Why the steppe?

[Elok]

Because they have tumed into pussies and hate their own glorious past. Btw, a nice question coming from someone with a brown person on his avatar.

I believe he chose that avatar for the awesome comic value of the full picture, which IMO derives mostly from the King Of All Neckbeards that dude is sporting. Which, of course, doesn't show in the closeup. Alas.

Also, your particular branch of white person didn't have a glorious past. Present ain't so glorious either.

[Riesstiu IV]

Well, Russians aren't really white people as far as I know. It is my understanding that they are a mix of tartars, mongols, gypsies, and inbred criminal Vikings who were exiled to Kiev.

[onodera]

Well, Russians aren't really white people as far as I know. It is my understanding that they are a mix of tartars, mongols, gypsies, and inbred criminal Vikings who were exiled to Kiev.

Do you think I care what some Indian troll thinks?

[VetLegion]

Because they have tumed into pussies and hate their own glorious past. Btw, a nice question coming from someone with a brown person on his avatar.

I was referring to Caucasians. Supposedly Russian mafia is actually Chechens and the like?

[onodera]

I was referring to Caucasians. Supposedly Russian mafia is actually Chechens and the like?

Well, Chechens, being from Caucasus, are as Caucasian as you can get.
And no, Russian Mafia is not actually Chechens. Mostly Jews and Armenians at the top.

[VetLegion]

So what is it about Russians and lack of organizational skills?

[Riesstiu IV]

Do you think I care what some Indian troll thinks?

You're no fun! It's much easier to troll Serb.

I'll stop being an ass. To answer your OP honestly, Ozzy is right. When people think of Russia the popular image is forest and tundra, not steppe. This image was reinforced thanks to the scenery of famous historical movies like Dr. Doctor Zhivago and Nicholas and Alexandra.

[OzzyKP]

Ozzy is right.

[ColdWizard]

The steppe is the land of Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

All were owned by Russia.

[onodera]

All were owned by Russia.

Uh, Mongolia was owned by Russia?
Anyway, that's like saying Great Britain is a land of tropical islands and kangaroos.

[onodera]

You're no fun! It's much easier to troll Serb.

I'll stop being an ass. To answer your OP honestly, Ozzy is right. When people think of Russia the popular image is forest and tundra, not steppe. This image was reinforced thanks to the scenery of famous historical movies like Dr. Doctor Zhivago and Nicholas and Alexandra.

Well, forest and tundra is much better than the steppe. I guess I have a skewed view of foreigners' views.

[Kitschum]

And no, Russian Mafia is not actually Chechens. Mostly Jews and Armenians at the top.

How exotic. All we get is lousy Baltic Russians coming over here to run prostitution rings or go on robbery sprees.

[RGBVideo]

why do slavs have an inferiority complex which we are witnessing with creation of threads like this one? i don't know anybody who thinks russians are "steppe people".

hitler was a moron, get over it. come up with a seriously taken opposition party as good as the ruling party and people start thinking of russia as a modern and stable democracy.

[Japher]

Why do Russians have misconceptions about how other people perceive them? This is strange. As an American I certain know how other nationalities perceive us; as Awesome!