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Originally Posted by Indio777
Actually, I've always thought Kazakhstan was in Central Asia, along with the other former-USSR "stans." Oops.
Russia is in Europe (at least the western part where most of the population is) but isn't also considered a transcontinental state in the sense that parts of it are in Central and Northern Asia?
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I am pretty sure Kazakhstan is generally considered Asian (Central Asian, yes) for most purposes, much the same way Turkey is generally considered Asian, even though both countries have a small part of their territory geographically in Europe.
With Russia, there is so much of it in Europe (including St Petersburg, Moscow and most other important centres of population), that it's generally considered part of Europe. (Besides, the actual Rus part of Russia is geographically in Europe - most of what's on the other side of the Urals is Siberia, which has only been part of Russia for a few hundred years.)