Eastern Europe from a Western perspective

**~~Cristiano viejo~~** · 10-11-2018, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by The Lawspeaker

Russia's big moment was when they occupied Central "Europe".

The opposite. The world noticed Russia existed when Napoleon occupied it.

**~~Cristiano viejo~~** · 10-11-2018, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by Smeagol

Pushkin was only 1/8 black.

Only?

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-11-2018, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by Cristiano viejo

The opposite. The world noticed Russia existed when Napoleon occupied it.

We should have turned back Peter I when we had the chance.

**Smeagol** · 10-11-2018, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by Cristiano viejo

Only?

Well 12.5% is a lot less than 100%.

**~~Cristiano viejo~~** · 10-11-2018, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Smeagol

Well 12.5% is a lot less than 100%.

It was more than enough to give him a Caribbean look

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-11-2018, 10:10 PM

Although I do think, that retaking the Balkans would have been even more bloody. However: it would have remained under Austrian occupation. While that may not be nice, it would have been stable. But then, we would have still needed to deal with those blasted Habsburgs... WIthout the Russians to back then up, Serbia would have backed down in 1914 too. Probably would have been Austrian anyway.

What if. Still interesting.

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-11-2018, 10:20 PM

As for some peoples' ideas that Eastern Europe is the traditionalist guiding light of Europe. Well, no. That hope can be buried as well.
It would have been fun, it it was actually true but..

**Magnolia** · 10-11-2018, 11:04 PM

They don't have to be traditionalists. Life is changing, the world is changing all the time. You seem to be a time traveler you had to come from 1809 and you don't want to accept that rule of life.

The truth is that EE will stay European ethnically (I am not sure about Central Europe). I have said this many times - stereotypes protect EE, no immigrants want to live in EE and that's great.

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-11-2018, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by Magnolia

They don't have to be traditionalists. Life is changing, the world is changing all the time. You seem to be a time traveler you had to come from 1809 and you don't want to accept that rule of life.

The truth is that EE will stay European ethnically (I am not sure about Central Europe). I have said this many times - stereotypes protect EE, no immigrants want to live in EE and that's great.

I don't that will be the case If the Reds could have torn down the protective layer that was the family unit, the rest can easily follow. It didn't take very long to get to that here either. 20 years. 15.

**Peterski** · 10-12-2018, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by Magnolia

The truth is that EE will stay European ethnically (I am not sure about Central Europe). I have said this many times - stereotypes protect EE, no immigrants want to live in EE and that's great.