Talk:Rasputitsa

message: 1. "Rasputitsa" mean exactly the same thing as "Mud Season".
2. Everything written here about Napoleonic wars and WWII is a urban legend. Russia had a system of paved roads since 18 century and by the time of WWII they obviously a system of railways. 
--Rheinguld 12:48, 29 september 2012 (UTC)
Not quite so! It is true that there were SOME paved roads in Russia since 18 century but there were very few of them, compared to Western Europe. By the time of WWII certainly there was a system of railways but again, it was not (and still is not) as extensive as in Western Europe. Even now there are a lot of unpaved minor roads in countryside, while in Western Europe even minor roads are usually paved.
But, speaking of warefare in Russia, it must be noted that the lack of proper roads was a disadvantage for Russian/Soviet troops as well, even when they were on the defencive (not to speak of offencives) - you cannot move supplies and reserves quickly without good roads!Olegwiki (talk) 21:49, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should Be Merged With Mud Season 

message: The distinction between rospuutto and kelirikko in Finnish seems unsupported by the standard Finnish dictionaries, and a google search produces no support either. The article in the Finnish Wikipedia makes this distinction, but, likewise, it quotes no sources (rather, it made this distinction until just now when I revised it). The words are in fact synonymous, with the only distinction being that rospuutto is dialectal and kelirikko standard Finnish.
I can imagine an argument that since rospuutto derives from the Russian word, it should only properly refer to land conditions, but such an argument would require support. Rospuutto may also have once been used only in some dialects, but it is a known word throughout Finland, and whether the word kelirikko has its origins in some regional dialect or is an academical coinage, it is now the standard word for seasonal weather-induced disruptions in communications, terrestrial as well as insular.
Also, the phenomenon occurs in the inland waters of Finland too, and is therefore not specific to the Archipelago.
--Rallette 08:48, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I added several references, both to Rasputitsa and russian mud in general - hope it covers the most. Ulflarsen 10:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rospuutto vs kelirikko 

message: Weather is mostly (not always) a neutral factor in warfare. A counterexample to this claim is impassible roads  that do slow down the advance. But winters? Yes it's cold, everybody  is cold. The side that figures out that it needs to dress warmly, uses antifreezing lubricants and oil in tanks, wins, those who don't - loose. Those who bank on a fast campaign and do not prepare for the winter - loose. It does not take an Einstein to figure out that it will be cold in Russia in the winter and plan for it...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.89.86.25 (talk) 00:48, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: рас- isn't a negative prefix, and распутица doesn't mean "roadlessness", I can speak it as a native Russian. MBH (talk) 12:01, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: ras- or raz- can mean “apart, away,” or “dis-, un-,” which are negative prefixes. —Michael Z. 18:23, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian winters, advantage? 

message: We are not in Russia where one person can decide what is going to happen. You cannot propose an article for deletion when there is only one person who suggested this and above all did not discuss it. More important is the rule that there are 29 articles on the same subject in different languages. This is a sufficient reason to stop any discussion. There are perhaps 50,000 rules on Wikipedia, but this one is easy to remember.Taksen (talk) 10:01, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There exists no such rule, on the contrary: see WP:OTHERLANGS. Please also no personal attacks, especially if they are nonsense: User:Mzajac who proposed deletion seems to be a Canadian, and I as German favored this article not to be deleted, see my vote in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rasputitsa. --Cyfal (talk) 10:37, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

text: Everyone can see that I proposed it for the purpose of discussing it.  —Michael Z. 13:56, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

text: Please don’t indulge in disparaging conspiracy theories about other editors. It is against WP:ASPERSIONS and could make others think you have generally poor judgment.  —Michael Z. 13:59, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: It should not get crazier on Wikipedia