Kovalev is not Eastern Europe.
Even by the most generous of maps, Kovalev is not from Eastern Europe.
Almost everyone agrees that if you include Russia into Eastern Europe, the divide is at the Ural Mountains.
So at best Kovalev was born 300 km away from the border of Eastern Europe.
GGG is 1300 kms away from the most Eastern border of Eastern Europe.
"Eastern Europe includes the countries of Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. These countries are commonly grouped into the subregions of Eastern Europe, East Central Europe, the Baltics and the Balkans."
https://www.reference.com/geography/countries-make-up-eastern-europe-f220b8cc461d2e4d#
So Siberia is part of Eastern Europe?
"Eastern Europe includes the countries of Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. These countries are commonly grouped into the subregions of Eastern Europe, East Central Europe, the Baltics and the Balkans."
https://www.reference.com/geography/countries-make-up-eastern-europe-f220b8cc461d2e4d#
GGG is 1300 kms away from the most Eastern border of Eastern Europe.
Well, GGG should certainly never be described as Eastern European. He's from central Asia.
The size of Europe compared to Australia
https://i2.wp.com/www.britzinoz.com/wp-content/uploads/aus-europe.jpg?ssl=1
The size of Australia compared to Russia
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ppQOqKsNMF8/SgECD_4dOYI/AAAAAAAAABw/TRzekKZXAPs/s400/russia-vs-aus_02.jpg
The size of America compared to Russia
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/russia-slides-120606161831-phpapp02/95/russia-slides-5-728.jpg?cb=1338999629
Exactly! It's mind blowing and I say that as someone who has visited all three.
There's also an interesting discussion to be had about Russia and where it's historically seen itself, with it looking towards Europe and at times emphasizing itself as culturally European when geography may just as easily justify it being seen as primarily Asian.
But that's probably not one for a boxing forum ;)
I think a lot of people struggle with the sheer scale of Russia and the fact that it's both European and Asian.
The size of Europe compared to Australia
https://i2.wp.com/www.britzinoz.com/wp-content/uploads/aus-europe.jpg?ssl=1
The size of Australia compared to Russia
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ppQOqKsNMF8/SgECD_4dOYI/AAAAAAAAABw/TRzekKZXAPs/s400/russia-vs-aus_02.jpg
The size of America compared to Russia
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/russia-slides-120606161831-phpapp02/95/russia-slides-5-728.jpg?cb=1338999629
Kovalev is not Eastern Europe.
Even by the most generous of maps, Kovalev is not from Eastern Europe.
Almost everyone agrees that if you include Russia into Eastern Europe, the divide is at the Ural Mountains.
So at best Kovalev was born 300 km away from the border of Eastern Europe.
GGG is 1300 kms away from the most Eastern border of Eastern Europe.
I think a lot of people struggle with the sheer scale of Russia and the fact that it's both European and Asian.
http://foreignpolicynews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Eastern-Europe-Time.jpg
Yeah, you know what isn't on there, dumbass?
Yekateringburg. You know where Kovalev is from.
You don't know **** I'm Aegean Macedonian and it ain't eastern Europe either is Greece or Italy for that matter
But would you say that Montenegro is Eastern Europe?
Is Bulgaria?
I know the USA isn't perfect, but there was a reason that Russians in western media were shown to be mental midgets in films,books, tv shows, and in sports.
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starpolar/images/9/96/Paul_blart.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150419171412
I know the USA isn't perfect, but there was a reason that Russians in western media were shown to be mental midgets in films,books, tv shows, and in sports.
Kovalev is not Eastern Europe.
Even by the most generous of maps, Kovalev is not from Eastern Europe.
Almost everyone agrees that if you include Russia into Eastern Europe, the divide is at the Ural Mountains.
So at best Kovalev was born 300 km away from the border of Eastern Europe.
GGG is 1300 kms away from the most Eastern border of Eastern Europe.
"Eastern Europe" is basically everything west of Russia until you hit France and Germany.