(Accredited) Early modern military historian and lead guitarist. That's it.
I know more riffs than your boyfriend.
Honourary Cossack
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Yevgeny Prigozhin
Okay so I've actually got a lot of feelings on this because I have quite a lot of Slavic friends/enemies/lovers.
Geographically yes, it's fairly Central, however in terms of politics and culture it looks like it is East, mainly due to the Iron Curtain and Cold War in recent memories, but I want to go before that
West Slavs as a whole don't really fit neatly into the West/East/Central dichotomy. Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary (not Slavic but still relevant) all fit into a niche where they are Catholic rather than Orthodox, Rome is more important to their heritage than Byzantium and use the Latin script rather than Cyrillic. Their architecture and music is more like Western Europe than East, too.
I will stress that in my opinion Central Europe is just Eastern Europe that was conquered by the Habsburgs rather than the Russians. In some cases, conquered by the Habsburgs, THEN the Russians.
Stephen Broughton asked 15 days ago · 5 answers
Your local university wants to honour you with a honorary doctorate! You get to be an insta-expert in any subject you like! What do you want to be a world-renowned expert in?
Early modern religious warfare
Teo asked 19 days ago
Hey girlypop, I need guitar gift/upgrade advice. Dad's been using an acoustic $100 guitar I bought him >10 yrs ago. I was wondering for Xmas if I should get his guitar re-strung with nicer(if such a thing exists) strings? Is it worth restringing a cheap guitar or should I get him a new one? Idk idk, I just know he really likes to play it and would like to get him some kind of upgrade for Xmas. Do you have any advice/insights? Thx scottie
Hey
I'd absolutely go for getting new strings, all guitars should be re-strung every few months for optimal quality. I think if the acoustic was only 100 dollars and you got it around 10 years ago it might be nice to get a new one though, there are some decently affordable guitars that are just slightly more expensive than that, depending on your budget
What typa jet was it
Daniel asked about 1 month ago · 14 answers
Do you like it when the one who asks a question on retrospring already gives an answer to the question himself? Me: yes
Don't have a go at Arthur
the f00fy one asked about 2 months ago · 15 answers
How Federated are you?
Trade or Russian
parisx asked about 2 months ago · 11 answers
Do you watch Spanish TV shows?
I've watched Cathedral of the Sea, that's the only TV series made in Spain I can remember watching
Arthur asked about 2 months ago · 11 answers
So a paramilitary militia (not bandits, but former cops) decided to set fire to 35 buses and one train in the west zone of Rio (not where I live) after a police operation. Way more than bandits did and effectively stopping people's commute in a very populous area and during peak hours. Thoughts?
Paramilitaries are a crap shoot of being useful or irritating, looks like this one is the latter
Daniel asked about 2 months ago · 13 answers
Is wikipedia a good source of knowledge?
Yes but you have to be critical and check the sources
You're also probably not going to get a deep understanding of a topic by just reading Wikipedia, there will be bits in books and articles that don't make it onto the wiki page
cLOUD asked about 2 months ago · 16 answers
What’s your favorite soup
Goulash
Daniel asked about 2 months ago · 13 answers
Where is the best place to live in the USA?
Wyoming
Noncemaster General asked about 2 months ago
do you have a computer or laptop?
LaDamaX asked about 2 months ago · 14 answers
What is the earliest vehicle that your remember your adults at home/parent (s) driving?
Rover 45
LaDamaX asked about 2 months ago · 15 answers
I’m creating a playlist to remember YOU by, what song do I add and why?
Damage Case by Motörhead
Obvious why
AMoonRabbit asked about 2 months ago · 14 answers
Are ya ready to have ye bones rattle'd, and ya boots spooked?
october is just a normal month for a scary and evil guy like me
dd🌺 asked about 2 months ago · 17 answers
Do you have a portfolio of your projects or similar? (I just updated mine!)