The Eastern European type and its subcomplexes

[Liquid Len]

According to Russian anthropologists like Bunak, there's a distinct anthropological type in Eastern Europe, neither Baltic nor Pontic, that corresponds more or less to the average Russian. They called it the "Eastern European type", aka "Central Eastern European type" (CEE). This map shows where its main distribution for a long time had been. (It's focused on the centre of European Russia; Moscow is in the Northwest of the yellow area. The more recently colonized areas in the South, and of course those in Asia have been left aside.) Furthermore, the internal structuring has been drawn in, i.e. regional subcomplexes that deviate in certain aspects from the average CEE.



2: Valdai: relatively tall, high CI, light pigmentation, weak growth of beard, broad faces, weak horizontal facial profile.
1: Ilmen-Beloserje: similar to 2, but with lower CI, higher, narrower face, even more depigmented.
3: Western upper Volga: similar to 1, but with stronger growth of beard, fewer uptilted nosebottoms, darker hair.

These three make up a Northwestern subcomplex that approximates the Baltic complex somewhat. The main differences are: The Russians have fewer dark eyes and narrower faces.

The Northeast:
5: Vologda-Vjatka: darker pigmented, larger head and face measurements, possibly due to an Uralic substrate.
7: Kljasma: a mix of Valdai and Don-Sura characters: moderate brachycephaly, medium face breadth, dark pigmentation.
4: Eastern upper Volga: similar to 3, but even darker hair, smaller stature, narrower faces; probably a substrate influence of Volgids (Mari).
6: Vjatka-Kama: partially similar to Ilmen and Novgorod, partially like Vologda-Vjatka.

12: Southwest: compared to the aforementioned ones darker pigmented, stronger growth of beard, lower CI, stronger horizontal facial relief. Obviously some Pontic influence.

The Southeast:
9: Don-Sura: similar to 12, but more fair eyes, lower CI.
11: Middle Volga: similar to 9, but weaker growth of beard (Mari influence?).

10: Steppe: between Don-Sura and Southwest.

8: Central: similar to Western upper Volga.

Some more detailed infos, to exemplify how relatively slight most of the differences inside the CEE type are:

Stature: Valdai: 167,4; Vologda-Vjatka:166,5; Don-Sura: 166,3; Southwest: 166,5
CI: Vald: 83; Vologd-V: 82,5; Don-S: 79,6; SW: 81,3
fair haired: Vald: 35%; Vologd-V: 29%; Don-S: 29%; SW: 26%
fair eyed: Vald: 48%; Vologs-V: 38%; Don-S: 50%; SW: 39%
Growth of beard (higher number=less strong): Vald 17; Vologd-V: 19; Don-S: 2; SW: 6
bizygomatic: Vald: 141,5; Vologd-V: 142,2; Don-S: 139,8; SW: 141,2
horizontal profile: Vald: 9; Vologd-V: 10; Don-S: 13; SW: 15
upturned nosebottom: Vald: 21%; Vologd-V: 20%; Don-S: 28%; SW: 25%
concave nose: Vald: 10%; Vologd-V: 4%; Don-S: 5%; SW: 13%
no epicanthus: Vald: 17%; Vologd-V: 18%; Don-S: 29%; SW: 26%

[Platypus]

Qestion, are the various Valdai, Vologda etc supposed to be sub types in the CEE type?

I also wondered if the CEE type could be then more responsable for the 'Eastern European look' rather than the universal 'Baltid' type used so far for areas geographically distant from the Baltic Sea

[Liquid Len]

platypus said:

Qestion, are the various Valdai, Vologda etc supposed to be sub types in the CEE type?

Yes, they are. At least, that's what Bunak and maybe also some other later authors thought. I've got the impression though, that some of these types, such as the "Valdaic" were not always by all thought to be subtypes of the CEE type, which is itself a rather late concept.

platypus said:

I also wondered if the CEE type could be then more responsable for the 'Eastern European look' rather than the universal 'Baltid' type used so far for areas geographically distant from the Baltic Sea

Bunak wrote that it occurs in various EE countries and ethnicities, but I think hardly as frequent as in Russians.
He wrote that the (pred.) Baltic complex goes as far south as into the middle of Belorussia. He didn't mention Poland, but it has to be included as well, possibly.

[Liquid Len]

Try this one; it's better for your eyes:

[Platypus]

I tranlated a few towns in Romanics, I also indicated where St Peterburg and Volgograd (Stalingrad) are in relation to the map

[Mike the Jedi]

It'd be nice if we could get like a real zoomed out version (showing the rest of Europe) for the sake of scale. Russia is so damn big that it's hard to know just where you are.

[Platypus]

xcalator1 said:

It'd be nice if we could get like a real zoomed out version (showing the rest of Europe) for the sake of scale. Russia is so damn big that it's hard to know just where you are.

Len's map should cover about this area, The two maps are projected in a different way tho'