So fingers crossed there's a Crimea enthusiasts group near you

Exactly, this is one of the problems! No one cares about stuff like this! You can find math/science type clubs/activities for kids, but history for an 8 year old? I really don't understand what the fascination is.
I think I feel bad for him because he must feel isolated, like we don't care about any of this and that maybe we're even stupid. I don't want him on a message board like this in another 20 years saying "I loved history, but my parents just didn't get it." Right now in school they are defining words like "agriculture". I feel bad that he has to sit through that, just like I did when he was forced to sit through 5+5 in first grade. But I don't even see what the solution would be. They can give him documentaries to watch, if they are so inclined, but in order to have a real life discussion with other human beings, they would probably have to send him to the high school.