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I don't really remember ever hearing anyone talk about Russia when they refer to Europe except in geography class.

In any history class about the history of Europe, you would have a hard time not talking about Russia…

Excluding Russia from Europe is a really recent trend actually, it appeared even after the fall of the iron curtain, during the late 90 s, early 2000s as an attempt to marginalize Russia.

You'll also have a hard time not talking about Spain in the history of Latin America, but that doesn't mean it's part of it.

I should have added “as a European power” because it's what Russia was: a European power, and nobody would have questioned that in the 1950.

If they wanted us to be inclusive towards them, maybe they should've tried not invading us.

Are you talking about the country which was invaded numerous times from the west?

Are you going to kick France out of Europe then? Because we've invaded our neighbors way more than Russians ever did. Heck, without the Russians Napoleon would probably have invaded England, achieving complete French domination over the continent!

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