So, Polyarnaya Zvezda it is? To Russify the name.
Makes sense. Unless anyone has any objections? @alexmilman?
So, Polyarnaya Zvezda it is? To Russify the name.
So I can leave it as is, then? Or should I change it as @Valena suggests? Because, TBH, calling the ship the "January" seems a bit silly. I think there were British ships (of various size - from schooners to ships-of-the-line) that were captured from the French during the Napoleonic Wars which had their French names retained (a ship called the Corageux might stay the HMS La Corageux when commissioned into the British navy, for instance), but others, who had names that we're too revolutionary or just too damn French (think of a ship in the Britannic Majesty's fleet called the Ça Ira (the Ça Ira was too badly damaged to see active duty, so the name stayed)) often had their names changed AIUI.
Polar Star is relatively neutral. Hence why I figured the name, whether Danish or Russian, could stand.
Makes sense. Unless anyone has any objections? @alexmilman?
Who am I to dictate specifics of your timeline? But this was (presumably) a small frigate with 14 guns. Would it be glorious enough for you?![]()
I really appreciated the family tree, but it was a little hard to read. Could you indent the generations to make it easier to read?
Have been quite busy recently so haven't had a chance to keep up with the thread. Will read through and get back to you. Thanks for keeping it coming!
Well it is interesting...I've been thinking of a post about state of culture in Europe at the time, sort of like @Carp did in their Harlot Empress TL. I mean, there's a lot of building - for instance the Tuileries-Louvre complex - going on that wasn't OTL, plus a lot that was OTL but not here - Antoinette's esconced at Marly instead of Petit Trianon, for instance, and La Hameau was never built because of the court's return to Paris (she also hasn't bought the chateau de Saint-Cloud TTL).
Also, musically speaking, Cimarosa has wound up in Berlin by way of Russia, and I've been doing a bit of reading up on the composers of the time (see my Haydn's French National Symphony thread), and several of them's OTL circumstances have been directly affected by the political shake-ups. Domenico Cimarosa is one, although he still winds up in Russia, he's there from considerably earlier instead of Paisiello (who was Cimarosa's predecessor if I'm not mistaken). Paisiello was also disliked by Queen Maria Karoline in Naples, so her change is going to mean something to him (not sure if it'll be for good or ill). Antoinette played a big role in popularizing Glück's music in Paris OTL, but before that, the Italians (Piccini and Sacchini) had reigned supreme.
Antoinette's patronizing Vigée-Lebrun as OTL, but there are two rival artistic fons honorem at the French court as well - the queen (Antoinette) and the king's mistress (La Polignac or Massalska) - so that could also be interesting to explore. Here, I was thinking that Antoinette's patronage goes to Glück and French or German composers (Glück, Saint-Georges, Grétry etc), while the mistress patronizes others (Piccini, Paisiello), but with two very different veins of painting/sculpture etc emerging.
Or would this be distracting from the flow of events?
Well it is interesting...
Well seing the effect who the butterflies have on the international cultural scene...Which part? Anything particular you'd like me to look at?
Well seing the effect who the butterflies have on the international cultural scene...