>>> I dunno... when I was in school I remember Northern Asia
being described
 >>> pretty much as everything west of the Ukraine, at least until the
 >>> fall of the USSR.

 PL> Well... it sure wasn't some Eupropean council member with delusions of
 PL> grandeur :o)

   Are you sure it's not a case of remembering right but thinking wrong?
Change "west of" to "east of" and then Ukraine to Ural
and you're absolutely right.

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