#Borodino class

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alriggt so :gun: fav ships of each class from your fav faction. hand em over.

ok so. i dont have a fav faction so im gonna do them all.

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS:

NP: Chkalov. she's the friend you like because when she's drunk she's super funny, and she's always drunk.

IB: Graf Zeppelin. it's a toss up between her and August von Parseval tbh, but Zeppelin is cool. her vibes to me are so relatable.

USS: ngl toss up between Enterprise and Ticonderoga. they are both very cool, Enty is the poster girl for AL but she deserves it

HMS: AAAA. Perseus or Formidable ngl. but I also wanna count Ark Royal because i refuse to acknowledge her in-game personality as cannon.

IJN: Akagi, Shoukaku or Zuikaku. i just like them all too much to pick one. honorable mention goes to Taihou

SE: Impero. sleepy.

DE: i haven't seen the personality of the new one yet but Chen Hai. i love Chen Hai.

Iris: Joffre. Joffree. whatever her name is. she's so cute.

BATTLESHIPS:

NP: Sovetskaya Rossiya. she's so adorable and dorky while having a badass looking skin. her head is full of air.

IB: both FdG and UvH win for me. although Bismarck and Tirpitz are also very cool.

USS: Georgia omg I love Georgia so much she's so classy and cool and pretty

HMS: Monarch,,, my beloved, give your local Monarch a hug every hour pls she's gone through hell

IJN: Musashi by a landslide. i love how her event was basically her and her 4 daughters.

SE: LITTORIO. her charisma is so fucking impressive and how she uses her ego to boost the morale of her faction. she's so cool

DE: ? (hoping for Sun Yat-Sen)

Iris: the two sisters Jean Bart and Richelieu,,

BATTLECRUISERS:

NP: ? (hoping for Borodino)

IB: both Seydlitz and Brünhilde are equally matched for me.

USS: ? (hoping for Constellation)

HMS: Hood, of course. aka HMS Whore

IJN: Amagi the original fox mom,,

CRUISERS (in general):

NP: Either Kirov or Chapayev ngl, although the new Soviet lady is looking very cool

IB: MAINZ MAINZ MAINZ MAINZ

USS: hhhh. Bremerton i think. she's just too adorable and chill not to love

HMS: too many to love but Sirius, Dido and Plymouth

IJN: the whole Takao class is lovely, Takao herself the most. same with Ibuki

SE: Duca degli Abruzzi or Zara tbh

DE: Hai Tien I guess???

Iris: Saint-Louis and Algerie

SUPERCRUISERS:

Ägir ngl. she's way too funny and interesting.

SUBMARINES:

don't care. Surcouf or Leonardo da Vinci, probably

DESTROYERS:

they're all cute

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Events 8.29 (before 1910)

708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta. 1009 – Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration. 1219 – The Battle of Fariskur occurs during the Fifth Crusade. 1261 – Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV, becoming the 182nd pope. 1315 – Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered. 1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. 1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England. 1484 – Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV. 1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to the Kingdom of Portugal. 1521 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade). 1526 – Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia. 1541 – The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. 1588 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues a nationwide sword hunting ordinance, disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the samurai and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power. 1728 – The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss. 1741 – The eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima. 1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe. 1758 – The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and Iroquois forces at the Battle of Newtown. 1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. 1807 – British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge. 1825 – Portuguese and Brazilian diplomats sign the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro, which has Portugal recognise Brazilian independence, formally ending the Brazilian war of independence. The treaty will be ratified by the King of Portugal three months later. 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. 1842 – Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. 1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound. 1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway. 1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871). 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded in Akron, Ohio. 1903 – The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched. 1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

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"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy: A Timeless Epic of Human Existence

Introduction:

Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" stands as one of the most monumental and enduring works of literature. Published in serialized form between 1865 and 1869, this epic novel weaves together the lives of aristocrats and commoners against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, offering profound insights into the human condition. In this summary, we will delve into the key themes, characters, and Tolstoy's philosophical musings that make "War and Peace" a timeless masterpiece.

Plot Overview:

At its core, "War and Peace" revolves around the intertwining lives of four central characters: Pierre Bezukhov, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Natasha Rostova, and their friend-turned-foe, Prince Anatole Kuragin. Set against the canvas of historical events, including the Battle of Borodino and Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the novel captures the grandeur of war and the intricate tapestry of peace.

The narrative unfolds in four parts, each exploring different aspects of life and society. Tolstoy seamlessly blends history, philosophy, and fiction to create a multi-layered narrative that transcends time and place.

Themes:

1. War and its Impact: Tolstoy, a veteran of the Crimean War, offers a stark portrayal of the horrors and futility of war. The Battle of Borodino, depicted in vivid detail, serves as a microcosm of the broader human tragedy that war represents.

2. Philosophy of History: Tolstoy challenges conventional historical narratives, arguing that historical events are shaped by a multitude of factors beyond the control of individuals, making it impossible to attribute success or failure solely to the actions of leaders.

3. The Search for Meaning: Through the characters' personal journeys, Tolstoy explores the quest for purpose and meaning in life. Pierre's spiritual awakening and Andrei's existential contemplations reflect Tolstoy's own philosophical inquiries.

4. Love and Relationships: Natasha and Pierre's love story, alongside the complexities of other relationships in the novel, underscores the importance of human connections in navigating the tumultuous journey of life.

5. Social Critique: Tolstoy critiques the aristocratic society of his time, questioning its values, norms, and the inevitability of social hierarchy. He offers a nuanced exploration of class distinctions and the impact of historical events on different strata of society.

Conclusion:

war and peace by leo tolstoy summary stands as a literary giant, not just for its sheer scope and complexity but for its profound exploration of the human experience. Tolstoy's timeless insights into the nature of war, the complexities of human relationships, and the search for meaning continue to resonate with readers across generations. As we delve into the lives of Pierre, Andrei, Natasha, and others, we are invited to reflect on our own existence, making "War and Peace" an enduring masterpiece that transcends the boundaries of time and culture.

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Russian Battleship Slava (Glory), Admiral (2008)

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Slava is a Borodino-class squadron battleship of the Russian Imperial Navy, 1917 - photographer unknown

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Amrev mutuals look away (I’m about to be a monarchist on main) but here are two of my most prized possessions, Imperial Russian military medals and jetons!

Here is my first one, a 4th class St. George Medal for Bravery, circa 1916- WWI. On the front side is an engraving of Tsar Nicholas II, and I haven’t been able to figure out what the back says. My dad got it for me at a gun show as a surprise!

And this one here is an Imperial Russian jeton (think a coin or a chip) to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino. On the front is Tsar Alexander I, and on the back is an engraving depicting the 1812 Fire of Moscow.

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Movie Review | War and Peace (Bondarchuk, 1967)

For all the possibilities opened by computer-generated imagery, it's hard not to feel as if we've lost something along the way. When blockbuster cinema regularly conjures images of world-or-universe defining stakes, scale starts to lose all meaning. I think back to seeing Avengers: Endgame in theatres and, despite enjoying most of the film preceding the climax, finding myself totally unmoved when it produced that splash page image of all the heroes joining forces, as flat and shapeless composition as I've seen in these things. (Rarely have I felt so out of step with the reaction of the surrounding audience, so I realize I'm in the minority on this one.) There's a certain thrill in seeing something physically real on a giant scale that a CG facsimile just can't replicate. For recent movies I can think of that feel truly grandiose, I'd have to go back to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, and even then shortcuts were used in the way of special effects and stand-ins.

In this respect, Sergey Bondarchuk's War and Peace represents some kind of pinnacle of this lost art, a work that feels truly colossal in ways few films have approached. One way to grasp the film's scale is in terms of hard numbers. It runs a total of seven hours (released initially in four different parts). At the time of production, it cost reportedly $100 million, estimated by the New York Times to be $700 million in modern times when adjusted for inflation. The cast totaled approximately 120,000, many of whom were extras supplied by the Soviet Army. Thousands of costumes, sixty cannons and 120 wagons were made, and over forty museums donated artifacts to the production. This would all be moot were the movie a mess, but the production is a masterwork of controlled chaos. The sheer scale of the battles is captured with clarity by the expected crane and helicopter shots, but Bondarchuk's style is spontaneous and constantly evolving. Handheld camerawork hurtles us through the combat, while the liberal use of filters, splitscreens, superimpositions and jagged editing give the proceedings a heightened, hallucinatory quality. There's an exhilarating documentary quality to seeing anything of this scale, but the stylistic abandon with which the proceedings are captured render them almost a fever dream. There's a tendency to treat important novels like homework (I'm sure everyone has at least one example from their high school English class), and truth be told, I haven't actually read War and Peace (because it's like 1200 pages, c'mon), but Bondarchuk injects a spontaneity into his adaptation that should lay those fears to rest.

Bondarchuk produces some truly remarkable images, like a sequence where the composition of shot of a battlefield full of soldiers morphs real time as clouds of gunsmoke erupt with orchestral precision. Given the scale and scope of the movie, it's hard not to compare it with that famous American epic Gone with the Wind, and War and Peace contains certain moments that feel like direct responses to some of the former's most memorable images and scenes, outdoing the burning of Atlanta and the landscape full of wounded soldiers with even more vivid, forceful images. In the face of the sheer size of the spectacle, the human element can seem underwhelming at first, and that seems intentional in the first part, Andrei Bolkonsky, where a joke about an illiterate messenger seems completely limp after a horrific battle. It's in the second part, Natasha Rostova, where the human element comes into focus, carried by a trio of lead characters, a fallible but good hearted noble played by Bondarchuk himself, an innocent young woman played by ballerina Ludmila Savelyeva, who is lit and shot to look as achingly beautiful as possible, and a prince played by Vyacheslav Tikhonov who goes off to war against the invading Napoleonic army. (On a side note, the actors resemble Thomas Mitchell, Anna Karina and Christopher Plummer, respectively. Should your attention happen to drift, as is possible during a great yet somewhat unwieldy seven-hour epic, you can amuse yourself by pretending they're in the movie.)

Bondarchuk's character is deployed as an audience surrogate during the third part, The Year 1812 (where he views the excitement and madness of the truly astounding battle scene firsthand), and develops a capacity for every day heroism in the fourth and final part, Pierre Bezukhov. As such, his arc is most closely tied to the film's nationalist viewpoint, but because Bondarchuk understands human weakness (in this character and others, like the half-blind general who mistakes his pyrrhic victory for a real one), it's also the most moving in the film. If anything, Bondarchuk, despite allegedly being an enthusiastic party supporter, renders the nationalistic fervour transparent, like when he slaps on a patriotic coda to the carnage at Borodino and immediately follows it with a retreat from Moscow. This moment is further subverted when he applied Napoleon's stentorian narration over the sight of a weakened French army retreating in the thick of winter. Napoleon himself is more of a figurehead in this movie than a real character, and is denied any real interiority, yet I suspect Bondarchuk identified with him at least a little. Near the end of the battle at Borodino, there's an image of Napoleon sitting down on a chair not unlike one used by a director during filming as he observes a vast formation of his men moving across the landscape, and in this moment he comes as much a stand-in for Bondarchuk as the character the director actually played.

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Tatlin Tower cake

13 December 2020 Russia will celebrate the anniversary - 100 years of birth of constructivism. “For the first time not from France, and from Russia came a new word of art - constructivism!»Wrote In. Mayakovsky. The most iconic symbol of constructivism, the Tatlin Tower.

For the first time in 100 years Master-Confectioner Aldis Brichevs in Moscow embodied and created the cake "Tatlin Tower" from photographs 1919 of the year. The diameter of the cake was 120 cm., and the height 150 cm. The production of a unique confectionery masterpiece required : 10 kg. fine sugar, 35 kg. powdered sugar, 3 kg. sugar syrup, 2l. vodka, 3 kg. starch. Cake decorated 350 flowers from sugar china and 350 fragments of sugar lace.

Aldis Brichevs from Riga is a classic representative of the "top class of confectioners". He is the "chocolate magician", "King of confectioners". They call him the king of chocolate, virtuoso and wizard . Aldis , like a magician, with your talent , creates masterpieces. According to historical records, Aldis recreated many famous cakes of Kings and Emperors as a sign of respect, experts awarded him the title of "Master Pastry Chef Historian". Aldis Brichevs, who has already established himself with ambitious projects, is proud of cooperation with the museums of the anniversary. His cakes graced anniversaries : 

Empress of Russia Elizaveta Petrovna 300 years – Saint Petersburg Tsarskoe Selo. 

Tsarskoe Selo 300 years – pavilion opening “Hermitage” in the Catherine park – Saint Petersburg .

 Empress Catherine the Great visiting Count Sheremetev - Moscow, Kuskovo Estate Museum. 

"Tea drinking at the estate" (visiting Moscow Governor Durasov) - Moscow Museum Estate Lyublino. 

"Tsar's Feast" - the Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Museum-Estate "Kolomenskoye" MGOMZ (Moscow State United Museum-Reserve) Moscow. 

"Time of glory and delight" – 205 anniversary of the battle of Borodino. Culture and tradition: 19th century weddings in Moscow – Museum-Estate 

"Kolomenskoye" MGOMZ (Moscow State United Museum-Reserve) . "Dessert at Prince Yusupov" - Museum-Estate "Arkhangelskoye".

 Anniversary cake – food and historical desserts in honor of the 145th anniversary of the State Historical Museum. Moscow.

 Cake and desserts in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Gonzaga Theater. Museum-estate "Arkhangelskoe". 

Museum-estate "Arkhangelskoe" – 100 years old treats and desserts with a historical trail. Composition on Pushkin's theme "Between the raw Limburgian live ..." 400 kg.

Many cities are queuing up for Maestro Brichevs:

 Novosibirsk - ordered the largest chocolate train weighing more than 250 kg. Yekaterinburg - Vienna Chocolate Opera weighing over 110 kg. 

Rostov on Don - Life-size piano made of white chocolate weighing over 225 kg.

 Saint Petersburg- Giant chocolate Petrovsky ruble . Saint Petersburg- Peter and Paul Fortress made of chocolate. The author creates all products only by hand, without the use of mechanisms and molds for casting, kneading and melting, which allows you to create masterpieces according to old recipes. “Court Master Confectioner” Aldis Brichevs has surprised Russians more than once with his projects, which stand out from the pastry background with high style.

The exhibition in Moscow will be a large-scale project, connecting all forms of art. goal: create a retrospective of constructivism, 100 years ago who turned the whole world in the field of art. Show modern design, closely related to constructivism. A task: to draw public attention to Russian achievements in the history of world culture, to revive pride in the great creators of our country. Thanks to the help of the Presidential Grants Fund, IEC "Fashion Museum", GCMTI im. A.A.. Bakhrushina, Cultural and educational foundation "Magic of Fashion", Union of Russian Designers, РГУ им. A.N. Kosygin, MGHPA im. FROM. D. Stroganov and all partners, we were able to implement this large-scale project.

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1915 Slava  - Borodino class - A. Zaikin

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Events 8.29 (after 1900)

1903 – The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched. 1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. 1910 – The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea. 1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. 1911 – The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy. 1912 – A typhoon strikes China, killing at least 50,000 people. 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne. 1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident. 1916 – The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act. 1918 – World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive. 1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. 1941 – World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union. 1943 – World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government. 1944 – World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis. 1948 – Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard. 1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. 1950 – Korean War: British Commonwealth Forces Korea arrives to bolster the US presence. 1952 – American experimental composer John Cage’s 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David Tudor. 1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1960 – Air France Flight 343 crashes on approach to Yoff Airport in Senegal, killing all 63 aboard. 1965 – The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean. 1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. 1966 – Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. 1970 – Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar. 1975 – El Tacnazo: Peruvian Prime Minister Francisco Morales Bermúdez carries out a coup d’état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President. 1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. 1987 – Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder-suicide pact. 1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. 1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. 1997 – Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service. 1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. 2003 – Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf. 2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage. 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson.

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I saw a brief reference to someone named Prince Vyazemsky in II.i.2.

Hey, would that be the same Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky who once wrote a 120-line poem in praise of his bathrobe? (I swear I’m not making this up. Also? Relatable.)

Other fun facts about P. A. Vyazemsky:

1. He was good friends with Pushkin. (Vyazemsky’s bathrobe poem inspired Pushkin to write an ode to his own inkwell! At least, I remember hearing that in a literature class at some point. This encyclopedia entry just points to basic thematic similarity and lists a number of other meta odes to unexpected things written around the same time, so who knows.)

2. He witnessed the Battle of Borodino and had LOTS of things to say about Tolstoy’s depiction of it. (I’m sure I’ll end up sharing some translated excerpts of his Remembrances of 1812 here later, when I’m exploring Book 3 of W&P.)

3. He's a significant influence on my headcanons for what Pierre looks like:

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REALLY  LONG CHARACTER SURVEY. RULES. repost, don’t reblog ! tag 10 ! good  luck ! TAGGED. stolen off the dash! TAGGING. @extasiie @moscowsdragon @goodcousin @dearbewildered @inburgundy @anastcsie @bolkonskxya @youngwiife 

BASICS. FULL  NAME : Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky NICKNAME : Andre, Andryushka (and many more, see this post) AGE : mid/late 20s - early 30s BIRTHDAY : November 13, sometime in the late 18th century. ETHNIC  GROUP : White NATIONALITY :  Russian LANGUAGE / S : French, Russian, English, German. SEXUAL  ORIENTATION : Greysexual. ROMANTIC  ORIENTATION : Demiromantic. RELATIONSHIP  STATUS : Verse and year dependent - Married in 1805, single from 1806 - 1809, courting and then being betrothed to Natasha in 1810 - 1811, single again in 1812. Generally dating Natasha in modern college verse, and single in modern verse. CLASS : Titled Nobility HOME  TOWN / AREA : Bald Hills, Russia CURRENT  HOME : Bugocharovo, Russia, as well as various other estates. PROFESSION : Adjutant to General Kutuzov, member of Military Council, Army Officer.

PHYSICAL. HAIR : Dark brown, and kept fairly short. What slightly longer parts there are near the top of his head are significantly wavy, but not necessarily curly. Parted on the left. EYES : Dark brown and very intense, made prominent by dark eyelashes and slight bags underneath.  NOSE : Average and pretty much not notable. One nostril is slightly larger than the other. It has never been broken. FACE : Conventionally handsome, though slightly asymmetrical. He has fairly well defined lines with his cheekbones and jawline ( though the latter is hidden under a short and well kept beard ). His eyes are deeply set and averagely far apart, and dark rimmed as well. He has no laugh lines, but his forehead has a couple wrinkles on it from stress, and there’s a crease between his well-shaped eyebrows that becomes especially visible when he’s troubled by something. LIPS :  Thin and usually pressed into a thin line. He’s usually either neutral or frowning. COMPLEXION : White and pale, but not to the point of being quite noticeable. Has a better tan on his face and hands than everywhere else, on account of wearing a uniform. BLEMISHES : Two small moles on his neck. A small birthmark that’s paler than the rest of him on his left hip, where the bone protrudes a little. SCARS : Some small, faded scars on his arms from childhood roughhousing. Larger scars on his side + back from being wounded at Austerlitz ( he was knocked over the head while carrying the standard into battle, and in lying there, was likely injured further in being trampled or by stray artillery fire. ) TATTOOS : None. HEIGHT : 6′0″. WEIGHT : 170 lbs. BUILD : Fit, but on the thinner side. FEATURES : Generally assertive and adult-looking. His features make him look responsible, though not entirely friendly. As said, he’s conventionally handsome. ALLERGIES : None. USUAL  HAIR  STYLE : Well-kept, and otherwise left as it is. USUAL  FACE  LOOK :  Andrei’s resting expression is a rather annoyed one. He doesn’t naturally smile or frown, but has a neutral mouth, and his eyes give off a very intent sort of apathy and indifference. He looks like he’s bored with everything and has seen it all before, and is irritated to have to experience anything at all. Of course, as soon as someone he likes engages him, or gets him on a topic that he has opinions about, he’ll animate in a very intense way, take on a very perplexed and troubled expression in arguing for what he thinks is correct. He very rarely smiles, and when it does, it’s usually small and somewhat veiled, and often without any real joy. USUAL  CLOTHING : A staple to any of his outfits is black boots and trousers. At home, he usually wears a shirt that’s somewhat open at the collar, and often prefers suspenders to a belt. Most of his shirts are whites or light blues, with minimal patterns, and most suspenders are darker colors, again without a lot of vibrant patterns. He tends to roll his sleeves. In going out, he has a heavy grey coat that’s fairly long, with leather sown into the shoulders for protection against rain and cold. His more formal wear is usually his military uniform, which consists of a green coat darker gold embellishments, occasionally worn with a sash. There are white trousers and a black leather belt to go with these. In terms of accessories, he has a saber and a pistol, both worn off a belt for that specific purpose, though he prefers not to carry these things around with him.

PSYCHOLOGY. FEAR / S : Failure, lacking a proper legacy, appearing vulnerable or weak, being completely isolated and unreachable, being inadequate, intensely emotional discussions... ASPIRATION / S : At first, Andrei wants very hard to define himself as a military commander and to rise to greatness in leadership. After Austerlitz, he makes it a goal to reform the military code as to bring more order to warfare. Once Natasha breaks her engagement to him, however, Andrei wants to punish Anatole on a very low level, and otherwise has not life goals or aspirations, he’s just tired of living. POSITIVE  TRAITS : Intelligent, polite, considerate, loyal, reflective, determined, responsible, trustworthy, committed, thoughtful. NEGATIVE  TRAITS : Irritable, cold, tends to over analyze, doubtful, selfish, easily bored, self-isolating, tends to internalize, unfriendly, condescending, MBTI : INTJ ZODIAC : Scorpio TEMPERAMENT : Melancholic VICE  HABIT / S : Paces relentlessly, escapism via intellectual discourses, doesn’t hold eye contact, clicks / plays with writing utensil ( or whatever is in his hands ), occasionally argumentative on purpose. FAITH : Russian Orthodox, but not strictly devout or heavily practicing.  GHOSTS ? : Undecided. AFTERLIFE ? : No. REINCARNATION ? : No. ALIENS ? : No. POLITICAL  ALIGNMENT : Conservative, and loyal to the Russian Empire. ECONOMIC  PREFERENCE : Used to living with wealth, though largely unconscious of it. He doesn’t care much for luxuries, and instead would rather his money be used for functional purposes and necessities. SOCIOPOLITICAL  POSITION : High class. EDUCATION  LEVEL :  Taught both at home and abroad by his father and a variety of hired tutors. Extremely well-read, and knowledgeable of politics, philosophy, and history. Still has some education to complete in military affairs. His poorest subject is mathematics.

FAMILY. FATHER : Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky MOTHER : Unknown, died when he was young. SIBLINGS : Marya Bolkonskaya EXTENDED  FAMILY : None of note. NAME  MEANING / S : Manly, brave. HISTORICAL  CONNECTION ? : It’s likely that the Bolkonsky family was modeled after the historical Volkonsky family, which had a few Russian generals who would have been Andrei’s age during the course of the Napoleonic wars. Additionally, it’s likely that Andrei was named after his grandfather.

FAVOURITES. BOOK : Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes. He thinks it fairly correct in many of its assessments, and himself has little optimism about human nature. MOVIE : Dunkirk (2017) dir. Christopher Nolan 5  SONGS : I Am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkel // The Show Must Go On - Queen // Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters // Tell My Father - Civil War // Miserere Mei Deus - Allegri DEITY : None. HOLIDAY : None. MONTH : None. SEASON : Autumn. PLACE : His study at home. WEATHER : Partly cloudy and somewhat cool. SOUND : Natasha’s voice when she sings. SCENT / S : Vanilla, cold autumn air, pine forests. TASTE / S : Rye bread, white tea with sugar. FEEL / S : Finely spun wool that’s very soft, being held by someone he loves / trusts, cool polished wood, cold marble, clean linens, general smooth, cool or cold surfaces. ANIMAL / S : Snowy owls, barn owls. NUMBER : Three. COLOUR : Blue.

EXTRA. TALENTS : Content analysis, writing academic prose, understanding political problems, organization and planning, debating and arguing, leadership. BAD  AT : Casual conversation and small talk, complex mathematics, handling emotions in a healthy way, comforting others, being supportive. TURN  ONS : Infectious laughs and smiles, unburdened happiness and brightness, private / secret intimacy, possessive talk ( you’re mine / you belong to me / etc. ), gentle and genuine reinforcement. TURN  OFFS : Overdone emotions and extreme acts of affection, publicity and PDA, vulgar talk, idiocy and ignorance. HOBBIES : Reading and writing. TROPES : Byronic Hero, Awful Wedded Life, Intelligence Equals Isolation, The Stoic. QUOTES :  “To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness.” - Erich Fromm. // “The majority of the people of that time paid not attention to the general course of things, but were guided only by the personal interests of the day. And those people were the most useful figures of that time.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace //  “It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more so than in what they consider right and wrong.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace.

FC INFO. MAIN  FC / S : Nicholas Belton ALT  FC / S : Blake DeLong OLDER  FC / S : None YOUNGER  FC / S : None VOICE  CLAIM / S : Nicholas Belton GENDERBENT  FC / S : None.

MUN QUESTIONS. Q1 : if  you  could  write  your  character  your  way  in  their  own  movie ,   what  would  it  be  called ,  what  style  would  it  be  filmed  in ,  and  what  would  it  be  about ?           A1 : Okay, so if I made a movie about Andrei’s life ( it would be sort of a biopic, but it would mostly focus on the wars ) it would be called War Weary and it would be a pretty stylized drama. I’d want to use a lot of symbolic methods for exposition and have mostly just natural sounds, and hold off on an elaborate soundtrack. It would start with the sky at Austerlitz and end with the Borodino wound, so it would kind of go full circle. It would get like three Oscars, I promise. Q2 : what  would  their  soundtrack / score  sound  like ?           A2 : It would be largely instrumental, and done in late classical style. Lots of minor keys and broken chords. It would have to give the impression of thoughtfulness, of never having any stillness, as to represent Andrei’s inability to stop thinking of things. The only really bright part would still have to be slow, and wouldn’t come to the very end. Heavy use of stringed instruments and piano, with some underlying percussion. Dave Malloy would compose it. Q3 : why  did  you  start  writing  this  character ?           A3 : I read War and Peace, and identified a lot with Andrei right at the beginning. That kind of gave me the idea of making a blog for him, but at the time, I wasn’t really in RP at all. After reading the book, I made a blog, and it sat there for a bit before I finally decided to start to actually put effort into it. INTJ solidarity also played a part, and encouragement from others on RP blogs that I did try and bring back later in this past summer. I really don’t make blogs lightly, and I don’t make a lot of them, so it really must have been a strong connection, because here I am, writing Andrei. Q4 : what  first  attracted  you  to  this  character ?           A4 : He’s so disinterested in social situations and other people, like he comes in to Anna Pavlovna’s soiree and just... Does not want to be there at all, basically insults a bunch of people, then goes off and complains about it to his only friend. That’s me. That’s a thing I have done. So yeah, I kept an eye on him since. Q5 : describe  the  biggest  thing  you  dislike  about  your  muse.           A5 : He can be such an asshole sometimes, let me tell you... Like there are reasons behind it, which you can find in numerous headcanon posts, but he can just come off in such a terrible and cold way. It’s especially bad when it’s to the people who are trying to help him / be good to him. it kills me that he pushes them away in favor of just isolating himself instead of dealing with his problems. Q6 : what  do  you  have  in  common  with  your  muse ?           A6 : Lonely. Single. One friend. In seriousness though, all those things, plus some more. We share a personality type and a general cynicism about the world and about other people. Honestly, I probably have a lot of his bad traits, which isn’t great, but hey, if there’s one thing Andrei and I can’t do, it’s change for the better. Q7 : how  does  your  muse  feel  about  you ?           A7 : We would probably be intellectual rivals... I can see us fighting over politics and philosophy, on account of having rather different ideological views. But like, not in an angry way, in a courteous and debating way. I don’t think Andrei would like me, to be fully honest. Q8 : what  characters  does  your  muse  have  interesting  interactions  with ? A8 : ANATOLE KURAGIN  ( blame extasiie, kay made me aware of anadrei ),  Pierre, Natasha, Marya B and Marya D ( especially in my modern college verse ), Sonya ( aka bring on the Angst ), and a whole lot of others. Q9 : what  gives  you  inspiration  to  write  your  muse ?         A9 : Reading War & Peace. There’s a few sections that I go to and reread if I don’t have muse - Andrei’s introduction through to his dinner with Pierre, his return from Austerlitz and the trauma that follows, sections with Natasha, his last conversation with Pierre, and his death. These usually get me thinking in character and it helps to read the source to get the style of prose right. For modern college verse, which I write in a lot, I can usually just go right into it without a lot of inspiration, because college!Andrei and I have plenty of similarities. Q10 : how  long  did  this  take  you  to  complete ?         A10 : I didn’t do it all in some sitting, so I don’t know. A couple hours at least.

[spockvarietyhour]

load, aim, and fire, Admiral (2008)

[adventures-of-the-blackgang]

Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov at the Battle of Tsushima

Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy; completed after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904; sunk during the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905.

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[johnathanhardwell]

Vehicles of the Terran Inter-Dimensional Empire

Super-Dreadnoughts:

Type-X Ultra class carrier Executor class SSD White Comet Empire Super-dreadnought CSO class carrier Peacekeeper Command Carrier Wraith Hive ship Zentheran Super Carrier Harvester City Destroyer

Capital ships: Zoelguut class Super-dreadnought Gaiderohl class AB Infinity class Battleship Imperial class SD Venator class SD D’deridex class Warbird CAS class Assault Carrier Andromeda class AB Ori Warship Jem'hadar Battlecruiser Jem’hadar Battleship Balvarin cruiser Warlock class Subjugator class D’tai class Bird of Prey Victory class Providence class Zentheran ships Galactica class Battlestar Columbia class Battlestar Mercury class Battlestar Nova class Battlestar Vor’cha class battlecruiser Negh’var class battlecruiser Galor class Keldon class Haizerad class Medalusa class Calaklum class Omega Class

Destroyers: G’Quan class heavy cruiser Primus class battlecruiser Vorchan class medium warship Sharlin class cruiser Ha’Tak Corvan cruiser Nova class cruiser Victory 1 class star destroyer Interdictor class star destroyer Munificent class Recursant class Sovereign class Galaxy class Akira Nebula Excelsior Destroia class Kelcapia class Meltoria class Reverence class Cruiser Lexington class Galmania class Galmus class Paris class Marathon class SDV class K’tinga class Borodino class CCS class CPV class ORS class Zentheran ships Vindicator class Acclamator class Daedalus class Valkyrie class Battlestar Lascaux class Kukulkan class Gostok class

Patrol ships: Clipitera class Murasame class Space Assault Destroyer Miranda class Defiant class B’rel class Bird of Pray D-12 class Bird of Pray EA Whitestar CR90 corvette SDV class Gozanti class Charger c70 Defender class Support Vessel Ranger class Support Vessel Arquitens class light cruiser

Carriers: Lucrehulk class control ship Poseidon carrier Pormelia class AAC Guipellion class MDAC Gelvades class Zentheran Carriers Nazca class Battle carrier

Assault ships/Invasion ships: Lucrehulk command varient Harvester City Destroyer Apophis’ Mothership CSO class Supercarrier Type-X Ultra Carrier CAS class Assault carrier Acclamator class

Starfighters: TIE fighter “Eye Ball” TIE Advanced “Snake Eye” TIE Interceptor “Angle Eye” TIE Defender “Demon Eye” X-wing “Rapier” A-wing “Dagger” B-wing “Cutlass” Star Fury “Star Eye” Thunderbolt “Tiger” Type-99 Fighter “Hornet” Type-0 Model 52 Fighter “Wasp” Cosmo Tiger “ DDG110 Zeedolah 2 “ DWG262 Czvarke “Marlin” DWG109 Debake “Barracuda” Viper Mk2 “Dart” F-302 “Falcon” ARC-170 “Fat Man” V-19 Torent “Trident Dagger” Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark 1 “Starling” Droid Tri-fighter “Tri-Wing” Banshee “Shooting Star”

Bombers: TIE Bomber “Fire Eye” TIE Interdictor “Four Eye Devil” Y-wing “Twin Tail” Hyena bomber “Hyena” DM-B87 Snuka “Peregrine" DWG229 Melanca “Flying Wing” DBG88 Garlent “Seagull” FWG97 Drucilla “Grouper” Longsword “Heavy Flying Wing” Al’kesh “Turtle”

Transports: D77-C Pelican dropship “Bear” Lambda class “Grizzly” Danube class Runabout “Mongoose” Sentinel class “Horse” Type 52 Phantom dropship “ UH-144 “Death Adder” Nu class “Donkey” LAAT/i gunship “Cobra” C-9979 landing craft “Dragon Fly” UD-4L Cheyenne “Bass” Delameya class “Wasp” Type 25 Spirit dropship “ LAAT/c “King Cobra” Imperial Heavy Cargo Shuttle “Mule” Maxillipede class Shuttle “Tiger Shark” Sheathipede class Transport Shuttle “Basking Shark” Class-B Escort Shuttle “Whale Shark” Aurore class

Diplomatic Vessels: Consular Class Cruiser Ticonderoga CR90 class Corvette CR70 class Corvette CSS-1 class Star Shuttle J-type Diplomatic Barge J-type 327 Sydney class Lambda class Nu Class Sheathipede class shuttle

Aircraft: D77-C Pelican dropship Type 52 Phantom dropship UH-144 LAAT/i gunship UD-4L Cheyenne Type 25 Spirit Dropship Mi-8 Mi-25 Mi-26 UH-1 CH-47 CH-54 AH-1G UH-60 AH-64 V-22 CH-53 AS532 F-4S (updated to 21st century tech) A-10 F-18 F-15 F-16 F-22 AC-130 B-1B B-2 B-52 Tu-95 C-130 C-5 C-17 An-124 An-225 Il-76 E-3 KC-10 KC-135 Bullhead airship

Land vehicles: M808b Scorpion tank “Scorpion” AAT “Whip Tail” Type 26 Wraith “Rhino” Type 32 Rapid Assault Vehicle Ghost “T-speeder” MTT “Hippo” AT-TE “Beetle” AT-ST “Mantis” AT-AT “Scarab” AT-DP “ AT-RT “ AT-AP “ Type 47 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform “Goliath” M510 Mammoth “Elephant” M12 Light Resonance Vehicle/G1/2R/TT “Warthog” NR-N99 persuader “Crawler’ IG-227 Hailfire droid “Roller” Octuptarra “Octopus” OG-9 “Spider” J-1 proton cannon “Snail” Blister-back “Bug” Hrunting/Yggdrasil Mk 9 Armor Defense System “Suit” Type S-6 Salvar “Aligator” Type M-3 APC Melvar “Crocodile” M577 APC “Tortoise” UT-AT “Salimander” ITT “Box” HAVx A6 Juggernaut “Fortress’ BARC speeder “Speeder” 74-Z speeder “Banshee” M9 Anti-Aircraft Tank “Fire Cracker” Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Artillery “Fire Caster” M850 MBT “Sentinel” M-145D Mobile Artillery Assault Platform BM-21 Grad M1A2 M113 M1126 M1128 M1130 M1133 M1134 AAVP7A1 M1 ABV M6 AVLB M88 M104 RG-31 RG-33 Cougar H Buffalo H M1097A2 M109A6 M142 HIMARS M270 MLRS M1097 Avenger MIM-104 THAAD M35 M939 FMTV HEMTT PLS 2S1 2S3 2S4 2S5 2S7 2S19 2S35 ZSU-23-4 BMP-1 BMP-2 BMP-3 Leopard 2A6 PzH2000 G6 M1 ABV

Anti-tank and Assault guns: 88mm ion cannon (looks like german 88 but uses ions shots) 128mm ion cannon (same deal) 75mm Pak 97/38 ion cannon 75mm Pak 40 ion cannon 100mm BS-3 ion cannon Jagdpanther/ic Jagdtiger/ic Stug 3/ic ISU-152/ic M101A1 105mm ion cannon D1 152mm ion cannon M198 155mm ion cannon KV-2/ic

Space Stations: Death Star Death Star 2 Starfleet Space Dock Orbital Docking Station (DS9) Various dry-docks Babylon 5 Subspace Dimensional Super Prison Containment cell 0000

All combustion engines except for jet engines are replaced with impossible drives (it just creates energy, no reason, no fuel). Some vehicles which use projectile weapons have variants that use energy weapons like on AT-TEs or ATTs or like blasters. Vehicles with /D after it have dust powered engines for use on Remnant. All antitank and assault vehicles have ion cannons instead of projectile weapons, this is shown with a /ic after it.

[the-pale-ones]

"Soon after the battle of Borodino, Napoleon drank and celebrated with his men," You chuckle, "It was that night, the army discovered Napoleon was a horrible singer. For someone with such a love of Italian music, he was practically tone deaf. He could also pull off an excellent Louis immpression!"

The bell rings at that moment, and the students filter out, laughing and chatting. "Don't forget!" You say, "You have an essay on Napoleonic battle strategies tomorrow, no excuses. I gave you all a week to do it."

You turn back to your desk to find a student standing there, "Ellie," you exclaim, "Don't you have a class to get to?"

She shrugs, then gives you a strange look, "I told my father about that story you told us."

You raise an eyebrow, "Which story?"

"The one about that aristocrat woman, Carolin, how she smuggled people out during the French Revolution,"

"And?" You ask, "What about it?"

"He said it was made up." Ellie frowned, "I looked it up, and he was right." She shoots you an accusatory glare, "Why did you tell us a fake story?"

You sigh, "The story was not made up, Carolin was a hero to many."

"But how can she be a hero if she doesn't exist? Why did you lie to us?"

You cringe, and a sharp pain pierces your heart, for a moment, you consider telling the truth. That you were there, that you saw her, bravely smuggle crying children and their parents over the border; even at the risk of her own life. That you saw her get captured, and excecuted at the guillotine. And through it all, she remained brave and proud of who she was, that she excepted death willingly, even if it meant giving you up.

You remember those painful years after, trying to move on, but never truly forgetting her. It's not the first time though. You've watched so many loved ones die, you've lost count by now.

"Professor?" Ellie asks, "Will you answer my question?"

You snap back, painfully, to reality. You smile sadly, "Sorry about that Ellie," you say, "I won't do it again."

You go back home, where you find your wife, smiling wide at you, "Guess who lost her first tooth today?" She says.

A small girl, with a huge, gaping smile runs up to you, pointing at a gummy mess in her mouth, "Look! Look!" She says, "Mama said if I put it under my pillow tonight, the tooth fairy will come and leave money for me!"

"That's wonderful Carolin!" You cry, and you pull her up into your arms as she giggles.

Your wife looks at you, concerned, "Is everything alright dear?" She asks, "You look a little down, something happen at work?"

You wave away her concern with a smile, "Dont worry," you say, "It's all ancient history."

You are an immortal being, currently working as a professor of history. Every student loves your lectures because of your vivid and lifelike narrative of historic events.