Middle East vs East Europe

[Dandelion]

That's exactly what I am saying. Since when did All of Russia become Europe, and get pulled out of Asia just because a small part of its overall land mass is in Europe?

Because its civilisation spread from the European part West of the Urals. Most people in Russia also live there. Some parts of Siberia, like Yakutia, are very non-Russian of course (not very for the Russian influence is strong there too).

[DarkSecret]

Georgia is Middle Eastern, cause it is south from Caucasus.
Kalmykia is East Europe, it is north from Caucsus and west from Ural, heart of East European steppe.
This is Kalmykia in case if anybody don'n know what is Kalmykia.

Don't worry only European and American free democratic states can be a member of NATO or even a candidate. So you are not middle eastern.

[DarkSecret]

Because its civilisation spread from the European part West of the Urals. Most people in Russia also live there. Some parts of Siberia, like Yakutia, are very non-Russian of course (not very for the Russian influence is strong there too).

30 million people live in Europe side of Turkey but middle eastern? Not even Asia but middle east

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Because its civilisation spread from the European part West of the Urals. Most people in Russia also live there. Some parts of Siberia, like Yakutia, are very non-Russian of course (not very for the Russian influence is strong there too).

That doesn't matter. The civilization of America sprang from Europe as well. America isn't Europe, neither is most of Russia.

[Peterski]

That's exactly what I am saying. Since when did All of Russia become Europe, and get pulled out of Asia just because a small part of its overall land mass is in Europe?

This "small part of Russia" that is West of the Ural is still big compared to the rest of Europe.

[Shah-Jehan]

This "small part of Russia" that is West of the Ural is still big compared to the rest of Europe.

Yep, most people don't realise that Russia comprises 40% of European territory and 3/4th of the Russian populations lives on that side

[SardiniaAtlantis]

This "small part of Russia" that is West of the Ural is still big compared to the rest of Europe.

Small part compared to the rest of Russia. It doesn't change the fact that Russia is mostly in Asia nor that the Asian part is indeed IN ASIA.

[Hadouken]

OP gives us a map where Georgia is part of Middle East, so why not? Let it be Middle Eastern, that does not make Georgia less green or we do not start to dance belly dances eating lot of sweets, drinking tea and smoking shisha.

So, if you are tired from hot weather and muslims in Europe, feel free, come to Middle East

georgia is obviously not middle east in any way . some other countries/areas are neither but let thats put that aside for a second ....georgia is definitely not middle east . if middle east is a thing to begin with . the controversy of the term and the many different definitions of it prove that it is mostly a nonsense term

[Mortimer]

Eastern Europe Im born in Eastern Europe and I have relatives in Serbia, and there are lots of Gypsies in Eastern Europe. Since Im a Eastern European Gypsy too I would be at home there. That being said I would live in some place in the middle east too like UAE, Turkey, Iran.

[Not a Cop]

Small part compared to the rest of Russia. It doesn't change the fact that Russia is mostly in Asia nor that the Asian part is indeed IN ASIA.

Obviously this map uses cultural terms, any city from Yakutsk to Vladivostok would fell closer to Gdansk that to Seouk or Deli.