Lofman: Yup, I hope it will be fun!
canonized: This AAR may not be as edifying as the National Geographic, but it should certainly provide an alternative angle...
binTravkin & mlepkows: Thanks, and welcome!
Duke of Wellington: Any time I'm feeling in need of inspiration I think I'll just have to have a look at the painting and think of that letter!
Judas Maccabeus: I always wondered exactly what a "diplomatic insult" looked like in real life. But you're right, I'm sure most of them were much less interesting!
PrawnStar: Ah, that's what I like to see - a lurker coming out into the open! And welcome to this AAR, I hope you enjoy it.
Eber: Nice to hear of a tenuous link between my EU2 Scottish AAR and your EU3 one - I confess I haven't read it all yet, but AARs about Scotland (my homeland) always have a special place for me.
The Great Duck, leftyboy87: Yes, I'm glad we've got the sich/sick thing straight now.
I particularly liked the title because in the game, and in real history I think too, Zaporozhie only gets recognized as an independent nation when Dmitri establishes the sich on Khortytsa Island (sometime in the 1550s) - so Zaporozhie really was "the product of a sich mind" in that sense.
merrick: Yes indeed - the Cossacks of course never really achieved anything much in the way of great conquests, but hopefully I will be able to do better here.
So, here's an update coming right up...