I understand you just do not know what was in Russia in the 15-16 century, so I think that you are just confused.
I hava an idea what it was. But I know that even if taken as slav civ invcluding Poles and Chechs, they also had gunpowder but despite all those nations had it in that period for balancing reasons the civ is not given. Same goes for Magyars they also had gunpowder but they are designed around early medieval times a more steppe oriented civ like the mongols, huns and tatars with good light cavs and cav archers.
Same goes for brits they also had gunpowder and great fleat none represented in the gme because they have OP archers already. The slav civ design is not not made around 15/16 century slavic states (none of them) but around Kievan Rus from earlier period and this doesnt mean it dont represent period of history of Russia, quite the opposite.
itβs not whether they had gunpowder or not, itβs how often it was used, and we should not forget that the example of another civilization can not justify mistakes in other civilizations, if only because it can also be a problem(bombards were the number one siege weapon in Russia, we had a whole production culture)
and this is the problem that I have already voiced
Dont think either of them is a mistake. Its a game and not the most historicly accurate one. Many indians dont like why they dont have heavy cavalry or no battle elephants as they had one of the best for example. Meso american civs never had xbows or arblests or heavy armoured infantry but here you go.The civs in the game are just an ispiration they just take one particular moment in time one or two unique units and build around it. Combine this with the fact there are quite alot of civs already and all of them should be balanced and have some unique feel at the same time. Well than even more compromise is made with the historical acuracy.
I undertsnad that 15/16th century period you hold more dear. It is just the times before are also relevant and representative. If you want more historically acurate game I dont think AoE2 will get any better at this.
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I understand, but most of this applies to Civs with a poorly studied history while there are well-made civs, and I have already said that the problems of others can not be an excuse for mistakes here
I donβt think the developers would say that
Age of Empires 2 most certainly is not very historically accurate game. The devs probably would not say anything about it but they know better than anyone they re taking liberies with history in favoure of gameplay and balance. Yet again the Im not too sure the civ in question is so historicly inacurate its just focused on different time period.
Cheers man. I just hope you can enjoy the game as much as possible. Its just a game 
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Nothing to worry about. You did not say or do anything wrong. WE are all just passionate about the game and history that is all.
Imagine seeing a Czech see a Bulgarian spell his ethnicity wrong 
Oh you will see me mispell alot of things 11. And you only around 8% βCzechβ anyway 
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lol
1/8 Czech (12.5%)
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I knew you dont count. 11
with your DNA distribution only You represent You
I miscalculated lol.
I am -
6.25% Algonquin (1st great grandpa half-caste)
12.5% Czech (2nd Great grandpa was full blood)
12.5% Lithuanian (2nd great grandma was full blood)
25% Scottish/Irish/Welsh (Grandpa full blood)
43.75% French + Basque (1st grandparents full blood)
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Well you should split the bottom two how much is French, how much is Scottish
Im much more boring than you. I got 6.25 Armenian the rest should be Bulgarian
I donβt have enough of family tree recorded for the French side and my small brain doesnβt want to calculate it for the Scottish Irish Welsh whatever side
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It would be good for them to add some Russian/Slavic/Byzantine looking emperor/king units, Queens, merchants and Eastern Orthodox priests (in black cowls) for Byzantines, Slavs and Bulgarians. This would help and similarly they could add priests and a skin for the Pope Leo editor unit.
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Well, there are hundreds of kingdoms, etc. which are not individually depicted, and are broadly βcoveredβ by some larger, similar enough empires. Itβs not out of spite or hatred, but out of practicality. Age of Empires would have taken many years to make if it had to have hundreds of different civilizations.
Which would have ended having so many similar civs/countries to pick that only difference is that one civ has one different unit or tech.
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