As someone who loves Russian people and Russian history, it is critical for me to assess who or what a Russian is, historically, before looking at what we are told it is today by one heterogenous political bloc opposed to another heterogeneous political bloc. It takes more understanding than the level of textbook centurial analysis to sift through genetic truths, but this is the emptiness that we are taught in any institution that proclaims to educate the curious soul on history, so we must learn it for ourselves.
You are absolutely right about America, it really is a nation that is, as one man once put it, "a state that is one half negrified and one half jewified." So most Americans do not know what they are talking about when it comes to Russia. They really don't understand the ethnic struggle that has been its entire history as an intercontinental frontier between two vastly different ways of life.
This will be a long post because this is not something a simple wikipedia article can answer, and I think it's important for people to discuss every nation from its founding stock to the present to understand it entirely, if they truly care about it.
The founding of Russia began long before any Mongol ever stepped foot onto the steppe, so to say. Kievan Rus is the precursor to modern Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, and it was founded by Vikings, also called Varangians, who were of Nordic and Germanic origin. These Vikings mixed with the local Slavic populations (whose genetic markers also put them entirely into the Aryan Indo-European peoples) to create what would become the early Slavic states. The Varangians were invited by the Slavs to establish order and bring governance to the region. They were a Nordic-Slavic blend, with no influence from Asiatic or Mongol groups at this early stage. During this period, racial purity was maintained through marriage customs, especially within the ruling classes. The Varangians intermarried with local Slavic elites, but the population was entirely Slavic European.
Fully breaking Russia down racially on a historical timeline it would go like this:
-Varangian-Slavic Unification circa 862 AD: The Varangians, who were Nordic Vikings, were invited by the Slavic tribes to bring order to the region which lead to the formation of Kievan Rus. This period was entirely a Nordic-Slavic mixture, 100% purely European society, culturally tied to both Byzantium and northern Europe
-Orthodox Christian Arrival (988 AD): Vladimir the Great converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Christianized Kievan Rus. The people were still 100% European, primarily a mix of Slavic and Nordic bloodlines. This totals 400 years of pure European rule (862–1240) (more because the tribes were pure for centuries, likely a millennia, before the Kievan unification).
-Mongol Invasion (1223-1240) and introduction of Asiatic genes: The Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan's successors (grandsons) resulted in the Golden Horde's domination of Russia, especially in the region around Moscow. While the Mongols ruled, genetic mixing occurred primarily through rape and forced intermarriage, though the Slavic population remained dominant.
-Golden Horde’s Rule (1240–1480): The Mongols and their Turkic allies ruled over the Russian principalities, collecting tribute and imposing military control. This led to some genetic admixture, but it was not extensive in the ruling or upper classes. The Mongol rule lasted for roughly 240 years, but its genetic influence was not as substantial as its political dominance might suggest. Slavic populations remained the majority, and there was an ongoing effort to maintain the European cultural and racial character.
-Battle of Ugra River and overthrow of Mongol yoke (1480): Ivan III (the Great, of Rurik lineage) officially ended Mongol dominance marking the start of Russia’s re-emergence as a Slavic-European power. While certain regions, especially Central and Southern Russia, had absorbed Asiatic genes, the elite class and much of the population remained ethnically European. By this point, some genetic mixing had occurred, particularly in the lower classes and along the frontier regions. The downward trend of mixing was even recognized back then as being something peasant and dysgenic people did, not healthy virile contributing members of society or those who run it. The Grand Duchy of Moscow established by Ivan III began to unify Russian lands and shift power away from the remnants of Mongol influence.
-The Early Tsars and Ivan IV (who the jews call Ivan the Terrible but he was really great too) (1547-1584): Ivan was of Slavic descent. His reign saw the expansion of Russia into Siberia and other regions, incorporating non-European ethnicities into the empire in fiefdoms and positions of servitude, or . However, the ruling elite maintained their Slavic-European heritage. While some intermarriage occurred, the Tsars and nobility remained overwhelmingly Slavic-European during this time. So then we have 133 years of European resurgence (1480–1613). The times of Troubles briefly led between the authority of the Grand Duchy to that of the Romanov Tsars.
-Romanov Dynasty and complete restoration of European identity (1613 - 1917): The Romanovs beginning with Michael I were of Russian-European descent and placed a heavy emphasis on maintaining racial purity through intermarriage with European royal families (Germany, Austria, England). After years of instability, the Zemsky Sobor who were an assembly of nobles, clergy, and other social estates convened in 1613 and elected Michael Romanov, a young noble, and a son of Patriarch Filaret, a high-ranking Orthodox Church leader, as Tsar. This is the time period that reinforced the idea of Slavic-European racial purity at the highest levels of Russian society. The Romanovs expanded Russia into Siberia and the Caucasus and incorporated many Asiatic and non-Slavic ethnic groups who were relegated to the edges and margins of society or in the empire's lower classes. (Perhaps this was a mistake to not expel them in retrospect, as these non-European's descendants were whipped up into a fury by Bolsheviks who had them rape their way across Europe in 1944-1947.) These were 300 years of reinforced European identity.
-Bolshevik Revolution, Russian Civil War, and USSR (1917/1922-1991): The overthrow of the Romanovs and the rise of the Bolsheviks led to the genocide of millions of White Christian Russians, including the nobility, intellectuals, as well as the peasants. During Stalin's rule policies of forced migration and intermarriage were implemented especially between ethnic Russians and Asiatic Soviet republics (e.g., Kazakh, Turkmen, Tajik, Dagestani, and others). Soviet policies under figures like Ilya Ehrenberg and Genrikh Yagoda encouraged the blurring of racial lines within the Soviet Union, resulting in a more heterogeneous population due to mixing with non-Slavic Soviet peoples. This was essentially 74 years of genocide of the White European true Russians as well as mixing them out of existence.
-Collapse of Soviet Union and Chechen Wars (1991–2000): The post-Soviet period saw local wars in places like Chechnya and Dagestan involving European, Caucasian, and Asiatic peoples. These conflicts in conjunction with the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in increased migration of Asiatic ethnic groups (from Central Asia, Dagestan, Georgia, etc.) into Russia.
-Under Putin (2000 - present) Russia has seen a significant increase in immigration from Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as efforts to integrate non-Slavic populations into mainstream Russian society, contrary to historical Russia. This has resulted in increased racial mixing in certain urban areas like Moscow and St. Petersburg, not just the fringes of society, further obfuscating Russian identity to a non-blood reality, yet to the Russian people's credit and due diligence the 100% Slavic and Slavic Nords are still a majority for now.
So lets look at the claim of 90% Russians are "ethnic Russians". You're right that of this alleged 90% there are Asiatics and mixes, but these mixes and these Asiatics are not "Rus". They are a majority peasants, people who cannot lead but are always lead hence why they have allowed themselves to be lead into racial oblivion. The more accurate percentage is around 77-78% of Russia is "ethnically" Russian meaning people who are purely 100% Slavic (Slavic or Slavic-Nordic) or people who are Slavic with unfortunate Mongol and Asiatic admixture. Of that 77-78% we can break it down into two further groups, those of the former who are 100% Slavic or Slavic-Nordic, and those who are not. A simple haplogroup and autosomal study, of which many are done, can show which figure is bigger.
There are 3 haplogroups which can now trace a European versus an Asiatic versus a hybrid, even unto the tenth generation (Deuteronomy 23:2):
-Haplogroup R1a (Y-DNA): This haplogroup is predominant among Eastern Europeans, including Russians, Poles, and Ukrainians, and Scandinavians. Subclades of R1a are strongly associated with Slavic populations (R1a-M458), while Nordic populations may carry R1a-Z284.
This haplogroup indicates Indo-European ancestry, which is prevalent in Slavic, Nordic, and Germanic populations.
-Haplogroup I1 (Y-DNA): Found primarily in Nordic populations (Sweden, Norway, Denmark), I1 is one of the most common haplogroups in Northern Europe. This haplogroup is also associated with Germanic peoples, and while it can be found in some Russians it's more common among Scandinavians.
-Haplogroup N1c1 (Y-DNA): This haplogroup is common in Northern Eurasia and Finno-Ugric peoples like Finns, Estonians, and some populations in Northwestern Russia. While it is not exclusive to Slavs, it is present in Northern Russian populations and marks a northern European ancestry.
Whereas in an Asiatic or a hybrid there are significantly different markers:
-Haplogroup C2 (Y-DNA): This haplogroup is one of the markers of Mongol ancestry and is commonly found among Mongols, Central Asians, and some Siberian populations. C2 is associated with Genghis Khan's lineage and can be found in populations historically impacted by the Mongol invasions. If C2 appears in a Russian’s DNA, it is indicative of Asiatic ancestry from Mongol or Turkic sources.
-Haplogroup Q (Y-DNA): Haplogroup Q is associated with Central Asia and Native American populations. It is common among Turkic peoples of the Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan). If it showed up on a Russians genetic analysis, its presence would indicate Asiatic influence or ancestry from Turkic or Mongol populations.
-Haplogroup O: Found in East Asian populations such as Chinese and Japanese, this haplogroup would indicate East Asian ancestry. It is very rare in European Russians but could show up in individuals with ancestry from the Siberian or Far Eastern regions of Russia.
If this were an ultimatum of choice, the answer lies in longevity. Here is the final tally:
Pure European Periods:
- Kievan Rus to Mongol Invasion: 400 years
- End of Mongol Rule to End of Romanov Dynasty: 433 years (1480–1917)
Total European-dominated years: 833 years
Mixed-Race Periods:
- Mongol Rule: 240 years (1240–1480)
- Soviet and Post-Soviet Era: 104 years (1917–present)
- Total mixed-influence years: 344 years
So in totality we have:
- European-dominated: 833 years
- Mixed-influence: 344 years
Thus Russia has experienced more time as a predominantly European state (833 years) compared to a mixed-race state (344 years), particularly due to the Romanov dynasty's focus on maintaining European purity and the relatively brief period of Mongol influence.
The Proto-Slavs are estimated to have existed by at least 1000 BC (though estimates are earlier from 1300-1500), and their ethnic lineage remained 100% European through the development of Slavic tribes in Eastern Europe. From at least 1000 BC to 862 AD, when Kievan Rus was established, the population remained Slavic-European without significant admixture from Asiatic groups, given that large-scale Mongol or Turkic invasions occurred much later.
Now add a thousand years of pre-existing Slavic tribes to the "formal" establishment of Kievan Rus and the total becomes 1833 years of European-dominated versus 344 years of unnaturally-forced mixing and conquest rape in a struggle to survive, and the pure Slavic population is still the majority despite all of this.
So therefore Russia's natural state is White European without Asiatic presence, which it owes greatly to the Orthodoxy of the Romanovs and their synthesis of Church and State for reviving it.