How different is Siberia to Russia?

How different is Russia east of the Urals from Russia west of the Urals? That's a better way to phrase the question, and it's a good question. Some places in Siberia (Russia east of the Urals) are very, very different from the rest of Russia. read more

That's a better way to phrase the question, and it's a good question. Some places in Siberia (Russia east of the Urals) are very, very different from the rest of Russia. read more

Just as a state-based vision of the world exaggerates the distinctiveness of small countries, so it masks difference within large countries. When macro-countries like Russia, China, or the United States are mapped as singular units, vast disparities between their constituent areas vanish from view. read more