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RE: This day in history - September 12, 1940 - Cave Paintings in France

in Home Edderslast year

It's a shame there isn't more activity in the history communities.

On one hand, on another hand... Yes, but thats life.

Most of the folks on the blockchain are authors / content providers, not readers; and they after rewards. This is the way I see it.

Making 5-10 captures on your smartphone and getting a fat reward for your lazy-effort-no-ideas post is far more profitable and time-saving, than working hours or even days on putting together an intresting story, condensing unique personal thoughts and experience -- which, lets face the truth, may get tiny or even zero rewards. Thus, most hiveans' choice is obvious. Grass grows better where it is watered and fertilized :/

As for me personally, I am pretty obsessed about history (and could share a lot of interesting stuff from the books I was involved in, or video lectures I've watched), but firstly - see point one, and secondly: most likely, it will be of interest mostly to the Russian-speaking public than the English-speaking one...

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I love history too. My daughter thinks I'm weird, while I don't understand why she doesn't love it. 😆

I would happily read about Russian history (although probably not in Russian as I can't read it... or speak it), because I suspect anything we've learnt on it in the west is skewed after years of cold war. But I might be in the minority, though.

I will say more (the Cold War is not the only reason here) - generally speaking, in history as a science that connects facts and events into a cause-and-effect chain... objectively.... no one is interested! People, the silent majority, society as a whole, and individual figures (politicians for example) are interested in myths! in fiction stories! with which they feed themselves and their peoples, with their help they strengthen their personal power, the power of the state, justify all sorts of claims, desires, their defeats and failures, and so on and so forth. History is the poor servant of society. Alas. The most typical example is the historiography of Western Europe about the Mongol Empire. Or the attitude towards the Crusades and the Saracens. Myth sits on myth - and they cannot be moved. And the most offensive thing is that this has nothing to do with the truth, hehe.

The key thing you need to know about Russia is that it is a poor country, poor objectively, historically; due to difficult weather conditions, it is difficult to grow crops here and sell them for good money, peasants had to work very, very hard on the land - this is the key (objective!) factor that entails most of our long-suffering history.

Я скажу больше (холодная война тут не единственная причина) - общем говоря, в истории как науке, которая связывает факты и события в причинно-следственную цепочку ... объективно.... никто не заинтересован! Люди, молчаливое большинство, социум в целом, и отдельные фигуры (политики например) заинтересованы в мифах! в художественных историях! которыми они кормят себя и свои народы, укрепляют с их помощью свою личную власть, силу государства, обосновывают всевозможные претензии, желания, свои поражения и неудачи, и так далее и тому подобное. История - это бедная служанка социума. Увы. Самый типичный пример - историография западной Европы о монгольской империи. Или отношение к крестовым походам и сарацинам. Миф сидит на мифе - и их не сдвинуть с места. И самое обидное, что это не имеет отношение к истине, хехе.
Главное, что нужно знать о России - что это бедная страна, бедная объективно, исторически, из-за сложных погодных условий, здесь трудно вырастить урожай и продать его за хорошие деньги, а трудиться на земле крестьянину приходилось очень и очень много - вот из этого ключевого (объективного!) фактора вытекает многое и многое остальное, большая часть нашей многострадальной истории.

due to difficult weather conditions,

I always picture Russia as a show covered country, well, certainly Moscow brings that to mind. It's what we see in movies. 😆

Myth sits on myth - and they cannot be moved

Very much this. Even when evidence is found to refute the mythical history, the myths still continue.

Aha... cause it is actually the food to feed some mental constructions. 😜😳😳

I think the only people who get decent rewards are the ones who are closest to the whales for whatever reason... I have never won popularity contests and now is no different.

This platform has never managed to find a way to bring in paying readers... and that's one of the biggest long-term problems.

It is one of the problems indeed. Decent activity is not payed off.