Not being too knowledgeable on this period/area, these remind me of the late Byzantines. Who I believe the Rus/Russians regarded themselves heir to? It would be interested to know how much influence Byzantine military experts/instructors had, and from when.
yes, the Russians consider their selves the hair to the roman empire, hence the eagle, but so do lots of people. As the caliphate expanded north the Byzantines withdrew north, so yes, the Russians can be used as Byzantines for the period. Although the Rus have a mixture of both uniform (weapons and shields) and military of both Vikings and eastern romans. The rus leaders were all after all Vikings themselves, invited to rule the region. They fought alongside housecarls from Britain, Greeks from...Greece, Saxons and later Vikings from Scandinavia in the service of the byzantine Army, so there would have been a lot of cross contamination of military tactics and training. On the whole the Russians were a well trained, well equipped professional army. Without which Russia would not exist today. In fact the prime goal of the tsar's and even the current Russian government is the restoration of Constantinople to the Russian empire (well Russia) it been the capitol of the region for quite a while. The Hagia Sophia was the centre of the orthodox church for 1,000 years after all.
well he started out as a centurian (knight) for the Byzantines and in later years was aiming at uniting the whole of northern Europe into his kingdom, then uniting the east and western roman empire, well the bits still Christian. Had he not died things could have gone a lot differently. So as a character it would be interesting to use him as a guide for the kind of challenges faced in the period. With lots of battles and conflicts going on in his world and always a background of a constant threat from the east, that was constantly in the back of his mind as he planned his smaller conquests.
Well, your knowledge about russian history is quite... inaccurate xD Btw. Mongols DID conquered RUS, destroyed Rus Principality and subjugated minor counties and principalities. My history teacher would kill you if you will say that in XIII century there were RUSSIA or, simiralry, there were Turkey before Ataturk, Great Britain before 1707, Germany before 1871 or Poland during Polish-Lithuanian union. Btw x2 - Stalin were not lunatic, he was highly intelligent guy and, by the way, sadist and monster. But it doesn't change that he was the most brilliant leader and politician of that time.
Yes, yes Stalin was a sadist and a monster. And the philanthropist and democrat Truman who dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, just to show his power by whom he was?
Not being too knowledgeable on this period/area, these remind me of the late Byzantines. Who I believe the Rus/Russians regarded themselves heir to? It would be interested to know how much influence Byzantine military experts/instructors had, and from when.
Acknowledge you mentioned the Byzantines.
yes, the Russians consider their selves the hair to the roman empire, hence the eagle, but so do lots of people. As the caliphate expanded north the Byzantines withdrew north, so yes, the Russians can be used as Byzantines for the period. Although the Rus have a mixture of both uniform (weapons and shields) and military of both Vikings and eastern romans. The rus leaders were all after all Vikings themselves, invited to rule the region. They fought alongside housecarls from Britain, Greeks from...Greece, Saxons and later Vikings from Scandinavia in the service of the byzantine Army, so there would have been a lot of cross contamination of military tactics and training. On the whole the Russians were a well trained, well equipped professional army. Without which Russia would not exist today. In fact the prime goal of the tsar's and even the current Russian government is the restoration of Constantinople to the Russian empire (well Russia) it been the capitol of the region for quite a while. The Hagia Sophia was the centre of the orthodox church for 1,000 years after all.
I always like to get the person, as well as the 'overview' of history, where possible. Harald Hardråde would be the man to study for this?
well he started out as a centurian (knight) for the Byzantines and in later years was aiming at uniting the whole of northern Europe into his kingdom, then uniting the east and western roman empire, well the bits still Christian. Had he not died things could have gone a lot differently. So as a character it would be interesting to use him as a guide for the kind of challenges faced in the period. With lots of battles and conflicts going on in his world and always a background of a constant threat from the east, that was constantly in the back of his mind as he planned his smaller conquests.
I've litterally had a dog eat homework...but it was for a cooking class.
Well, your knowledge about russian history is quite... inaccurate xD
Btw. Mongols DID conquered RUS, destroyed Rus Principality and subjugated minor counties and principalities. My history teacher would kill you if you will say that in XIII century there were RUSSIA or, simiralry, there were Turkey before Ataturk, Great Britain before 1707, Germany before 1871 or Poland during Polish-Lithuanian union.
Btw x2 - Stalin were not lunatic, he was highly intelligent guy and, by the way, sadist and monster. But it doesn't change that he was the most brilliant leader and politician of that time.
Yes, yes Stalin was a sadist and a monster. And the philanthropist and democrat Truman who dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, just to show his power by whom he was?
@@НиколайЯковлев-ц2г messiah, to save is to kill. 😁