My new boyfriend is from Kazakhstan, and when I first met him he was like, yea I'm Russian(However he does not have big tits). Come to find out later, he is actually from Kazakhstan, then after that I find out he is actually from KYRGYSTAN (please excuse the spelling).....far from Russian, but he is acually mostly of Russian decent, and obviously speaks Russian. I was thinking about it, and why would he tell me he is Russian if he is from this other place, and it makes since. Russia is more well known, people are more familiar with it when he sais he is Russian. If he sais he is Kyrgese, many people will be like huh? Also, culturally, he considers himself a Russian.
These smaller, less developed countries have this problem...with ethnic identity.