Yep. It's mind-blowing actually how diverse Russia is. There's people out in Krasnodar Krai who for all intents and purposes are Mongol. Look Mongol (or classically "Turkic" if you will) who look absolutely nothing like the blue-eyed, white-skinned, blonde haired west Russians near St Petersburg or Moscow. Go east of Volgograd (Stalingrad to make it easier) and you'll see people that look like they could step out of a cab in downtown Baghdad or Tehran.
I always thought this was cool: https://external-preview.redd.it/aB9BInlAMSHkyQSIe1XPrf_YOffuNTnFEuFIGDS3b3Q.jpg?auto=webp&s=f97c7017dcc90441cb9291f27810cb28ebc3c5a3
Yep. It's mind-blowing actually how diverse Russia is. There's people out in Krasnodar Krai who for all intents and purposes are Mongol. Look Mongol (or classically "Turkic" if you will) who look absolutely nothing like the blue-eyed, white-skinned, blonde haired west Russians near St Petersburg or Moscow. Go east of Volgograd (Stalingrad to make it easier) and you'll see people that look like they could step out of a cab in downtown Baghdad or Tehran.
I always thought this was cool:
https://external-preview.redd.it/aB9BInlAMSHkyQSIe1XPrf_YOffuNTnFEuFIGDS3b3Q.jpg?auto=webp&s=f97c7017dcc90441cb9291f27810cb28ebc3c5a3
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