This is insanely specific but what was the pen industry of the soviet union like?

Its just that in the recent Captain America film a Russian character in 1991 is seen writing with what is obviously a blue Bic Cristal. I was wondering if this was historically accurate?

Did the Soviet Union import pens like the Bic Cristal or did they have their own version.

To be specific, what was life like in the areas affected by the "Great Die Up" (Montana, Wyoming, etc)?

Did they have electricity? What did most people do for a living? What was a typical ranch size in terms of cattle? How were women viewed/treated in this era? How about different ethnic groups?

Just in general, what would it be like to live in Montana in 1887?

From a European perspective.

I understand that some would've been random chance. Were they all?

Was there information obtained from natives elsewhere that pointed them towards various islands?

Did they sail in some kind of search pattern looking for islands?

Did they observe weather patterns that don't make sense without land around?

How did they locate target and relay that information back to the artillery battery?

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In most American high school educations, students are told briefly about the French Revolution and War of 1812 before significant content on the Civil War, then poof! Nothing happened until World War One it seems!

General pop culture discussions and references in my experiences including living in Euro reflect this notion of: Age of Discovery/Colonization wound down, 19th century happened, then poof! World Wars.

What is the cause of this? It seems like a ton of interesting stuff happened in the 19th century both in North America and globally.

Thanks!

(First ever post, thanks for patience)

I understand this is a bit of a doozie of a question, but are there any historical factors that contribute to "American pride"?

I am a bit confused as to the relationship between the British Empire and the British Commonwealth. Are they essentially the same or do they constitute different countries/territories? Obviously it would change over time so a brief historical overview would be welcome, thanks

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Hi, this is more of a current events issue but I felt like I could get a more in-depth answer here judging by some of the posters, particular on the historical view of the subject. A few months back, there was a domestic textbook controversy in South Korea where the current president Park Gunhye wanted to centralize textbooks and to rewrite her father's (the military dictator Park Chunghee) legacy in a more positive light.

My question here is, what are the two versions of history that are being contested here? I am somewhat confused on what the nature of objectivity is when concerning this issue. I was wondering if anyone had a more in-depth understanding of the historical aspect of the textbooks themselves and her father's legacy. Thanks!

Doodles we'd draw in math classes or when working on projects. Or when you're trying to describe something to someone by making a quick sketch, really rough sketches with stickman figures doing stuff. Were they a thing back then? Were they common? What kind were they? Did they have rough sketches or were they a lot more detailed?

I was reading Irenaus and it seemed a strange word choice, with no immediate connection to its other usage, a long period of time. Which came first? Was this an innovation?

Why did Hannibal fail to totally defeat Rome after Cannae?

It was something that never made sense to me - surely peasants or the basic farmers back in the Feudal ages weren't just weak and old. You look today and modern farmers and they're usually just huge, burly workers.

In movies, these people are usually "picked on" by the lords etc, or put up no fight whatsoever to invaders or enemies. Surely this wasn't the case originally.

Did they believe it was just ocean until you eventually got to Asia or did they think there were some small islands there?

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Did Hitler think less of Roosevelt for being in a wheel chair, if he even knew about it? Did he ever publicly insult the Allied leaders?