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G'day, Gentlefolk,
I signed up to this board to ask a question in one of the sub-forums, but then I saw the invitation to introduce myself, so I figure "why not?"
I'm a college student in the Tampa Bay area, looking to Major in the field of History. My life story isn't long, yet, but a bit complex, so, instead of bothering you with a long introduction, I'll let you ask any questions you might have.
I've been fascinated by anime, manga, and Japanese culture for a number of years, though my primary hobbies are music, meditation and going to soccer games.
OK, don't know what else to say, right now + I don't wanna make this introduction too long, so I'll just say: "Hi there, Comrades! I hope we get along well."
I signed up to this board to ask a question in one of the sub-forums, but then I saw the invitation to introduce myself, so I figure "why not?"
I'm a college student in the Tampa Bay area, looking to Major in the field of History. My life story isn't long, yet, but a bit complex, so, instead of bothering you with a long introduction, I'll let you ask any questions you might have.
I've been fascinated by anime, manga, and Japanese culture for a number of years, though my primary hobbies are music, meditation and going to soccer games.
OK, don't know what else to say, right now + I don't wanna make this introduction too long, so I'll just say: "Hi there, Comrades! I hope we get along well."
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As well do I, im from flordia too. Its interesting to see how many people from my state are online these days.
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Hi there..
Glad to have another new user here!
your fetishes is fox girls?
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enjoy your stay ^^
Glad to have another new user here!
your fetishes is fox girls?
we have THESE (click it!)
enjoy your stay ^^
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Hi there comrade! (although i feel the word is a bit politically prestressed)
Finally a historian. So, what period in history do you like the most?
Finally a historian. So, what period in history do you like the most?
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Hello there! Nice to meet you. Welcome to FAKKU Community and have a great time here just like everybody else.
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Glad you read the rules. Welcome to the forums, mate. Enjoy your stay and hopefully you will use your account for more that asking questions.
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Thank you, everyone, for the warm welcome! I shall do my best to become a productive member of this community!
Waffles, that's an awesome cookie! A work of art, actually. My cookies never came out that perfect.
@Tachyon: I didn't mean "comrade" necessarily in a Soviet way, although I do currently happen to be writing a research paper on the global effects of the Bolshevik revolution.
20th century history is probably my "favorite" period. Ancient Rome is a close runner-up, though. How about you?
Waffles, that's an awesome cookie! A work of art, actually. My cookies never came out that perfect.
@Tachyon: I didn't mean "comrade" necessarily in a Soviet way, although I do currently happen to be writing a research paper on the global effects of the Bolshevik revolution.
20th century history is probably my "favorite" period. Ancient Rome is a close runner-up, though. How about you?
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platonic wrote...
@Tachyon: I didn't mean "comrade" necessarily in a Soviet way, although I do currently happen to be writing a research paper on the global effects of the Bolshevik revolution. 20th century history is probably my "favorite" period. Ancient Rome is a close runner-up, though. How about you?
The Bolshevik revolution and it's surroundings used to be one of my strengths. It is very interesting and very delicate, and i guess you will have to shut up about some facts if you don't want to be seen a as a communist (as f.e. that the Brits, Americans and French supported counterrevolutionary forces, from monarchists, over the bourgeoisie, to the Polish nationalists). And also that companies that got expropriated by the Bolsheviks (like Shell f.e.) later turned to financing Hitler.
That the Bolshevik revolution caused the breaking away of colonies, proletarian revolutions in other countries, and the entry of the USA in ww1 should be commonly known. But it also caused persecution of communists across the world, like in the USA (see Red Scare), and also the founding of the CFR in 1921.
I would consider the Bolshevik revolution THE most important event in mankind history, since it had the potential to change the world once and for all, which faded away over the century.
I favor all periods and regions where there were wars. Yes it includes Ancient Rome in a very large Proportion, but against common believe the Romans did not win an empire with Brute strength, but with diplomacy. Also ancient Greece, Migration period, early Medieval, Crusades, Byzantine Empire, Turkish invasion in Balkans, hundred years War, Teutonic Order, thirty years war, Cossack's Uprising, Growth of Russia, Napoleonic Era, Balkans Wars, Yugoslavian civil war, and of course the world wars and the cold war. And everything centered around warfare of course.
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Tachyon wrote...
I would consider the Bolshevik revolution THE most important event in mankind history, since it had the potential to change the world once and for all, which faded away over the century. Curious that you should say this, since the topic for this research paper was to choose an event which we consider to be one of the, if not THE, most important of the 20th century. Naturally, a long list was forming in my head, so I quickly decided to settle on the Bolshevik revolution, not just b/c it's hard to argue that the developments of the last century were more severely affected by anything else, but also b/c of my long-standing fascination w/ the socialism and communism, and the abject failure of Soviet leadership to realize those noble ideals.
Of course, this subject is material enough for volumes of books, so I'm focusing my paper on two developments which, though positive, are less often pointed out: The expedited abolition of colonialism, and the contribution towards social and economic progress, worldwide.
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Takerial
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The most important event in the history of mankind was the discovery and practice of farming.
Everything that you know it as today, was because of this.
Everything that you know it as today, was because of this.
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platonic wrote...
...and the abject failure of Soviet leadership to realize those noble ideals.The soviet leadership had socialism and communist (in term of Marxism-Leninism), in their small finger. They realized socialism and communist very well, but they did not knew how to put it into practice. Just dissolving the state and the industry would only cause war and occupation. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is required, read Marx - "Critique on the Gotha program".
Stalin was a true Marxist-Leninist, he industrialized and alphabetized the soviet union, he won the second world war. Just in the years from 1927-37 he increased the USSR's production 4fold because he heavily invested in the heavy industry and could sustain the workers because of the collectivization of the agrarian sector.
Khrushew fucked it all up. He privatized the agrarian sector and few years later the mighty "granary of Europe" - Russia, had to import crop from Canada. He brought corruption in, released anti-soviet prisoners like Solzhenitsyn, etc.
Brezhnev watched the USSR fall apart whilst doing nothing, and Gorbatschov finally dismantled it.
platonic wrote...
Of course, this subject is material enough for volumes of books, so I'm focusing my paper on two developments which, though positive, are less often pointed out: The expedited abolition of colonialism, and the contribution towards social and economic progress, worldwide. I totally agree. The topic is HUGE. You would need quite a few books just to write down all the fighting from 1917-21 in detail.
I would not say that the USSR contributed to "economic progress" outside of the USSR, since it had a totally different economic model. But I fully agree with the social progress.
2 positive effects of the October Revolution! In an US university! Just unbelievable. :)
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oh yay
Another History fan
Those seem to be rare these days
Make that 2 more
I dont see what you guys see in the Bolshevik Revolution and USSR
I prefer the World Wars
Although the Bolshevik Rev can be considered part of WWI
I would have to agree about the USSR
And USSR just fails
Well, at least after the death of Stalin
and excluding Gorbachev
Their leaders were...
Kruschev was the worst
too many political errors, including the missile crisis
I have to disagree when you say that the Bolshevik Revolution is the most important event in history, I dont consider the Revolution very important
And the claim that Stalin won WWII
Yeah, he put up a good fight, but if it wasn't for the early winter, a lot more serious effects could have occured. Plus, when Germany invaded, the US began supplying the Soviet Union.Not to belittle Stalin's accomplishments, I admire the guy, but he wasn't really impactful in WWII until the very end, and thats only because a series of luck and outside aid
Another History fan
Those seem to be rare these days
Make that 2 more
I dont see what you guys see in the Bolshevik Revolution and USSR
I prefer the World Wars
Although the Bolshevik Rev can be considered part of WWI
I would have to agree about the USSR
And USSR just fails
Well, at least after the death of Stalin
and excluding Gorbachev
Their leaders were...
Kruschev was the worst
too many political errors, including the missile crisis
I have to disagree when you say that the Bolshevik Revolution is the most important event in history, I dont consider the Revolution very important
And the claim that Stalin won WWII
Yeah, he put up a good fight, but if it wasn't for the early winter, a lot more serious effects could have occured. Plus, when Germany invaded, the US began supplying the Soviet Union.Not to belittle Stalin's accomplishments, I admire the guy, but he wasn't really impactful in WWII until the very end, and thats only because a series of luck and outside aid