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I lived in Germany for 4 years and traveled to several countries, including Poland, then Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, Austria, France, Switzerland, etc.
Italy is my favorite country-irrestpective of the beauty of the women. The surprise was in Yugoslavia (now Slovenia and Croatia). The women there were special. Hungarian people tend to be a little more swarthy than the Poles, Czechs and former Yugoslavia. They call themselve Magyars. Their ancestors came from what is now Mongolia (of course as they moved West, they became more European). The other countries in Eastern Europe are Slavic and the closer to Austria and Germany, the more the people look like Germans. The more eastern you go, the more they look like Russians (of course Russians have a strong influence from the Nordic countries, but there is more of an Asian influence the farther east you go.

My Dauaghter-in-Law is Belorussian from Minsk and is very attractive, as are the young ladies that are in her photos (friends). Belorussians are called White Russians since they have more blonds than in Russia.

Belorussians are called White Russians since they have more blonds than in Russia.

Interesting theory but very wrong. Belarus does NOT means "White Russia" but "White Rus". Their people should be called Belarusians. Foreigners who have not enough knowledge about history of the region often confuse Rus and Russia, two diffrent names. Also Russian nationalists pushing this wrong name from well known reasons.

http://www.pravapis.org/art_white_russia.as http://www.pravapis.org/art_belarusian_adjective.asp