Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Europe-Asia Boundary "within" Russian Federation
Date: Feb 14, 2006 @ 14:55
Author: jim van dura (jim van dura <jimvandura@...>)
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But Komissar, I see here:
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/l/lewis-myth.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
. . . that Europe and Asia are myths, no less than the
nation states (and rag-tag governments and armies)
they enfold! So all the more imaginary their
multipoints!!! --Jimi

--- aletheiak <aletheiak@...> wrote:

> since the orenburg oblast is generally accepted as
> being in both europe & asia
> a total of about 32 & a half subjects are in asia
> & thus the balance of about 55 & a half are in
> europe
>
> in terms of this map
>
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/russiaaddivisions.jpg
> the conventional continental divide running from
> north to south
> forms the eastern boundary
> successively
> of
> nenetsia
> komi
> perm &
> bashkortostan
> & then splits orenburg pretty much in half
>
> it appears 7 major internal tripoints fall on the
> continental divide
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "raedwulf16"
> <raedwulf16@...> wrote:
> >
> > Which of Russia's 88 "Subjects" "Republics"
> "Krays" "Oblasts" etc ,are
> > generally accepted as being in Europe and how
> many are in Asia?
> > And...are there any that are in both? I know that
> Kazakstan is in both
> > but it is no longer part of Russia...Thanks
> Raedwulf
>
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