Historical reconstruction is a very widespread hobby for people who love history. It consists in reconstructing the details of a particular era, reproducing a particular historical event, and with the highest possible reliability. This is a cross between a role-playing game and an amateur history experiment.
First of all, romantic-minded people of young and middle age are fond of historical reconstruction (if only because role-playing games require both physical strength and good health). But among lovers of historical reconstruction there are also pensioners who have retained their youthful enthusiasm and good spirits.
This hobby is divided into two main "areas": "living history" and "battles" (which also include tournaments). Those participants who prefer “living history” focus on the reconstruction of the authentic way of life of a particular era, up to the organization of a small open-air museum. The main thing they achieve is maximum accuracy in details, down to the smallest detail. The materials from which the dwellings are made, the fabric used for sewing clothes, household items, even culinary recipes - everything must correspond to that particular era. Such museums attract not only the participants of the historical reconstruction themselves, but also many strangers who are simply interested in seeing how people lived in these places many centuries ago, what their life was like.
As for the "battles" (as well as tournaments) - here the name speaks for itself. Participants, as it were, recreate the details of a particular battle, simultaneously studying in practice the art of war of the corresponding historical era. The scale of the reconstruction depends not only on the number of people willing to take part, but also on their material capabilities (since making weapons, even fake ones, uniforms, armor, keeping horses, etc., is a very expensive pleasure).
In some cases, real battles are played out. A classic example is the reconstruction of the famous Battle of Borodino, which is traditionally held on the first Sunday of September on the very same historical field to the west of Moscow. This is a very large-scale show, in which hundreds of cavalrymen, about a thousand infantrymen and several dozen guns take part.
The attitude towards historical reconstruction is ambiguous. Someone admires such people, someone sincerely wonders: adult uncles haven’t played enough tin soldiers? Is there really nothing else to do. But, nevertheless, such a hobby is useful: it instills interest in the history of one's Fatherland, promotes the growth of patriotism, and simply increases the level of human development.
