

The two nationalities share tensions, especially on the topic of politics. Russian populations are mostly condensed in the Northeastern region of South Zagoria in towns such as Krasnostav.

The population of Chernarus is a combination of Chernarussian and Russian peoples. After the revolution in 1917 Chernarus became an autonomic federal republic, after the demise of the USSR in 1991 it gained independence. The Kozub dynasty ruled until 1631, when Chernarus joined the Russian empire. In the 12th Century it was controlled by dukes, in the 13th century it was united by Taras Kozub. The local Slavic population constantly had to fight off the raiders from the southwest so it was traditionally bound with Russia, but always kept its independence. The center of modern Chernarus had been founded in the delta of the Burnaya River and on the coast, divided from the Zagorie region which was under the supremacy of a Moscow Principate by the Black Mountains ridge. When the valleys of the Burnaja and Svetlaya rivers were inhabited by Skyth tribes and nomads, who later formed the Takmyr and Karzeg nations. The first settlements in the area date back to 5th Century B.C.

Chernarus is a fictional post-Soviet country, accurately recreated from geographical data of real landscape between the cities of Ústí nad Labem and Děčín (Czech Republic).
