Despite an almost inhuman level of suffering imposed on the Russian people, Stalin would lead the Soviet Union through the greatest threat to its existence during the Nazi invasion of 1941-45, and help it emerge as one of the world's superpowers following the Second World War.īut in the ensuing Cold War, Russia's economy tottered towards collapse. Stalin would complete the consolidation of Communist power begun by Lenin, most notably through the forced industrialization of the Five-Year Plans and the mass starvations engendered by the collectivization of agriculture. A bitter struggle between Red (Communist) and White (Tsarist) forces lasted until the Bolsheviks were victorious in 1922. World War I imposed stresses on the Tsardom that it could not meet, and the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917. By the time of Nicholas II (1894-1917) Russia was in disarray, plagued by internal dissent. Catherine's partitioning of Poland also helped bring Russia closer to the rest of Europe, at least geographically.ĭuring this period the Russian rulers remained largely indifferent to the welfare of the Russian people, who lived lives of untold misery under the brutal whip of the aristocracy. Catherine the Great (1762-1796), expanded Russia's dominance to the northern shore of the Black Sea and into the steppes beyond the Urals. Petersburg, shifting his country's focus towards Europe.
Peter I (1694-1725), known as "Peter the Great," constructed a new capital at St. Two of the Tsars during this period are especially notable. This "gathering of the Russian lands" became a conscious and irresistible five-century drive by Moscow to annex all Slavic lands, both the Russian territories and the Belorussian and Ukrainian regions. Eventually the leader Ivan IV (1533-84), known as "Ivan the Terrible," gained enough power to take the title of "Tsar", or Emperor, in 1547. Of the various Russian principalities, Muscovy was to ultimately achieve dominance. This helped bring about the long rule of autocracy in Russia. The devastating attack by the Mongols in 1237-40 resulted in widespread destruction of cities, loss of life, and wiped out a developing commercial middle class centered around the fur trade. The united Kievan state broke apart after 1054 under the pressure of attacks by nomads from the steppes, fragmenting Russia into a number of independent principalities. By 1000 AD the Rus had established an extensive empire with a capital at the city of Kiev and had been converted to Christianity by Byzantine missionaries. Within a few decades the Rus, as the Viking settlers were known, together with other Scandinavians operating farther west, extended their raiding activities down the main river routes toward Baghdad and Constantinople. From bases in estuaries along the eastern Baltic, Scandinavian bands, probably in search of new trade routes to the east, began to penetrate territory populated by Finnish and Slavic tribes, where they found unlimited natural resources. Modern Russia dates from about 770 AD, when Viking explorers began an intensive penetration of the Volga region. Indo-European, Ural-Altaic, and other races have occupied what is now the territory of Russia since 2000 BC, but little is known about them.
In fact, you may want to keep Republic longer than with most civs. This makes a Republic even more of a powerful government in the hands of Russia. Not only will you be able to make more Settlers, but you will be able to settle in more areas where other civs would find it difficult to grow.īuilding Granaries further enhances food, allowing for +4 food tiles. The extra food from plains allows you place more cities in more spots. The Russian capital, if founded in an area with almost entirely food tiles, will allow you to take a late game strategy where production and trade are taken from population. This is particularly useful for preventing an Economic Victory. With the half cost Spies you can easily steal gold from rich factions, disrupt the defenses of militarists, disrupt the production of the wealthy city planners, kidnap Great People from the cultured factions and defend yourself from enemy Spies with ease. With your cheap Loyalty Riflemen, you can plug up choke points and defend cities with large numbers of Riflemen armies.
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Half cost Riflemen can make you a powerful civ in the Industrial Era, and the Loyalty upgrade can only make an iron defense turn into a steel defense. Russia is more of a defensive, population booming civilization than most.
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