming 'Europe, excluding Russia/USSR'. Specifically I was talking about a typical flight to a EU country for business/tourism.
- notjackma 12y agoIt's interesting to note that that the Eurovision song contest includes Russia, Israel and central Asian states, including even Azerbaijan. Perhaps this is an example of soft power projection from the EU "project" of a political union and the creation of a supra-national state...
- guard-of-terra 12y agoAzerbaijan is not in Central Asia, it's on Caucasus.
- notjackma 12y agoYou may be right. It's often described as being at the cross roads of east and west. It's north of both Iraq and Iran which for most people would not be Europe.