I'm asking specifically about the Soviet period.

I know Russia has been, but what about the city specifically?

Hello.

In literature or films you often see a rainy weather/storm after a big battle (be it a medieval era one or a WW2 era one), so I was curious if there is any mention in historical books about the matter or is it just something authors wrote to emphasise the sad mood, instead of writing about how warm summer rays caressed the faces of the dead soldiers on the battlefield. It would kinda make sense if the nature didn't really care, but if there is a big battle going on with plenty of smoke and dust rising, I imagine the weather would perhaps be somewhat influenced by the matter (I could be wrong, of course).

I don't really have a particular battle to ask for as an example (kinda hard to pinpoint one too, just battles in general), but if anyone ever noticed anything like this in the historical books, I would appreciate the answer. The location would be preferably Europe (perhaps not exactly a region that has rain all the time). Thank you for your answers.

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Quick thing I was wondering about today, but was wary to Google because I want a completely apolitical explanation - and I didn't want A: antisemetic propaganda to pop up, or B: right wing anti muslim propaganda. So here is my question: what caused the initial displacement of Jews away from Israel and what were the conditions that made them settle in countries all over the world?

Was it persecution or war? Or did those countries have a tradition of Judaism prior to the Jews leaving. Apologies if I've made any offensive remarks by accident, I thought this place would be best to ask.

I'm trying to understand one specific aspect of the ol' "how-do-we-know-Alexander-existed-if-we-don't-know-Jesus-did" chestnut.

Just comparing the writings commonly adduced for the two - Arrian's "Anabasis" and the New Testament - Christian apologists often refer to the embarrassment of riches relating to Jesus, in the form of manuscripts for the New Testament, several of them having been dated to within 200 years of their subject's purported lifetime. They compare this unfavourably with the paltry number of sources for Alexander, the best of which is Arrian's "Anabasis", composed nearly half a millennium later and only surviving in a manuscript of more than a thousand years after that. How can we accept the existence of Alexander on such a relative dearth of evidence compared with that of Jesus?

Quite apart from the other issues involved, I'd like to check my understanding of a particular issue relevant to this question. Is it true that our knowledge of Alexander is contemporary, if at second hand, through Arrian, who extensively quotes several of Alexander's contemporaries? I take it we can be sure that these references are real and not made up? Does the Arrian/Alexander situation thus parallel, not the New Testament/Jesus one, but rather, say, our knowledge of what the early critics of Christianity were saying, by virtue of the fact that their words were extensively quoted by contemporary Christian apologists, the pagans' original writings having been lost?

Pretty much the title, I've been playing a lot of Witcher 3 and as I'm riding through cities with cobblestone roads I'm wondering if back in the day the horse riders had to get off their steeds everytime nature called, or if they just left it there (would it be considered rude?).

From what we are thought, the dissolution (or collapse) of the USSR is seen as a victory of capitalism over communism. This is obviously biaised. How did the average russian react to the annoucement of the dissolution of the USSR? Was it well received? Seen as a defeat? As progress?

I believe it was chlorine.

I think the evidence is pretty clear the creation and flood stories were borrowed, but is Exodus made up out of while cloth? And when?

I often read recommendations for Dan Carlins Hardcore History on this site but see little mention of the Chinese history podcast. It has over 160 episodes (about 30 minutes on average) and seems to have a good mix of a general overview while also having episodes for going into detail for specific topics.

What i want to ask this subreddit is is the podcast not mentioned due to lack of awareness or is it because those more in the know than I have judged the content to be sub-par?

The French stereotype in my mind is a white and black horizontally striped shirt, an onion necklace, on a bike with a basket holding a baguette. Where did this stereotype come from?

Been reading Darkness at Noon by Koestler. What are some non-fiction books that describe the Moscow Trials, fracture of the Revolution, etc? Thanks for all suggestions.

What were the reasons stopping it becoming a democracy? I'm studying this topic at the moment and I can't seem to get my head around it. I've read a good few history books on the topic and I am unsure as to why it took so long to democratise. Was it the communists and the history of right wing parties? Cold War?

I know going back that both have a long history with the Eastern Orthodox church, how did relations sour? When? (If this violates the 20-year rule I'm sorry it is not intended, just an American curious about the relationship)

I'd love to get a glimpse into the mind of these people. Especially of those who include keynote interests in a soldier's psychology during war during different time periods, as well as tactics and strategy.

Specifically, why were not only the whole family, but also the servants, killed, and not just the Tsar, with the rest of them presumably being banished?
 
I wanted to keep the main question narrow, but as a corollary, was it historically common to kill the ruler's/noble's family family along with the main target?