2 Questions about a 'European Imperium'

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Eurasianism is not an extension of Europeanism but rather a rejection of it, as it is Russia ideally embracing its Asiatic elements and its connection to the Asian continent while rejecting a close connection to Europe. The ideology is derived from a conception of Russia from its historical geopolitical situation and how it has previously been perceived by the rest of Europe, where it was rejected as fully European but rather an outlier on the borderlands, as well as an attempt to embrace the Asiatic and Caucasian peoples (and arguably the Finno-Ugrians in it as well, whose European connections are more debatable than the Indo-European groups) within Russia and its link to neigbouring Asian nations as also part of Russian civilisation. I personally disagree and believe Russia is fully European, granting the non-European groups within it self-determination would allow this to finally be the case.

[–]VarangianRasputin[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Aren't some Caucasian People white (Georgians, for example)? Genuinely asking, because I have no idea about the genetic make up of that area.

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I'd consider Georgians and Armenians honorary Europeans. They're some of the oldest Christian countries in the world, and if they're not white, they're the closest thing.