Nowadays nationality is represented by passport. However, a name can be used to identify ethnicity. Ethnic Russians mostly have Christian names of Greek or Hebrew origin. Rarely do you meet a Russian guy with a name of turkic or arabic origin. Your name is widespread among muslim ethnic minorities of Russia more often than not, such as tatars, chechens, bashkirs etc. Maybe you have predecessors from these minorities. There's a singer called Manizha, she's a Tajik with Russian citizenship but calls herself "Russian woman".
Ah, well, Russian is a very broad term and is wider than simply a genetic description, it's just like American. Of course your general Russian would look more like me and have a similar name, I'm considered a Russian as I live in Russia and have Russian citizenship, although I have Ukrainian descent many may argue it's all the same and you will never say whether you're looking at a Russian guy or at a Ukrainian guy and the difference is purely territorial.
во-первых, россиянин =/= этнический русский. а то я ведь тоже практически русский, только глаза узке. (шучу нерусь я) 😆 во-вторых, что-то еще вам объяснять и доказывать мне лень и, думаю, бесполезно. добранич!
Я тоже по-русски говорю, но пожалуй продолжу на английском. Yes, it's true that a name can serve as a solid basis for guessing one's ethnicity, but since English doesn't offer a distinction between a Russian as a representative of an ethnic group and a Russian as a citizen of the country, there's nothing wrong with my original comment, because I simply rejected her on behalf of all Russian citizens regardless of their ethnicity. But yeah, ethnically speaking I'm a mix and unfortunately I haven't had my DNA tested to pinpoint which ethnic group I'm closer to - Tatars or Russians.
Now to the point of Manizha calling herself a "Russian woman". She's subject to the laws of Russian Federation and hypothetically speaking if she were to make a statement about women suffering domestic abuse on the territory of Russian Federation it would make sense for her to identify as a "Russian woman" and not as a "Tajik woman with Russian citizenship" given that the problem is widespread and not limited to a specific ethnic group.
Sounds interesting. https://www.etymonline.com/word/gorgeous According to this source the word might have something to do with the neck, but maybe more about showing it off rather than simply showing too much of it, unless I'm misunderstanding "to show a lot of neck".
Anyway, thanks for awakening my dormant obsession with etymology. XD
yeah, all that plus you are ashamed of being Tatar, it's okay, just confess it to yersel. and this bloody manishka still has an inferiority complex and hard feelings about her non-russian descent, somewhere deep inside she has it and it shows.
Indeed, looks like the majority of Tatars in the world are indigenous to the land controlled by Russia.
Yes, it's true that a name can serve as a solid basis for guessing one's ethnicity, but since English doesn't offer a distinction between a Russian as a representative of an ethnic group and a Russian as a citizen of the country, there's nothing wrong with my original comment, because I simply rejected her on behalf of all Russian citizens regardless of their ethnicity. But yeah, ethnically speaking I'm a mix and unfortunately I haven't had my DNA tested to pinpoint which ethnic group I'm closer to - Tatars or Russians.
Now to the point of Manizha calling herself a "Russian woman". She's subject to the laws of Russian Federation and hypothetically speaking if she were to make a statement about women suffering domestic abuse on the territory of Russian Federation it would make sense for her to identify as a "Russian woman" and not as a "Tajik woman with Russian citizenship" given that the problem is widespread and not limited to a specific ethnic group.
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https://www.etymonline.com/word/gorgeous
According to this source the word might have something to do with the neck, but maybe more about showing it off rather than simply showing too much of it, unless I'm misunderstanding "to show a lot of neck".
Anyway, thanks for awakening my dormant obsession with etymology. XD
Anyway, I find it much more interesting that a member of a Muslim minority in Russia enters a discussion here. 👍