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Russia, as the largest country in the world, has great ethnic diversity.It is a multinational state and home to over 190 ethnic groups countrywide. 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%.
Russia is the leading nation in rhythmic gymnastics; and Russian synchronized swimming is considered to be the world's best. [202] Figure skating is another popular sport in Russia, especially pair skating and ice dancing. [203] Russia has produced a number of famous tennis players, [204] such as Maria Sharapova and Daniil Medvedev.
Slavic peoples were considered to be people of an "inferior race" who were unable to assimilate into American society. [4] They were originally not considered to be "fully white" (and thus fully American), and Slavic peoples' "whiteness" continues to be a debate to this day, but most people consider them to be of Caucasian culture. [46]
The term "White race" or "White people", defined by their light skin among other physical characteristics, entered the major European languages in the later seventeenth century, when the concept of a "unified White" achieved greater acceptance in Europe, in the context of racialized slavery and social status in the European colonies.
The Naturalization Act of 1790 offered naturalization only to "any alien, being a free white person". In at least 52 cases, people denied the status of white by immigration officials sued in court for status as white people. By 1923, courts had vindicated a "common knowledge" standard, concluding that "scientific evidence" was incoherent.
An assessment of racism in Trinidad notes people often being described by their skin tone, with the gradations being "HIGH RED – part White, part Black but 'clearer' than Brown-skin: HIGH BROWN – More white than Black, light skinned: DOUGLA – part Indian and part Black: LIGHT SKINNED, or CLEAR SKINNED Some Black, but more White: TRINI ...
A member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War; A White émigré from the Russian Civil War "White Russian", a song by Marillion from their 1987 album Clutching at Straws; The White Russian, a 2003 novel by Tom Bradby; The White Russians, an Australian band fronted by Pinky Beecroft; White Russian (cocktail), a cocktail made with ...
The Caucasian race (also Caucasoid, [a] Europid, or Europoid) [2] is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race. [3] [4] [5] The Caucasian race was historically regarded as a biological taxon which, depending on which of the historical race classifications was being used, usually included ancient and modern populations from all or parts of ...