@Kaiser K:
Of course there are not as many Blacks in Russia (I don't know of any at all, although there might well be some), but you once (when you were in the sixties in the RCWverse) had planned to use Cossacks of all ethnicities(!) as African-American analogue. Senseless as Cossacks (see WP) have always been quite high up in the Russian societal hierarchy... Chechens or other Caucasus peoples make much, much more sense, really!
EDIT: Good job on Aurumia, too!
Of course there are not as many Blacks in Russia (I don't know of any at all, although there might well be some), but you once (when you were in the sixties in the RCWverse) had planned to use Cossacks of all ethnicities(!) as African-American analogue. Senseless as Cossacks (see WP) have always been quite high up in the Russian societal hierarchy... Chechens or other Caucasus peoples make much, much more sense, really!
EDIT: Good job on Aurumia, too!