Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Races ruleset - patch

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> This is discussable: the nation name is Russian and not Soviet
> and it already uses current russian flag and not he soviet one,

This is a fairly recent change in Freeciv.  It used to be the Soviet
flag.  Thwe city names also point to the Soviet Union rather than Russia.

> so my change seems reasonable. Anyway the soviet period in
> russian history lasted only for 70 years, while russian history
> dates back 1100 years (if we include Kiev Rus) so it might be
> even reasonable to replace Stalin with Peter the Great or
> Ivan the Terrible.

Agreed.  Stalin wasn't a Russian, after all.  But it is true that the
civs represent historic empires rather than existing nations.  Some
cities even occur in multiple empires (Tashkent, Marseille).

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Reinier