Re: Russia in Ill Bethisad

--- Isaac A. Penzev  skrzypszy:

> On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 08:06:09 +0000 Jan van Steenbergen skrzypszy:
LOL!

> >>>>>>>>>>
> I agree. IMO this is probably the weakest part of the whole, otherwise
> extremely interesting and enjoyable, alternate universe Ill Bethisad.
> Russia definitely deserves a better treatment. The idea (what would have
> happened if Russia had lost the war with Japan in 1905) is good, but
> should be worked out differently, because this is completely unrealistic,
> indeed.
> <<<<<<<<<<
>
> You may be surprised to learn that in THIS Reality Russia HAD LOST the
> war with Japan in 1905...
> Which resulted in so called Revolution of Year 1905: massive uprisings
> of poorest layers of workers, armed street fights in Moscow,
> St.Petersburg, Kiev and some other major cities, the Czar issued a
> decree of October 17 that introduced few democratic elements into
> Russian society: the 1st Duma (Parliament, but only as a consultative
> body), freedom to create political parties etc. Later most of
> democratic initiatives were again surpressed.
--- Je Andreas Johansson skrzypszy:

> Eh, Russia DID lose the Russo-Japanese War in our world, albight not in a
> very spectacular way.
<blushing with shame> Oops, I fumbled. Of course, you are both right and I
should have known this. Well, as a matter of fact, I did, but obviously my mind
didn't work properly when I wrote that. Sigh, it has been a long time since I
studied Russian history...

Jan

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