Can anyone provide some examples of facts that would be interesting? Perhaps there can be someone in charge of finding and giving me these fact updates and we could have daily updates or weekly updates. I don't know where we could put it.
Here is a good example of a fact, perhaps too long:
The Beginning of Kamchatka
Kamchatka was claimed by Russia in the 17th century. Ivan Kamchaty, Simon Dezhnev, the cossack Ivan Rubets and other Russian explorers made exploratory trips to the area during the reign of Tsar Alexis (Tsar of Russia), and returned with tales of a land of fire, rich with fish and fur.
The original inhabitants of Kamchatka were known as Itelmen, or sometimes Kamchadal.
In 1697, Vladimir Atlasov, founder of the Anadyr settlement, led a group of 65 Cossacks and 60 Yukaghir natives to investigate the peninsula. He built two forts along the Kamchatka River which became trading posts for Russian fur trappers. From 1704 to 1706, they settled the Cossack colonies of Verkhne- (upper) and Nizhne- (lower) Kamchatsky. Far away from the eye of their masters, the Cossacks mercilessly ruled the indigenous Kamchadal.
Excesses were such that the North West Administration in Yakutsk sent Atlasov with the authority (and the cannons) to restore government order, but it was too late. The local Cossacks had too much power in their own hands and in 1711 Atlasov was killed. From this time on, Kamchatka became a self-regulating region, with minimal interference from Yakutsk.
Can anyone provide some examples of facts that would be interesting? Perhaps there can be someone in charge of finding and giving me these fact updates and we could have daily updates or weekly updates. I don't know where we could put it.
Here is a good example of a fact, perhaps too long:
[b]The Beginning of Kamchatka[/b]
Kamchatka was claimed by Russia in the 17th century. Ivan Kamchaty, Simon Dezhnev, the cossack Ivan Rubets and other Russian explorers made exploratory trips to the area during the reign of Tsar Alexis (Tsar of Russia), and returned with tales of a land of fire, rich with fish and fur.
The original inhabitants of Kamchatka were known as Itelmen, or sometimes Kamchadal.
In 1697, Vladimir Atlasov, founder of the Anadyr settlement, led a group of 65 Cossacks and 60 Yukaghir natives to investigate the peninsula. He built two forts along the Kamchatka River which became trading posts for Russian fur trappers. From 1704 to 1706, they settled the Cossack colonies of Verkhne- (upper) and Nizhne- (lower) Kamchatsky. Far away from the eye of their masters, the Cossacks mercilessly ruled the indigenous Kamchadal.
Excesses were such that the North West Administration in Yakutsk sent Atlasov with the authority (and the cannons) to restore government order, but it was too late. The local Cossacks had too much power in their own hands and in 1711 Atlasov was killed. From this time on, Kamchatka became a self-regulating region, with minimal interference from Yakutsk.
