and there is very interesting history of this area from XVIII century till our days..
Well, usually being born in a country equates to being from that country, no?
Nabokov was not born in Kazakhstan, but in Soviet Union.
Adam Deadmarsh and Brett Hull were both born in Canada but played for the US.
I'm definitely no expert when it comes to Eastern European geography, but Kamenogorski, Kazachstan sounds like it's in Kazakhstan and not Russia.
Well, usually being born in a country equates to being from that country, no? .
Now you are mixing up a religious group with ethnicity.Only works that way in the west.
If your Ukrainian parents gave birth to you in China, does that make you Chinese? You are confused because in Canada/America there is no such ethnicity as Canadian or American. You are confusing ethnicity with citizenship.
I was born in Moldova, i am in no way Moldavian. I don't speak the language, my ancestors aren't Moldavian. Palestinians who were born in Israel aren't Israelis and Jews born in Germany aren't Germans, they are still jews. In the soviet union where there are literally hundreds of ethnicities, residency doesn't weigh on your ethnicity. Chechens aren't Russians. Russians in the baltics aren't Estonian or Lithuanians etc.
Jew is both an ethnicity and a religion.Now you are mixing up a religious group with ethnicity.
Wow my relatives that fought for the Kaiser was even more the waste.Jews born in Germany aren't Germans, they are still jews.
Well, usually being born in a country equates to being from that country, no?
From WikipediaNationality most often derives from place of birth (i.e. jus soli) and, in some cases, ethnicity (i.e. jus sanguinis). Citizenship derives from a legal relationship with a state. Citizenship can be lost, as in denaturalization, and gained, as in naturalization.
Now you are mixing up a religious group with ethnicity.
Wow my relatives that fought for the Kaiser was even more the waste.
Only works that way in the west.
If your Ukrainian parents gave birth to you in China, does that make you Chinese? You are confused because in Canada/America there is no such ethnicity as Canadian or American. You are confusing ethnicity with citizenship.
I was born in Moldova, i am in no way Moldavian. I don't speak the language, my ancestors aren't Moldavian. Palestinians who were born in Israel aren't Israelis and Jews born in Germany aren't Germans, they are still jews. In the soviet union where there are literally hundreds of ethnicities, residency doesn't weigh on your ethnicity. Chechens aren't Russians. Russians in the baltics aren't Estonian or Lithuanians etc.
Adam Deadmarsh and Brett Hull were both born in Canada but played for the US.
Jews born in Germany aren't Germans, they are still jews.
I'm Jewish, does that mean I'm not an American?What are you talking about?
Both of them were not only born in Canada, but grew up in Canada, and received all of their hockey training here. Hull's mother is an American, hence his ability to qualify for dual citizenship, and I believe Deadmarsh was in the same situation, i.e. one American parent, thus qualifying him for dual citizenship. Both were also ticked off at not getting invites to Team Canada camps early in their careers, hence the defection to the U.S. side.
All of their hockey training? Not exactly. Deadmarsh played in Portland in the WHL and Hull went to Minnesota-Duluth in the NCAA. Besides, as you mention, both have an American parent, automatically qualifying them for citizenship. This is, and always has been a non issue.
Well this is a tournament pitting nations against each other, not ethnicities, which was my original point as to how Canada would have only Chris Simon and Jordin Tootoo if that were the case.
I semi-agree on the basis of the parent thing, but to claim because someone plays for an American team in the CANADIAN Hockey League makes them elgiible to playf or that country, well that's a reach.
I'm no world history buff, but I don't think that country is still around.
Yes, but it was when he was born.
Imagine Canada split up into 3 countries now, called Yax, Cox and Dox. So, now you live in Cox, would you say you were born in Cox, or Canada?