I like this picture because it shows how much land separates modern day Germany and Russia. When I was in a European History class my senior year in high school I found it strange that we incorporated Russia into the class seeing as how the book classified Germany as being Eastern European. It's difficult to include in Russia in any other regions history though, Russia has almost always been doing their own thing culturally. I think this map helps us to understand Russia's hesitancy and sometimes inability through out history to "Westernize." It is important and has always been important to take this into account when considering Russia and it's people.
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