Ethnic Origins of the Russians

10:00 I'm from Far East of Russia, and i first time hear about "Identify more regionally". Independence? Are you joking? No one is talking about it in Primorsky Krai for example... Everyone here is Russian, speak Russian and identify as Russian...

It's hard, because in English you just call all the people of Russia Russians, but in Russia we have 2 different words, Russian in english is not the same as Russian in russian language. Russians are a mono-ethnic slavic group. And here we have the word Rossiyane, which mean all the nations and citizens of Russia.

I am always amazed how they managed such a great mass of land for so long despite in those early days transportation was more tricky

The Russians are great people.. I was treated like a king in Moscow, and a little town we stayed at.. The food was so good, and the men are men, women are beautiful.. Cheers..

Me and my wife did DNA tests (We are Russian) and both of us were mostly slavic about 90% with the last 10% or so being Baltic.

Greeting from russian pomor living in Helsinki, Finland!

Thanks for the video, I'm a Russian citizen, but not completely Russian from the ethnic point of view. Some people think that such a huge territory consists only of Slavic tribes... And they get shocked when they find out there's a big diversity of peoples

Thank you, Mason. That was excellent and answered a lot of questions I had about the ethnicity of modern day Siberians.

Mason, your videos are highly educational and informative, this channel has honestly been a god send in terms of advancing my knowledge on haplogroups, cultures, countries and anthropology in general. A massive thanks from myself and keep doing what you're doing

Your videos are some of the most informative on the web. Thank you so much

Such a beautiful and diverse nation. I was always fascinated with Russia, growing up during the cold war I was always suspicious of being told that it was a 'bad' country so I read as much as I could about it. I love the literature that comes from Russia, the food the wildlife and of course the ballet lol my first vinyl record my parents ever bought for me was Peter and the wolf and it was the soundtrack of my childhood. 💕💕 RUSSIA 💕💕

Great!

You pronounced Helsinki perfectly !

Russians have a rich historical background, very courageous and hard working nation.

Very good presentation and research

love this channel

Greetings from Russia, comrades ✋🏻

With respect, the Russian Empire's conquest of Siberia was in no way comparable to the bloodshed of the Western Europeans' conquest of North America. Firstly, these areas were far less densely populated owing to their northerly, remote nature. Secondly, the state's conscious policy was mostly of coexistence with and taxation of local tribes, and less often, assimilation. In fact, according to respected Siberia scholar N.I. Nikitin, it was often the case that settlers' complaints about conflicts with locals over fishing resources, hunting rights, etc. went unanswered by the central government, which wanted to make the profits off Siberia's riches, but didn't want to spend money on garrisons and policing (Nikitin, 'The Absorption of Siberia in the XVII Century', 1990). This meant settlers either had to fight locals themselves, or learn to get along. Also, for one reason or another, the Russians never seemed to share the ideas of racial supremacy over conquered peoples as other European powers had. Altogether, this has helped to save so many distinct ethnic groups within the Russian Empire (up to 185 different ethnic groups), and, in the 19th and 20th centuries, led to many people from these minorities taking up prominent positions in government, the military, culture, and other areas. P.S. I am half ethnic Russian, half Turkic Chuvash myself.

Amazing video, well done well done. Subscribed.

I’d love to see a video on Sakhalin. The tour books say some towns in the south are 10% Korean because of Japanese rule 1905-1945. Then there’s the Ainu, Orok and Nivkh peoples. Chekhov wrote about it when it was a gigantic Alcatraz.