Lenin was something like 1/8th Kalmyk on his father's side. Kalmyks are Mongols who moved to Europe to escape the Qing massacres.
Lots of Russians have Tatar ancestry because Tatars are the biggest non-Slavic ethnic group, but Tatars are themselves more White (if we go with Western norms) than Asian. Turkic peoples span from totally White-looking to totally Asian-looking.
The racist right-wing is more enamored with highlighting Lenin's Jewish ancestry, which was only unearthed by researchers after his death (i.e. he himself didn't know about it).
they apparently used to call lenin 'asiatic' and racist slurs back in the day
He does look pretty Asiatic tbh and quite a few Russians have some extra Tatar swimming around somewhere.
Lenin was something like 1/8th Kalmyk on his father's side. Kalmyks are Mongols who moved to Europe to escape the Qing massacres.
Lots of Russians have Tatar ancestry because Tatars are the biggest non-Slavic ethnic group, but Tatars are themselves more White (if we go with Western norms) than Asian. Turkic peoples span from totally White-looking to totally Asian-looking.
The racist right-wing is more enamored with highlighting Lenin's Jewish ancestry, which was only unearthed by researchers after his death (i.e. he himself didn't know about it).
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