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In the 18th and 19th centuries, the term “White Russian” described ethnic Russians living in the area between Russia and Poland (today this includes Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia and Moldova).By the end of 1920, the White Russians were losing. The Red Army pushed them out of Russia into Siberia. As the civil war continued in the Far East, the Red Army broke their agreement with the Black Russians. They began killing anarchists and anarchist sympathizers throughout Russia.The Russians were formed from East Slavic tribes, and their cultural ancestry is based in Kievan Rus'. Genetically, the majority of Russians are very similar to their East Slavic counterparts, unlike Northern Russians, who belong to the Northern European Baltic gene pool.

Why is it called White Russian : Somewhere in the 1950s, when sweet, milky drinks were in their heyday, the cream was added and the White Russian was born. It's been said the name “Russian” comes from its base spirit of vodka, just like the Moscow Mule. (Originally, all vodka that was exported to the States came from Russia.)

What makes up a White Russian

Ingredients

1 cup ice.
2 fluid ounces vodka.
1 fluid ounce coffee-flavored liqueur.
1 fluid ounce heavy cream.

Why is it called the White Russian : The White Russian came about in the 1960s when someone added a bit of cream to the Black Russian, rendering it white. Neither drink is actually Russian in origin—the Black Russian itself is thought to have originated in Belgium, where it was first created for a U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg.

The White Army had the stated aim to reverse the October Revolution and remove the Bolsheviks from power before a constituent assembly (dissolved by the Bolsheviks in January 1918) could be convened. They worked to remove Soviet organizations and functionaries in White-controlled territory.

Most scholars consider Polesia the homeland of the Slavs. Theories attempting to place Slavic origin in the Near East have been discarded. None of the proposed homelands reaches the Volga River in the east, over the Dinaric Alps in the southwest or the Balkan Mountains in the south, or past Bohemia in the west.

Are Russians related to Vikings

Sometime in the 800s, small bands of adventures came down from the north to the land of the Slavs. These Varangians, or Rus as they were also called, were most likely Vikings. The name "Russia" is taken from this group. Eventually, these Vikings built forts along the rivers and settled among the Slavs.The word Belarus means white Russians. The Scandinavians who moved in the east were called Rus and from them came the word Russia. During the Mongol era, the Russians were classified into three different groups: Belarussians (white Russians), little Russians, and great Russians.The cocktail owes its name to the use of vodka, a typical Russian spirit, and the blackness of the coffee liqueur.

The Black Russian is the big brother of the equally famous White Russian. It's a simple yet tasty drink, combining Kahlúa coffee liqueur and vodka in a truly unforgettable way.

Why did the whites lose : The Whites had a number of weaknesses that led to their defeat. Low moral- their lack of a clear aim or plan was less enticing than the Bolshevik cause- the establishment and survival of the revolution and a communist Russia.

Are the Slavs Vikings : Their origin and identity are much in dispute. Traditional Western scholars believe them to be Scandinavian Vikings, an offshoot of the Varangians, who moved southward from the Baltic coast and founded the first consolidated state among the eastern Slavs, centring on Kiev.

What do Slavs look like

Procopius wrote that the Slavs "are all tall and especially strong, their skin is not very white, and their hair is neither blond nor black, but all have reddish hair". Jordanes wrote "…all of them are tall and very strong… their skin and hair are neither very dark nor light, but are ruddy of face".

noun. one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians Eastern Slavs, the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenians, etc. Southern Slavs, and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. Western Slavs.While both Ukrainians and Russians consider themselves Orthodox Slavs, Rurik, the founding father of the Kievan Rus' dynasty, which goes back to the 9th Century, was a pagan Viking.

Is it white Russia or Belarus : A fourth theory suggests that the color white was associated with the west, and Belarus was the western part of Rus' in the 9th to 13th centuries. The name Rus' is often conflated with its Latin forms Russia and Ruthenia, thus Belarus is often referred to as White Russia or White Ruthenia.