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negativenull@piefed.world to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish ·
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Just don't ask about the Galicians

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Just don't ask about the Galicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberians (in present day Spain/Portugal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iberia (in present day Georgia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Eastern_Europe/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Spain/)

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    Some people deliberately say Western Asia instead of Middle East to avoid eurocentric terminology. Similarly, indigenous communities inside Russian colonies prefer North Asia over Siberia

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      indigenous communities inside Russian colonies prefer North Asia over Siberia

      I didn’t know this, thanks! It makes me think about a documentary I watched (happy people of the taiga or something). I don’t remember this coming up, but that wasn’t what I remember that being about.

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        The title sounds like Russian propaganda

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          Couldn’t say, I looked it up, looks like it’s a Werner Herzog film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_People:_A_Year_in_the_Taiga

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