A map illustrating the rise and expansion of the Tsardom of Russia under the rule of Ivan IV Vasilyevich (commonly known as The Terrible, from the Russian “grozny“(грозный), Fearsome or Awe-inspiring). Originally a Grand Prince of Moscow, Ivan IV became the first to be crowned and rule as the Tsar of all Russia (from the Latin Caesar), previously a conglomerate of dutchies. He laid the foundation of absolute rule, engaged in a reign of terror against the nobility, reformed the government, opened diplomatic relations with England, wrote music, oversaw cultural and religious renaissance, and aggressively expanded the Russian borders through war and conquest. Shortly after his death (in 1584), Russia entered decades of instability known as The Troubles (Смута) that ended his Rurik dynasty and opened the way for the Romanovs.

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  • Rojo27 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    21 days ago

    bird-bouncy

    A little birb story

    I was coming home from working out and there was a baby bird in the door way. Its open since the tenant patrol (mostly elderly ladies and guys) leaves it open while they’re there. There were also a couple ladies there with their daughters. I walk by the bird and it initially just stares at me, but just before I completely pass it it flies into the lobby and the kids get scared of it. Luckily it didn’t fly so close that they’d try and bat it away so I walk in between them and try to shoo it gently out the door, but again it kind of just stares at me and feebly hops a couple inches. Then someone tells me to grab it. I’m making sure to be really gentle with it and I’m able to corner it and it starts flapping frenetically and chirping. I reach down and try to scoop it up, but forget that I have my phone and keys in my hand so I’m not able to secure it and it hops away in a gap between my leg and the wall. Then one of the guys in the tenant patrol goes over and tries to grab it, but he can’t really bend down far enough to get it and it flies over to the tenant patrol table and the ladies there start to shift away from it. I put my phone and keys in my pockets and walk over to it and corner it one more time and I’m able to scoop it up this time. Obviously its panicking a bit and I’m not trying to handle it too roughly so it escapes before, but I’m able to scoop it up again. I cup my hand a bit more, still leaving it a bit of room to move around a bit. When I get outside it wiggles free. Almost as soon as it leaves my hands its parent swoops down and chirps at me angrily. So I just walk away. Happy I could help it out thoughblob-no-thoughts

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      20 days ago

      Awwwwwww! I’ve got a crow neighborhood above my people one. They are clearly the more tight knit community. Watching the lil babies growing up this year has been fun. I’ve also known from reading but have really seen through observation that crows are role models. When I watched them build nests they didn’t just work on their own, I would see crows go to different nests seemingly based on the twig they found, they would notice that someone else needed long twig and they didn’t and fly it the fuck over there. They even clearly do zoning, the nests are positioned like beacons, varying hights and distances so one could see ar least 2 other nests from their own. They’ve really got it figured out.