What It's Like Being Asian Russian in 2025 And Why You've Never Heard About Us🤨

Most people think all Russians look Slavic… until they meet me. I’m an Asian Russian, specifically Buryat-Mongolian, and my video about Asian Russians blew up with over 10 million views. In this episode, I’m finally explaining who Asian Russians actually are, why you’ve never seen us in Western or even Russian media, where we live inside Russia, why English creates confusion (one word “Russian” = two different meanings), the Indigenous peoples of Siberia & the Far East, my Buryat-Mongol identity, and the comments like “we got Chinese Russians before GTA6”. By the end of this video, you’ll understand a part of Russia almost nobody talks about. 00:00 Introduction 01:37 Who Are Asian Russians? 02:34 Russian Federal Subjects 03:23 Identity: Russian or Buryat? 03:45 Why People Get Confused 04:18 Why You’ve Never Heard of Asian Russians 04:37 Buryat-Mongolian or Buryat? 05:36 Erasure of the “-Mongolian” part during USSR 06:29 Why I Don’t Look Russian 06:50 Why I Started Talking About This 07:18 Taiwan’s “Russian Girl” Stereotype — Storytime 08:56 Future Content & Upcoming Mongolia Vlogs 09:25 Ending & Goodbye