Historical-Fiction

  1. Tale of Cossacks and Men #7: More notes and character outlines

    It is important to start researching beyond my available books as to the situation in which my characters fit, and I will achieve this by doing research into the following events: Battle of Kovel The Brusilov offensive (general topic) The state of Russian peasants at the time (general topic) The Petrograd garrison Cossacks lifestyle and traditions (general topic) Moreover, it is time to set up a graph by which to judge and describe in detail each of my characters, including: Ermolai (Don...
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  2. Tale of Cossacks and Men #6: Notes and research

    Today, I want to take notes from Chapter 2 of "1917: Russia's Year of Revolution". However, I want to also note that a major theme I would like to maybe consider for this book would be the how men view each other, and how based on a man's reputation, men can seem like gods. By the beginning of Feburary, all the ordinary people cared about was bread. In contrast, members of the upper class noted the recent season for the sale of gowns and diamonds. The Okhrana were becoming nervous, warning...
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  3. Tale of Cossacks and Men #5 Notes and thoughts

    The following is the various points of interest pulled from Chapter 1 of "1917: Russia's Year of Revolution, a chapter that focused on the conditions of the working class people prior to revolution and the underlying foundations upon which revolution would rise: The average temperature in Petrograd between January-March 1917 was a bone-chilling minus 12.1 degrees Centigrade. It was on the 30th December 1916 that Rasputin was assassinated by Prince Felix Yusupov, an assassination that was not...
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  4. Tale of Cossacks and Men #4 Notes on book

    For today's entry, my research that follows is drawn from the introdution of '1917: Russia's Year of Revolution', establishing the circumstances that set the stage of the 1917 revolutions, key events for my book: Note: the book contains at the start a map of Petrograd in 1917, which may be key to establishing the setting effectively. When the author mentions the October revolution to an old Russian, the man says that wasn't a revolution. The revolution was in February. October was a coup...
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  5. Tales of Cossack and Men #3 More research

    Firstly, my five pieces of research for the day: With almost 160 regiments fighting in WW1 by 1916, the Cossack cavalry would be unaffected by modernization The Soviet famine of 1932-33 aka the Holodomor, caused many fatalities among the Cossacks, with many families forced from their homes in the severe winter, leading them to freeze to death. The conditions are recorded in Mikhail Sholokhovs letters to Joseph Stalin. Under Kornilov, the white movement in Southern Russia could at times be...
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  6. Tale of Cossacks and Men Entry #1 General Ideas

    This is my first proper entry for a book I have wanted to write for a long time. This book will be about Cossaks and other Russians during the events from 1917 revolutions to the end of the Russian civil war. It is important to figure out what I need to do. With holidays coming soon, I need to figure out a schedule to get writing in progress. From 23 May to 1 July, I will do research via the following sources: Internet sources 1917 book Last of the Tsars book Russia history book (East to...
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