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Originally Posted by Visigodo
Both are Huzulians and to be frank I took them as Bunak's Valdaic like examples time ago as they have a similar look at some of the examples I have from Bunak but as they are not from the area where Bunak located the Valdaic type I think now that would be better to be clear about that. The pictures where taken by L. Cipriani, (Eine Rassenuntersuchung bei den Hutzulen -Nodostkarpathen-) and posted by R. Battaglia (L'EUROPA ORIENTALE, I CARATTERI SOMATICI) a chapter of RAZZE E POPOLI DELLA TERRA by Renato Biasutti. They were classified as depigmented "Baltic types".
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The woman look like many Russian ladies I've seen. Do you know if it's correct to say Huzulians and Ruthenians are different names for the same people? Or are they a sub-group of Ruthenians?
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Both are quite Nordids and the man clearly Nordid for sure. The woman seems to show some kind of Cromagnid or Osteuropid? admixture.
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She does seem robust. However, the same can be said of many Scandinavian Nordids. I see what you mean with the formation of her mouth and cheekbones. She is old though. People change a lot.
You know Eastern European anthropology is much more complex than Osteuropid, that is what I got when I was in Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland. I need to travel much more in those countries to understand their looks better. I have a better idea than I had before. I saw less exotic looks than I had expected. I actually saw more exotic looks (from a British or Scandinavian perspective) in Riga than Odessa or Kiev. Things are complex, I got that more southern and eastern doesn't necessarily mean more exotic. It would have been even better if I could have visited villages. I had no time for that though. One thing is clear. Eastern Europeans (especially Russians) are much fairer (at least in hair and to a lesser extent also eye colour) than west and central Europeans.
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I think so. They can be brothers.
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Brother and sister? I was comparing the Trönder man to the Huzulian lady.
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I hope you have had nice holidays. I am sure you will like Minsk.
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I had a good holiday, thank you. Travelling opens up eyes. I appreciate the order at home even more although I also admire the more laid-back (in a way more human) lifestyle in east. I wrote a summary of my observations at
http://forum.stirpes.net/atrium/1324...rn-europe.html
I will travel to Minsk another time. Maybe next year. I know you've been there.