[quote=Lillian Thorne]
I'm not opposed to hearing about the history, I love history, but I don't want to feel like I have to be tied to it, nor do I want anyone else in the RP to feel like they have to be either. If I don't let the details go and free myself up, I get a little too worried about the details and it impacts my enjoyment and my flexibility as a GM. But by all means, if something comes up that is pertinent or even just interesting, please tell us about it. I love that sort of thing. I'm currently in a world history class and loving it, but oddly frustrated by the great sweeping movements of information. I'm hoping I have an elective left over at some point to take a more focused history class, for fun. You might find this interesting, it was that got me thinking about this RP in the first place. I've worked things well past the article, using fairy tales to inspire and help me loosen up on the details, but it was a launching point for me.
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I think in the end you might miss the days where you learned about the general large swathes of history dotted here and there with the individual moments of brilliance. When you take it as far as I have you start getting into philosophy and it becomes less about stories and more about complications. 

Still awesome though.

I'll be sure to mention anything I remember that's interesting here and there. Also, the article looks interesting. I always found it fascinating that so few people could seize the landmass of Russia in its entirety. Europeans sure as hell couldn't.