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Hey I gotta choose a master thesis topic on Russian History, however I am not ready yet and I don't want to rush it but the university's deadlines are pushing me( I have to choose in two days)

The thing is I don't want to waste time on this Russian history master thesis because It won't bring me employment nor money and I think it is better to invest my time in something else afterall the only thing we can't get back is our time and it is our most precious resource so what advice would you give me ?

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I'm doing a research on Russian singers before and after the 1917-1920 Russian events. Particularly interested in Alexander Vertinsky: famous singer of both czarist and soviet epochs. But as I'm not a Russian speaker I've struggling to find more useful information about one particular thing.

Despite the fame that he managed to get at home, in 1920 the artist decided to emigrate. Vertinsky moved freely between countries thanks to the fact that he received (apparently, not quite legally) the Greek passport. While 800,000 refugees where stuck in cities like Constantinople.

Is it known how does one, or he in particular, could have obtained the passport illegaly? It seems that this was some kind of a scheme as I managed to find that his friends, one named Daniel Dolsky, got one too, traveling with Vertinsky at the same time.

This helped them both to sing and tour Europe after revolution even after becoming stateless as after the 1921 announcement by the new government of the Soviet Union and revoking the citizenship of Russians living abroad. Maybe more is known about the scheme?

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Pretty much the title lol

I am looking for a resource on the court positions held in Muscovite Russia--the title, the job, what rank the boyar (or whatever) had to have, etc. Whenever I try to search, I only get post-Westernized Russian court--which is great and interesting, don't get me wrong, but not what I need. I know many of the positions really only got a name change under Peter I, but all the same.

However, I confess I am much more interested in learning about women's roles in court. To my understanding, they had no political power & were kept sequestered in the terem, buuuut they still har roles they played! After all, it was the mother who held most, if not all the power in marriage matches (at least that's my understanding) which is not an insignificant thing to have control of. For example, I want to know if the tsarina had ladies-in-waiting equivalents, and, if so, what they were called and what their duties were. Any overview to the tsar/tsarina's household would be nice!

Basically, I want as in-depth an explanation of Muscovite court as I can get--both the political and social roles, for men and women. If there are specific sources, or even just tips on how to find this information, I would appreciate the help :)

Thank you for reading!

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Community Growth:

According to the community insights, the sub has gained nearly 1000 new subscribers in the past year. According to those same stats, 580 post were published in the last 12 months, which is up 339 posts from the previous year! Most importantly, the posts needing to be reviewed or removed has decreased drastically in the past few months.

38 weeks of Russian Dynasties:

Let's start with the elephant in the room. The "Russian Dynasties" series has ended. It launched in April, and spanned 38 weeks showcasing one ruler who led Russia throughout history UP TO the Russian revolution. Unfortunately, I had been noticeably more absent near the end. For anyone who missed my comment, I ended up getting the Flu and then Covid which is why the quality of the series declined near the end.

The future of r/Russianhistory:

I plan to continue the trivia, but without the self-imposed obligation to fixate on one ruler per week. I have much more flexibility now to showcase the history of Russia. We can explore Russia through its art and literature, similar to r/RussianLiterature and r/JewelsofRussia, but with more of an emphasis on the history itself.

Also, I'm always open to suggestions. What other content would you like to see?

Outreach and Crossposting:

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This is “It Has Come To Pass” by Sergei Lukin. I want to reference this academically and can’t seem to find anything that’s not Reddit or Twitter. Did some research here but they’ve only lead to dead links or dead subs. Long shot but any help would be appreciated!

I'm looking for historical timelines of Russia that are not a simple list of events, but are visual. I would like to find professional examples tath I can use to teach Russian history.

Wikipedia has some lists indeed and there are small timelines like this one, but this is nowhere complete or professional to teach history at high-school and university level.

Maybe books or posters exist? Anything I can access online or purchase would be fantastic!

Like I don’t think the famine was ever related to so called “genocide” at all, but how were people living close to Ukraine SSR at that time? What was the situation?