I'm working on a case study for a class about European economic policy, and I am focusing on the Ukrainian government's ongoing effort to rebuild the country's agricultural sector. As part of the paper, I am doing a historical analysis of the country's sociopolitical relationship with Russia. I've done some research, but most of the sources I can find (in English) are government reports from undermanned wings of agencies with limited funding that are nothing more than economic projections. I'm trying to get a better feel for what the historic relationship between Russia and Ukraine is. I know about the Crimean conflict and the Holodomor, and my Ukrainian grandfather despised Russia, but other than that, I'm not learning much. Have Russo-Ukrainian relations always been as bad as they currently are? What were things like in the Stalin-era Soviet Union? Is this a sociopolitical conflict that goes even further back than that? Last, are there are any good sources (in English) where I can find some good information?

Might not be the right sub.

Specifically I'm fascinated by the ending bit where Tony reveals that Factory Records never had binding contracts with their artists. Is that true? How did he get away with it for so long?

Also, pretty much everything to do with Happy Mondays' fourth album. Did they really fuck up that bad? Did guns get involved?

I got into a discussion with someone where I asserted that the idea of a Nation was relatively new in history, or at least in Western history. He insisted that nation states and national identities have long existed since ancient times. He specifically cited Rome as an example. Neither of us are experts, so I hoped this sub might offer it's expertise.

Is this a modern phenomena, or were greek gods considered to be almost interchangeable with roman gods during the time of the romans as well?

I'm somewhat familiar with the missions and dates and folklore and whatnot, but I'm wondering about how an American ship could have invaded Japanese airspace at that time. Was air security that poor? Or did the Americans have some stealth tech, or stealth flight plan? Seems like at the time it would have been very difficult to fly directly into an enemy country but maybe I'm grossly mistaken here.

That being said, I don't know how to read Swedish. Suggestions for where to turn to for help? I do know that one of the involved men was a "mega-barn" builder, a term which I can not find ANYWHERE. Is this a real thing? Is that just an extra big barn?

If there aren't any (and I was unable to find any after a quick google search) why not? The bison is a pretty impressive animal, so why wouldn't it appear in any heraldry?

Say if army B set up a defensive stance so Army A would have to attack, would they just charge? Or would they go to the front lines and probe them and slowly more people get engaged in the fight. Even if A and B attacked each other would they run into each other or would they stop near eachother.

So from what my dad has told me, the Nazi "elite" were originally a part of some cult that saw themselves as descendants of Aryan gods and tried to find some mystic artifacts throughout their reign of Germany. He said they sent out search parties to look for "The Holy Grail", "The Ark", and they apparently already found the "Spear of Destiny". These all seem to be artifacts from Abrahamic Religion, but not only is he insistent that this isn't about religion, but he mentioned that these Norse Aryan race that the Nazi elite thought they were a part of was traced back to the Babylonians. I'm terrible at history, but didn't Babylon come before Abrahamic religions and did they ever have anything to do with them?

He also says that they were interested in Buddhist mysticism, which is why they apparently chose the swastika, a Buddhist symbol, for their image. He also said that they were trying to find some Tibetan monks' cave system where apparently they went deep into the earth and made an underground city structure where they became enlightened. And apparently the Nazis knew about this stuff.

I asked him why people of the Nordic Aryans would be interested in a religion that had nothing to do with them, but my dad still insisted that this has nothing to do with religion and has to do with simple mysticism. Which, to me, sounds like a tangential connection at best.

Again, I am awful at history, but I'm skeptical. I'd love to know if any of this is true and to what extent, because he won't give me any sources for where he found this information (and believes that he shouldn't have to, so...).

I am an American really fascinated with the cultures, languages and history of the Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Scottish and Breton peoples. These peoples are usually grouped as "the Celts", but I have read quite a few times that such usage of the term is "problematic" and that the Scottish (Lowland Scots in particular) and the Irish are actually mostly Anglo-Saxon than Celtic. Though I haven't read the same about the Welsh, the Manx, etc. I am very curious, are they indeed Celtic? When asking that question, I'm not just asking if they are Celtic by genetics or along those lines. I'm asking if their culture, art, music and the Gaelic languages could be accurately described as of Celtic origins and if those peoples could be accurately called Celtic. Thanks for the help.

What was the concept of beauty in this area (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan)? How they changed in time periods?

I wonder this because it seems rather odd to me that Park Chung-hee, a collaborator and informant of the Japanese during their occupation would later be dictator of South Korea. How was it possible with all the continual tension over "comfort women" in Korea that a guy who snitched on his countrymen would be an approved dictator? Why didn't the U.S. Have any issues with this?

I was recently viewing a ww2 diorama I believe to have depicted fighting between US and German forces in north africa and noticed a German tank with a yellow 'V' painted on. Noone I talked to knew what the V could have meant. (Sadly asking the creator, a close relative, wasn't an option as it was on display, along with other historical dioramas he created, at his funeral).

Just a moment ago, I also noticed a very prominent 'V' on the front of a train pulling into a concentration camp in Schindler's List.

Was 'V' a symbol used by nazi germany? If so, what was its significance?

The time frame isn't that important, but do we have records of an independent nation asking to become a district/state/subservient region to a larger nation? Like if Aruba asked to become a Canadian Province?

edit: Thanks for the examples. Now for an add on, what about non-neighbor countries? Texas joined the US and they had a common border, anything further away?

Having read Frankenstein recently it's pretty clear Shelley had a weary of the powers and ethics behind scientific advancement brought on around the Industrial Revolution, but was this view popular? Did many people object to it?

I recently found a document that had my great grandfather who was in his 60s at the time filled out a draft card specifically for men born after April 1877 and before February 1897. What was the purpose of this? And what rules or legislation put this registration process into effect?

Hi, a kind admin from /r/History sent me here with my question about Medieval Clothing. So here it goes...

I've always been fascinated with the Middle Ages. Now that I have become older I have the urge to do some reenactment with some friends.

So my question do you guys have some good information,books, documentaries, sites about clothing in medieval times?

Specificaly about what Knights Hospitaller wore (12-13th century, everyday clothing to combat gear) and what the regular peasant/citizen from 12-14th century wore. I find it somewhat hard to find some really historical accurate examples.

Currently I'm just looking for the right information, I already got a link on how to make it myself but that's not what I'm currently looking for. (That's stuff for later).

Thanks in advance!

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For both peasants and royalty.