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Many Russian authors, such as Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy, and Fyodor Dostoevsky have discussed the concept of the "mysterious Russian soul" in their writings. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Winston Churchill famously described Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."
Blue eyes are a highly sexually dimorphic eye color. Studies from various populations in Europe have shown that men are substantially more likely to have blue eyes than women. [18] The inheritance pattern followed by blue eyes was previously assumed to be a Mendelian recessive trait, though this has been
Blue eyes are also found in parts of Western Asia, most notably in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. [53] In Estonia, 99% of people have blue eyes. [54] [55] In Denmark in 1978, only 8% of the population had brown eyes, though through immigration, today that number is about 11%. [55] In Germany, about 75% have blue eyes. [55]
Light skin is a human skin color that has a low level of eumelanin pigmentation as an adaptation to environments of low UV radiation. [1] [2] Due to migrations of people in recent centuries, light-skinned populations today are found all over the world.
After the Nazis came to power, selective breeding for supposed Aryan traits such as athleticism, blond hair and blue eyes was encouraged, while the "inferior races" and people with physical or mental illness were deemed "life unworthy of life" (German: lebensunwertes Leben, lit.
Moscow and other Russian metropolises have become much more Westernized in recent years despite Russia appearing to be the West’s most desperate adversary. Looking at Moscow, we see not only an ...
Russia, as the largest country in the world, has great ethnic diversity, is a multinational state, and is home to over 190 ethnic groups nationwide.According to the population census at the end of 2021, more than 147.1 million people lived in Russia, which is 4.3 million more than in the 2010 census, or 3.03%.
Humans have two eyes, situated on the left and the right of the face. The eyes sit in bony cavities called the orbits, in the skull. There are six extraocular muscles that control eye movements. The front visible part of the eye is made up of the whitish sclera, a coloured iris, and the pupil. A thin layer called the conjunctiva sits on top of ...