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, modern usage) violent attacks against Caucasian businesses and migrants are reported in other Russian cities, the pogrom of April 21, 2001 in "Yasenevo market" in Moscow, against merchants from the Caucasus countries, and well organised massive attack on all Caucasian businesses and migrants in Eastern-Russian town of Ekaterinburg on September 9, 2004 being particularly violent and deadly. RACISM TOWARDS CAUCASIANS ''Caucasophobia'' is a " is a collective term which refers to anyone descended from the native ethnicities of the Caucasus . Confusingly, the Russian Language stereotypes of Caucasian people are in direct opposition to the common colloquial English Language meaning of "Caucasian" as the " White Race ". Typically, Caucasian people are considered "dark" or "black" by Russians, with negative connotations nearly identical to the Anglo-Saxon prejudice of "darkness". Caucasophobia is often associated with views that almost any evil or folly of contemporary Russia may be attributed to the non-Slavic inhabitants of the Caucasus, especially Chechens and other Muslims. Members of these ethnicities are often depicted as dangerous and savages and a threat to public safety, both individually and on a social scale. In this respect, it is similar to Anti-semitism . Caucasophobia is not yet widely studied, and the term is rarely used in English-language media. It, however, begins to enter in Russian political Lingo . The phenomenon is significant in contemporary Russian Politics . Like other ethnic -phobia s, it has been picked up by Politician s seeking to aggrandize themselves or their ethnic groups at the expense of the Caucasian people, an unpopular, " Foreign " element unlikely to generate much sympathy from one's Constituent s. RACISM TOWARDS CENTRAL ASIANS External links
ANTI-SEMITISM IN RUSSIA See Also: History of the Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union RACISM TOWARDS CHINESE Russian attitudes towards China have focused on the fear of Russia (especially the Russian Far East and Siberia ) being overwhelmed by Chinese , because of China's much larger population. Some Russian officials have reported extremely high estimates for the number of Chinese migrants in the Far East, but other sources report more modest numbers. Some tourists from other East Asia n countries or Asian American s have reported harassment by police who assume they are Chinese. External links RACISM TOWARDS AFRICANS Soviet roots Negative attitude towards " in Russian means both "peace" and "world"). As a part of the support of Decolonisation of Africa , the Soviet Union offered free education for citizens of African states. African students (as well as other foreign students) were placed in many higher education institutions throughout the country, but the most famous place was Peoples' Friendship University Of Russia , known as Patrice Lumumba University. Initially the students from "oppressed" countries were met in a friendly way, due to both propaganda efforts and natural curiosity: at these times foreigners were rare in Soviet Union. It turned out, however, that a significant part of these students, especially in prestigious institutions, like Lumumba University, were relatives of privileged population groups in their countries, and hence were rich, in stark contrast to the majority of Soviet people. Further, the made African students attractive to Russian girls, which was enhanced by rumors about "superb sexual abilities" of Africans (bearing in mind lack of efficient Sexual Education in Soviet Union). (For a Chinese incident with similar motives, see Nanjing Anti-African Protests .) The factors mentioned above have eventually led to the development of Xenophobic prejudices towards African students. External links SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS In English:
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