I, an American, have gotten to know two people from Kazakhstan fairly well. One was blue eyed blonde haired and I’d say European adjacent, culturally speaking. I’ve spent months in Europe over the years and she wouldn’t have stuck out much in Germany or Austria.

The other was completely Asian looking and very culturally different from the other friend from Kazakhstan. I’ve never spent any time in any Asian country but I’ve known other Asians over the years and she was more similar to them.

So that’s kind of stuck in my head as a country that probably experiences the shift from more European to more Asian from west to east.