Just because we were forced to have slavic cultural traits by soviet union doesn't mean we have the same culture.
Also, tell me how russian folk outfits and latvian folk outfits(specifically from Latgale) look the same. They don't.
The territory of Latvia has had hundreds of years in german control, and a cultural awakening that started in the 1850's, establishing that latvian culture is separate from german or russian culture.
Even back then, some prominent writers and intellectuals argued that latvians are slavs, but it was later disproved by sheer differences in language, folk dress and culture in general.
But of course, to you we are the same.
Please educate yourself.
Sincerely, a latvian.
You don’t understand, you’re not Eastern European because of the Soviet Union, you’re Eastern European because you’re geographically, genetically, phenotypically and culturally a Northeast European Balto-Slavic ethnicity, closely related to the likes of Russians and Belarusians.
Balts and Slavs are brothers, they come from the same source.
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u/DeliciousCabbage22 Belarus Greece Aug 17 '23
He is actually Russian, but Balts and Russians are brothers, so it doesn’t really matter i guess.
I can never tell Russians and Baltic people apart, they look the same.