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Re: Russia, the Last Colonial Empire
« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2022, 09:22:41 pm »
"You would think that the ethnic makeup of the residents would at least have some "Asiatic" admixture"

I know you put "" around it, but it is still inaccurate. This is the only correct definition of Asia:



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The word "Asia" comes from the Greek word Ἀσία, originally only applied to the eastern shore of the Aegean Sea,[1] known to the Lydians who occupied it as Assuwa. It came to be used by the Greeks for all of Lydia (the northwestern part of what is today Turkey), that shore being the closest part of Lydia to modern-day Greece. The Roman province of Asia occupied almost exactly the same territory as that of the Lydian kingdom.

So no, I would not expect to see much Lydian blood in Manchuria.

"the town borders China"

The town was in China until Russia moved the border!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok#Names_and_etymology

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Chinese maps from the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) label Vladivostok as Yongmingcheng (永明城; Yǒngmíngchéng).[citation needed] Since the Qing dynasty, the city has been known as Haishenwai (海參崴; Hǎishēnwăi) in Chinese, from the Manchu Haišenwai (Manchu: ᡥᠠᡳᡧᡝᠨᠸᡝᡳ; Möllendorff: Haišenwai; Abkai: Haixenwai) or 'small seaside village'.[17]

By the way, how Eurocentrist is present-day China? Here is another exhibit:

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In China, Vladivostok is now officially known by the transliteration 符拉迪沃斯托克 (Fúlādíwòsītuōkè), although the historical Chinese name 海参崴 (Hǎishēnwǎi) is still often used in common parlance and outside Mainland China to refer to the city.[18][19] According to the provisions of the Chinese government, all maps published in China have to bracket the city's Chinese name.[20]



See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/diplomatic-decolonization/msg1207/#msg1207

"the original inhabitants were displaced."

Yep:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/russia-the-last-colonial-empire/msg7661/#msg7661