Russian events
This is a list of all of Russia's events:[1]
The Pomjestija Reform
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After Muscovites invaded Novgorod in 1471 and Lithuania failed to come to Novgorod's assistance, Novgorod was forced to accept the Korostyn' Treaty, which further limited its independence. Ivan III, still wary of uprisings because of what happened to his father, deported many of the citizens of Novgorod. He also replaced leaders of the Novgorodian church with Russian Orthodox leaders. Lands were taken from the natives and given to cavalrymen in return for military service. After establishing the reform of land management, called the pomestie system, there, he introduced it into Muscovite. By seizing the local nobles', called boyars, estates and giving it to his army, he helped bolster and centralize his power and create loyalty in his army and other servants. By 1489, Novgorod was a shell of its former self and now part of the ever-growing Russian state.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1450 and 1550. |
Mean time to happen
300 months |
Let us reform
Let us become more like Novgorod
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Russian claims in the East
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In 1552, Czar Ivan IV the Terrible had launched an expedition against the Khanate of Kazan, east of Nizhny-Novgorod and a blocking point on the Volga. The use of heavy bombard guns breached the walls of the Tatar city, which was promptly overwhelmed and annexed. In 1556, in the wake of his success against Kazan four years earlier, Czar Ivan IV the Terrible launched a new expedition against the Khanate of Astrakhan, southward down the Volga. The capture of Astrakhan opened an access to the Caspian Sea and put the whole Volga basin under Russian control. Cities like Samara (1586), Saratov (1590) and Tsaritsyne (1589) were founded along the river to ensure proper control.
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Mean time to happen
60 months |
It all belongs to Mother Russia |
Russian claims on Poland-Lithuania
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Ivan IV of Russia had extended the borders of his homeland far to the South and the East, but had met with strong resistance in the West, in particular in Livonia. Wars with Poland, Lithuania (then a part of Poland) and even Sweden would last till 1583. Poland had annexed Lithuania in 1569 and, after many defeats at the hands of the Polish army, Ivan had to sign a peace treaty in 1582 where he lost all his previous western territorial gains. Enmity between the two countries would remain high, culminating with the Polish occupation of Moscow (1610) during the Time of Troubles (1598-1618).
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Mean time to happen
32 months |
It all belongs to Mother Russia
It would jeopardize our diplomacy |
Russian claims on the Steppes
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Immediately after the fall of Astrakhan, in the year 1557, Ivan IV launched a campaign in the steppes south of Kazan, the realm of the Nogaï Horde, heirs of some Mongol people. This was the first stepping stone for the expansion eastward. The Russian expansion eastward, led between 1560 and 1581 by Cossacks under Yermak and the private venture of the Stroganov merchants of Nizhny-Novgorod had seen much land fall under control of the Russian Czar. The conquest of the Khanate of Sibir in 1584 and the destruction of the last realm of Genghis Khan's heirs in Siberia was the last step before the exploration and control of the vast hinterland, that would eventually see the Cossacks build cities out of their Ostrogs (simple fortifications to ensure transit) and reach the Pacific ocean at Okhotsk in 1645.
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
32 months |
It all belongs to Mother Russia All provinces in Pontic Steppe, Nogai and Lower Yik areas |
The Sacking of Moscow
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Ivan felt that trade with Europe depended on free access to the Baltic and decided to turn his attention westward. In 1558 he went to war in an attempt to establish Russian rule over Livonia. Russia was at first victorious and succeeded in destroying the Livonian knights, but their ally Lithuania became an integral part of Poland in 1569. The war dragged on - while the Swedes (guarding their own interests in Estonia) supported Poland against Russia, the Crimean Tatars attacked Astrakhan and even made an extensive incursion into Russia in 1571 - they sacked and burned Moscow, leaving only the Kremlin standing.
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
1 month |
Avenge this horrible insult
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The Treasury Reform and the Abolition of the Kormlenije System
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Some of the most important Russian reforms of Government were instituted by Ivan IV. Ivan had built on the works of Ivan III and bound the Pommiestie-class even closer to the monarchy. He also created a separate Chamber of Finance directly at his disposal, which provided a certain efficiency in the in- and outflow of cash. The abolition of the Kormlenije-system, a payment system for the provincial administration where salaries were paid 'in natura' directly from the hands of the peasants, and the redressing of the provincial administration organization made the monarchy much more efficient and powerful. Unfortunately for Russia, these reforms were not enough to hold the State afloat after the costly and disastrous Livonian Wars at the end of Ivan IV's reign.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1550 and 1650. |
Mean time to happen
300 months |
Reform Treasury and abolish Kormlenije
Only reform Treasury Gain country modifier “Chamber of Finance” for 9125 days, giving the following effects: Only abolish Kormlenije Gain country modifier “Kormlenije Abolished” for 9125 days, giving the following effects: |
The Russian Orthodox Church Declares Independence
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Not long before the Byzantine Empire collapsed, the Russian Church became, in effect, independent from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Metropolitan Jonah, installed by the Council of Russian bishops, was given the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. Ever since the Russian Church has been growing more and more independent of Constantinople, instead allying itself with the Russian state.
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
120 months |
Let us lead the True Faith from [Root.Capital.GetCapitalName].
worth Let us help our brethren to reclaim Constantinople.
It is our destiny to free Constantinople from the Turks!
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Hundred Chapter Synod
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In 1551 Metropolitan Mascarius convened the Church in what became known as the Hundred Chapter Synod in order to unify Church ceremonies and duties all over Russia. They also demanded that the government cancel its jurisdiction over the Church.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1500 and 1600. |
Mean time to happen
100 months |
Affirm these changes Prohibit these ideas |
Nikons Reform and the Raskolniks
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Nikon was the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1652 to 1666. He undertook an extremely vigorous reform of church discipline and ritual with a view to purging accretions and eccentricities from the Russian rites. His reforms, particularly his correction of service books from the Greek (1654), created a schism in the Church and inspired the formation of a major opposition sect, the Raskolniki, who retained the older usages banned by Nikon. Heterodox sects such as the Dukhobors formed and attached themselves to the Raskolniki to avoid persecution. By 1658, Nikon had aroused sufficiently powerful opposition to bring about his banishment, and in 1666 he was deposed and degraded. He was a figure unique in Russian church history, for he opposed any interference by the state in church affairs and considered the two institutions to be distinct and separate. His reforms were maintained after he was deposed.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1650 and 1750. |
Mean time to happen
300 months |
Immediate effects
Set country flag RUS_raskol_flag | |
Let us modernize the Church Follow the heed of the Raskolniks |
Raskol
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Leading Russian Church officials had noticed a number of discrepancies between Russian and Greek sermons, rites and books, and in 1652 Patriarch Nikon convened a synod to study these matters. A second synod was convened in 1666 where a number of reforms were issued to correct this as well as condemning much of the traditions of the past. This led to a great schism - raskol - where the those who opposed these changes came to be known as Old Believers or raskolniki.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1650 and 1750. |
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Immediate effects
Hidden effect: Set country flag RUS_raskol_flag | |
These reforms are necessary
Support the Old traditions |
The Reforms of Peter the Great
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During the late 17th and early 18th century Peter the Great instituted a series of reforms aimed to make Russia into a modern European state. The government and army were reformed under the supervision of advisors from Western Europe and Peter, dreaming of making Russia a maritime power sought to take control of the Baltic and Black Sea coasts. The drastic reforms met strong opposition as people were affronted by the sudden dispense of their traditional life and traditions and were followed by several uprisings.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1680 and 1720. |
Mean time to happen
10 months |
The reforms are necessary
Avoid outside influence
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The Bulavin Rebellion
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The Bulavin Rebellion broke out in October 1707 when Kondraty Bulavin and a band of Don Cossacks ambushed and killed a group of bounty hunters sent by Peter the Great to arrest fugitive peasants hiding out in the Don region. The underlying reasons were that Peter's newly-reformed state was expanding, something that had started to infringe on both the Cossack's lands as well as their semi-autonomy. The rebellion turned not against the Tsardom but against Peter and his advisors, who were seen as evil forces whose reforms were seen as trying to destroy Russia.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
24 months |
Crush the rebellion
Revert some reforms |
Fyodor Baikov's Diplomatic Intermezzo
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Fyodor Baikov went to Beijing in 1656 in an effort to open up diplomatic relations with China. However, misinterpreting the Chinese etiquette made him behave in a way that got the Chinese ministers to believe that Russia acknowledged China as her Master. A message was dispatched to Moscow. The letter contained instructions on the yearly tribute that the vassal 'Russia' must now pay. The Czar had no chance to protest as no one in Moscow could understand Chinese. The Russian government ignored the event as if it has never taken place and China was too busy being subjugated by the Manchu dynasty to care.
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
240 months |
Ignore the demands
Pretend to be a Chinese Vassal
Pretend to be a Chinese Vassal and pay Tribute |
Stenka Razin's Cossack Uprising
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Stenka Razin (or Stepan Timofeyevich) was a Don Cossack hetman who carried out a series of successful raids on Persian and Russian settlements 1667-69. Having acquired great fame and wealth, Razin launched a new campaign in 1670 against the czar's fortress cities on the Volga. With a force of about 7,000 Cossacks, he seized Tsaritsyn and Astrakhan. In both towns Razin and his men engaged in drunken orgies and perpetrated savage atrocities against the nobles and military officers - he also replaced the local governments with Cossack institutions of self-rule. Razin continued his advance up the Volga, and along the way he incited the serfs and urban lower classes to join his rebellion. He captured Saratov and proceeded to Simbirsk, while his insurrection spread throughout the Volga region and even into some of the central Russian provinces. Alarmed at Razin's success, Czar Alexis sent an army to relieve Simbirsk. The force inflicted a decisive defeat on Razin's undisciplined and badly equipped troops. Razin fled to the Don, but on April 24, 1671, he was captured by loyalist Cossacks and turned over to the tsarist authorities. Brought to Moscow and tortured, Razin was executed by quartering in Red Square.
The Treaty of Nerchinsk
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The permanent Russian exploration and colonization of Siberia that started under Ivan the Terrible, had regularly continued throughout the 17th century, with most of eastern Siberia discovered by the end of the century (Kamchatska was reached in 1679). The Amur basin had been explored by Khabarov in the 1650s and in 1689, a Russo-Chinese border conflict was settled by the first Chinese-European agreement, the Treaty of Nerchinsk, fixing the Amur border. In 1727, the Kyakhta treaty would even make provisions for a Russian trading station to be established in Peking, the capital of the new Manchu dynasty (1644-1911).
Trigger conditions
The year is 1650 or later. |
Mean time to happen
200 months nerchiinsk_treaty |
Accept the Treaty
Reject the Treaty as Preposterous
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The Great Northern Conflict
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In 1697, the 15 years old Charles XII ascended the Swedish throne. Seeing the opportunity, the Russian Czar Peter I allied with Denmark and Poland-Saxony in 1699. However, with British and Dutch naval assistance, Charles XII landed on Zealand and promptly defeated the Danes, then moved to Estland where his badly outnumbered Swedes (1 to 5) won a crushing victory over the Russians. Instead of finishing the Russians, Charles moved against August II of Poland-Saxony and drove him out of Poland in 1704 (having the pro-Swedish Stanislaw Leszczynski elected King), then subjugating Saxony in 1706. While the Russians started the construction of St. Petersburg (1703) and rebuilt their armies, they also took parts of Estland (1704-1706). Charles then decided to march to Moscow via the Ukraine where the Cossacks under Mazeppa had again risen in revolt (1708). The harsh winter and Russian raids decimated his army and he was finally beaten at the battle of Poltava in 1709. The wounded king escaped to the Ottomans. The Russians were encircled by the Ottomans on the Prut River, but Peter succeeded through bribery to obtain a safe conduct in exchange for Azov. While Charles was still exiled in Turkey, Russian, Danish, Hanoverian and even Prussian troops captured most of the Swedish provinces around the Baltic. Having emerged from Turkish internment, Charles got killed in 1718 in front of the Norwegian fortress of Frederickshald. The peace treaties that followed Sweden lost most of her Baltic empire.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1680 and 1730. |
Mean time to happen
100 months |
Seek closer ties with their enemies
Let others move first |
Governmental Reforms and the Absolutism
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In the course of Peter the Great's reign, medieval and obsolescent forms of government gave place to effective autocracy. In 1711 he abolished the boyarskaya duma, or boyar council, and established by decree the Senate as the supreme organ of state to coordinate the action of the various central and local organs, to supervise the collection and expenditure of revenue, and to draft legislation in accordance with his edicts. Martial discipline was extended to civil institutions, and an officer of the guards was always on duty in the Senate. From 1722, moreover, there was a procurator general keeping watch over the daily work of the Senate and its chancellery and acting as 'the eye of the sovereign'.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1680 and 1720. |
Mean time to happen
60 months |
Institute the Reforms
The Old Way is better! |
The State takes control of the Russian Church
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In 1721, in order to subject the Orthodox Church of Russia to the state, Peter the Great abolished the Patriarchate of Moscow. Thenceforward the patriarch's place as head of the Church was taken by a spiritual college, namely the Holy Synod, consisting of representatives of the hierarchy obedient to the czar's will. A secular official - the ober-prokuror, or chief procurator - was appointed by the tsar to supervise the Holy Synod's activities. The Holy Synod ferociously persecuted all dissenters and conducted a censorship of all publications.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1720 and 1740. |
Mean time to happen
60 months |
Abolish the Patriarchate
Leave the Patriarchate alone |
The Kurland Succession of 1726
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The death of the last Duke of Kurland, Frederick William, in 1711, left no heirs to the Duchy except the weak and ill Ferdinand, and a lot of contenders in Russia and Poland. In 1726, the Polish Sejm managed to impose Maurice of Saxony, the bastard son of the current Polish King, as Duke, but only to change her mind and ask his withdrawal. At the same time, Russia was pushing for her own candidate, the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, son-in-law of the Czarina Catherine I. After much bribing, negotiation and behind the scene diplomacy, Maurice was summoned to either leave or suffer war. It started in 1727, with Russia firmly committed and sending 8,000 troops to conquer the Duchy within 8 days. The war did not last long enough to embrace all of Europe and Maurice fled to France where he then had a brilliant military career.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
12 months |
Prepare to grab Kurland
Ignore this petty matter Every country which has a core on province owned by
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The Duma and the Legislative Reform
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In 1767 Catherine the Great convened a commission composed of delegates from all the provinces and from all social classes (except the serfs) for the purpose of ascertaining the true wishes of her people and framing a constitution. The debates went on for months and came to nothing. Catherine's Instruction to the commission was a draft of a constitution and a code of laws. It was considered too liberal for publication in France and remained a dead letter in Russia.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1750 and 1770. |
Mean time to happen
60 months |
Ignore the Injustice in Society One random owned province: Do something about the Injustice in Society |
Mercantilist Reforms
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In the late 18th century Russia adopted an increasingly mercantilist policy as a consequence of the growing monopolization of the power of the aristocracy.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1700 and 1800. |
Mean time to happen
200 months |
Yes, we need to reform Gain country modifier “Mercantilism Reforms” for the rest of the campaign, giving the following effects: No, we shall opt for Free Trade Gain country modifier “Free Trade Reforms” for the rest of the campaign, giving the following effects: |
The Pugatchev Uprising
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The revolt started in 1773 in the Urals region. Led by Emelian Pugatchev, it was an uprising of displaced Cossacks and peasants, following a leader who claimed to be Peter III, the assassinated husband of Czarina Catherine II. In the winter of 1773-1774, the revolt had taken control of most of the Volga basin and even threatened Moscow, bringing the realm of Catherine to the brink of collapse. Finally, regular troops under Suvarow managed to capture Pugatchev near Tsaritsyn and he was executed in Moscow.
Trigger conditions
The year is 1750 or later. |
Mean time to happen
32 months |
The Masses are moving... |
The Anjala League
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A large group of Finnish officers in the service of the Swedish king has sent us a dispatch declaring the ongoing war illegal and asking us if we would consider helping them form an independent nation of Finland. It could be useful as a buffer state...
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Give them our support
Reject their pleas
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The Decembrist Revolution
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Revolution! The autocratic government has fallen and the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] justly beheaded at Peter’s Square. It is time to create a new Russia, a Revolutionary Russia!
The new regime takes its leaders from the formerly secret ranks of the Union of Salvation, a cabal of Imperial Army officers who took a stand against oppression and led the uprising against the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle]. Pavel Pestel was the ideological heart of the Union, while Mikhael Lunin and Nikita Muraynov led the charge from the front lines. Sergei Trubetskoy, nominally the leader of the Union, has only recently returned to Russia following ill-health. Each places a bid for leadership of the new Russian state.
The revolutionary state aims to abolish serfdom, establish equality under the law, and redistribute the land of oppressive nobles between the State and the peasantry. With a strong foundation in political liberalism, the revolution carries an unwavering resolve to challenge autocracy throughout the world.
Trigger conditions
The country: |
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The Union of Salvation will lead the revolution!
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The Third Rome
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Our soldiers parade into the newly christened city of Tsargrad, formerly Constantinople, in celebration of the heroic victories that have led to this moment. With this new conquest, [Root.GetName] will be seen in the eyes of the world as the true Third Rome!
All that remains is to decide on the capital of our renewed nation; shall it remain in the great city of [Root.Capital.GetName], or shall we relocate the court to Tsargrad?
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Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
the Russian mission ‘The Third Rome’. |
Option conditions
Tsargrad shall be our capital! If Constantinople (151) is part of the HRE, but its owner is not a member then:
Constantinople (151):
[Root.Capital.GetName] shall be made even more glorious! The capital of the country: |
The Restoration of Kiev
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Kiev was once the capital of the first great empire of the Rus. Over the years it has been sacked by impertinent Princes, burned to the ground by the Mongols, and subjected to the rule of Lithuania.
Now the city has fallen under our control, and we have the means to restore the once-magnificent city to its former glory. If we choose this path, we would be embracing the legacy of Kievan Rus and adopting a distinctly Ruthenian cultural identity; a great empire will be reborn.
Trigger conditions | Is triggered only by
the Russian Principalities mission Restore Kiev |
Option conditions
Restore Kiev!
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Advisors[edit | edit source]
Malyuta Skuratov
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Malyuta Skuratov was one of the most prominent leaders during the Oprichnina - when Ivan the Terrible and his secret police carried out thousands of executions and land confiscations. Skuratov had made a name for himself in 1569 when he participated in the trial and execution of Ivan's only cousin, Vladimir of Staritsa - a possible pretender to the throne. Later that same year he strangled the Metropolitan of Moscow, Philip II, for criticizing the trials, and in 1570 he was responsible for killing thousands of citizens during a punitive expedition to Novgorod. Skuratov was killed in 1573 at the siege of Weissenstein during the Livonian War.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1560 and 1573. |
Mean time to happen
38 months |
An Excellent Minister! |
The Chosen Council
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In 1543, only 14 years old and with astonishing force and bravery, Grand Prince Ivan IV ended the reign of terror of the Boyars. Behind him stood his friend Alexi Adashev and the talented priest Sylvestr, who would succeed the wise Makari as metropolitan of Moscow. Sylvestr and Adashev belonged to a group of advisors called the Chosen Council, which was of great help in reforming Russia during the earlier part of Ivan IV's reign but fell out of favor following the death of Ivan's first wife Anastasia in 1560. Ivan, who had become unbalanced after his grave illness in 1553, accused his old friends of having poisoned his wife and had them exiled, leaving no one to temper his brutality.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1540 and 1560. |
Mean time to happen
60 months |
Excellent Ministers! |
Boris Morozov
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Russian statesman and treasurer with a long career at the Kremlin court. He was brother-in-law and tutor for Tsar Alexis and led the government during Alexis' early reign. Supervising Payroll and the Grand Treasury, Morozov tried to increase the state's income by lowering salaries and introduce new taxes. The high tax on salt caused, and gave name to, the Salt Riot of 1648. After a short exile in a monastery, Morozov was able to return to Moscow where he maintained a low profile while controlling much of the government. He later participated in drafting the Sobornoye Ulozheniye, a new legal code to replace the Sudebnik laws by Ivan III. It cemented serfdom as well as the nobility's exclusive privilege of owning serfs and stipulated class as both hereditary and unchangeable.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1620 and 1660. |
Mean time to happen
120 months |
An Excellent Minister! |
Mikhailo Shcherbatov
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Mikhailo Shcherbatov was an important statesman, historian and philosopher in 18th century Russia. He became a member of the Board of Trade in 1770 and a president of the Chamber Council and a Senator in 1779. Though a leading representative of Russian conservatism and a proponent of the Russian Enlightenment movement, he is perhaps best know as an author. His 'History of Russia from the Earliest Times' was published between 1771 and 1791 in seven volumes. Shcherbatov's final work 'On the Corruption of Morals in Russia' was published in 1797 and contained a scathing attack on the contemporary social customs.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1763 and 1783. |
Mean time to happen
60 months |
Excellent |
Vasily Tatishchev
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Russian statesman and ethnographer Vasily Tatishcev graduated from the Engineering school in Moscow and participated in the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. He became an important figure in Peter the Great's Foreign Office and later backed the ascension of Anna of Russia in opposition to the Supreme Privy Council. His most prominent role came as the author of 'Russian History Dating Back to the Most Ancient Times', one of the earliest full-scale works on Russian history.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1716 and 1746. |
Mean time to happen
90 months |
Excellent |
Mikhail Lomonosov
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At the age of nineteen Lomonosov obtained admission into the Slavic Greek Latin Academy in Moscow by pretending to be a son of a priest. A scholarship to the University of Saint Petersburg was later followed by studies abroad at the University of Marburg under the tutelage of German Enlightenment philosopher Christian Wolff. Lomonosov would go on to become an important Russian scientist in a variety of fields, but perhaps best known for discovering the atmosphere of Venus. He was appointed secretary of state in 1764 but dies only one year later.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1741 and 1765. |
Mean time to happen
75 months |
Excellent |
The Serfdom reforms[edit | edit source]
The Peasantry is brought into Serfdom
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Boris Godunov was elected in 1598 to succeed Fedor. He consolidated Russia's territorial gains, but, soon after he came to power, drought, famine, and plague killed half a million people in Muscovy. Peasants fled their villages, leaving their holdings reclaimed by weeds. In response Godunov decreed that the peasants were forbidden to leave the estates on which they were born (Ivan IV had passed a similar decree in 1581). The peasants had truly become serfs.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1600 and 1700. |
Mean time to happen
300 months |
Enserf the peasants
Do not enserf them |
Full Serfdom enforced by Sobornoye Ulozheniye
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Czar Alexis received a superficial education from his tutor Boris Ivanovich Morozov before acceding to the throne at the age of 16. Morozov, who was also Alexis' brother-in-law, initially took charge of state affairs, but in 1648 a popular uprising in Moscow forced Alexis to exile Morozov. Alexis bowed to the rebels' demands and convened a land assembly (zemski sobor), which in 1649 produced a new Russian code of laws (Sobornoye Ulozheniye), which legally defined serfdom.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1650 and 1750. |
Mean time to happen
300 months |
Enforce
Accept deteriorating Economy and Burgher Uprisings |
The Reactionary Policy
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After the Pugachev revolt, Catherine realized that for her the people were more to be feared than pitied, and that, rather than freeing them, she must tighten their bonds. Before her accession to power, Catherine had planned to emancipate the serfs, on whom the economy of Russia was based. When confronted with the realities of power, Catherine saw very quickly that emancipation of the serfs would never be tolerated by the owners, whom she depended upon for support, and who would throw the country into disorder once they lost their own means of support. The fortune of a noble was evaluated not in lands but in the 'souls' he owned. Catherine instead turned her attention to organizing and strengthening a system that she herself had condemned as inhuman. She imposed serfdom on the Ukrainians who had until then been free. By distributing the crown lands to her favorites and ministers, she worsened the lot of the peasants, who had enjoyed certain autonomy. At the end of her reign, there was scarcely a free peasant left in Russia.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
64 months |
Keep the Masses in Chains
Let us introduce the idea of 'Freedom' |
Czar Paul I's Liberal Legislation
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Paul I, in an effort to strengthen the autocracy, reversed many of Catherine's policies - he reestablished centralized administrative agencies she had abolished in 1775, increased bureaucratic control in local government, and sought to impose limits on the authority of the nobles. While Catherine caused many ordinary Russians to be enslaved through serfdom, Paul was the first Russian czar to limit the work required of these unfortunate people. At Gatchina, Paul educated their children, lent them money, instituted a system of free medical care, gave them more land for their use, and upgraded agricultural technology. In short, he was a model landlord. When it came to Russia's most humble people, as both czar and grand duke, he sought to end their suffering and improve their lives. In this, he put into action the Enlightenment ideas parroted, but never followed unless it suited her, by his mother.
Trigger conditions
The year is 1750 or later. |
Mean time to happen
60 months |
Restrict Serfdom
It is perfect as it is |
Czar Alexander I's Liberal Legislation
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Alexander abolished many barbarous and cruel punishments then practiced and in 1802 introduced a more orderly administration of government by the creation of eight ministries. He improved the condition of the serfs and promoted education, doubling the number of Russian universities by establishing those at Saint Petersburg, Kharkiv, and Kazan. Nevertheless, despite the humanitarian ideas inculcated in him by his tutor La Harpe and despite his own wish to make his people happy, Alexander lacked the energy necessary to carry out the most urgent reform, the full abolition of serfdom. The institution of serfdom was, in the Czar's own words, 'a degradation' that kept Russia in a disastrously backward state. But to liberate the serfs, who composed three-quarters of the population, would arouse the hostility of their noble masters.
Trigger conditions
The year is 1780 or later. |
Mean time to happen
100 months |
Abolish serfdom
Leave it be |
Grand Embassy[edit | edit source]
Grand Embassy
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An idea has been put forth at court to send [Root.Monarch.GetName] on a journey through Europe together with a large delegation - a Grand Embassy - in order to seek better relations with other European leaders - especially those who share common enemies with us. Another benefit could be the chance to study the technological advancements made in western Europe in order to help us to modernize.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
12 months |
Embark on a journey through Europe Our country holds the knowledge we need |
Grand Embassy Arrives in [Root.Capital.GetCapitalName]
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A grand embassy has arrived from [From.GetName] led by [From.Monarch.GetName] [Root.Monarch.GetHerselfHimself]. [Root.Monarch.GetSheHeCap] is traveling the continent in order to secure better relations with other European states - especially those who share a common enemies. How should we great [Root.Monarch.GetHerHim]?
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
event Grand Embassy |
Immediate effects
Set country flag grand_embassy | |
Invite [Root.Monarch.GetHerHim] to stay
Politely turn [Root.Monarch.GetHerHim] away
Send [Root.Monarch.GetHerHim] packing!
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Grand Embassy in [From.Capital.GetCapitalName]
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Overwhelmed by our warm welcome, [From.From.Monarch.GetName] has informed us that he wishes to extend his visit in [Root.Capital.GetCapitalName]. In [From.From.Monarch.GetHerHim] quest to modernize Russia, [From.From.Monarch.GetSheHe] is most eager to get a chance to study the technological advancements of western Europe.
Generous Offer to Stay
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Hearing of [Root.Monarch.GetName]'s reforms to modernize [Root.GetName], [From.GetName] has graciously invited us to extend our stay in [From.Capital.GetCapitalName] to take the opportunity to study their technological advancements.
Request to Stay Turned Down
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In our attempts to modernize [Root.GetName], the study of technological advancements in western Europe could be valuable. Unfortunately, a request to prolong our stay in [From.Capital.GetCapitalName] in order to do so has been denied.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by |
Option conditions
Very well, we have other countries to visit
The time has come to return home
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Extended Visit Pays Off
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[Root.Monarch.GetName]'s extended visit to [From.From.Capital.GetCapitalName] to personally study their technological advancements seems to have been worth the while.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
event Generous Offer to Stay |
Option conditions
Our governmental institutions will benefit from this!
Our armed forces will benefit from this!
Our navy will benefit from this!
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Grand Embassy Successful
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Our visit to [From.From.From.Capital.GetCapitalName] has been a success but the time has come to move on. The question is where to?
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
event Extended Visit Pays Off |
Option conditions
We still have other countries to visit
The time has come to return home Clear country flag grand_embassy_government |
Women in History[edit | edit source]
Queen Catherine II the Great
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The queen consort Yekaterina is a German princess, one stronger and with more political power than her incompetent husband. She is deeply familiar with the ideas of the Enlightenment, and will endeavor to lighten the burden of Russian serfs. Her plans are ambitious, Yekaterina wants to usurp the throne and expand Russia's borders into Ottoman lands and Poland. Will we help her in her endeavor? Shall we place her on the throne of Russia and allow her to rule us all?
Trigger conditions
The country:
The year is between 1729 and 1800. |
Mean time to happen
200 months |
Give her the throne! Get a new female consort Yekaterina of Romanov dynasty with:
If the country uses ‘Statists vs Monarchists’ mechanics:
Make her an advisor, and use her political power in that way.
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Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova
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Recently returned from a tour through Europe, Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova is a devoted and loyal friend to Catherine the Great. Though they were once estranged because of Yekaterina's scorn of the lovers Catherine chose as lovers who in her eyes disgraced the court, it is a more mature and forgiving Princess who has returned. During her tour, Yekaterina procured the entrée to the society of the learned in most of the capitals of Europe due to her literary and scientific reputation. This also gained her the appointment as Director of the Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences in Russia, the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences. It was a failing institution that lacked prominence and intellectual respectability, something Yekaterina managed to restore in a critical time in the history of science. The transformation from natural philosophy practiced by gifted amateurs to a professional enterprise had just begun.
Trigger conditions
The year is at least 1743. |
Mean time to happen
200 months |
Award her by making her an advisor.
Her name will live on... Gain the “Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova” country modifier for |
Anna Bunina
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Despite having a rather basal education due to being raised by various relatives, Anna Bunina is an acclaimed writer who supports herself with help from patrons, pensions awarded her by the [Root.GetAdjective] $MONARCHTITLE$s and profits from her literary works. The small inheritance her father left her was used to employ tutors to further her education. Alexander Shishkov is her mentor and she is an honorary member of the 'Lovers of the Russian Word' and the 'Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts'. As a woman, the membership for the 'Lovers of the Russian Word' does not allow her to discuss her works with the group in person, and her relationship with the other members is rather oppressive although helpful in advancing her literary career. Her first work is titled 'The Inexperienced Muse'.
Trigger conditions
The year is at least 1774. |
Mean time to happen
200 months |
We look forward to many more interesting books from her. Gain the “Anna Bunina” country modifier for This is a woman we want to have as an advisor.
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Sophia Alekseyevna
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The court was not open to women before Sophia entered [Root.GetAdjective] politics, which she did after the death of Alexis which brought her brother Feodor to the throne. He ruled under her thumb but as his health declined, so did her power as more people tried to take advantage of the sickly Tsar. At Feodor's death, Sophia[4] two brothers were crowned senior Tsar and junior Tsar, with her to govern in their place as Ivan had both physical and mental disabilities while Peter, only nine years old at the time, was deemed too young to properly rule $COUNTRY$. By attending Feodor's funeral she formally entered the political scene and planned to secure the throne for herself with the help of connections, allies and capable politicians such as Prince Vasily Galitzine which she deftly utilized. It caused quite a commotion as women were kept from involvement in politics but Sophia managed to secure the throne with the help of the Streltsy, a military troop, and the uprising they took part of after Feodor's death. During the time she spent at Feodor's side, Sophia has acquired a good education and a political savvy that convinced the nobles and patriarch of her capacities to rule $COUNTRY$. Though she haven't governed the country for long, Sophia has shown that if she takes the throne, she will rule with a firm and heavy fist. She has already started preparations to further the organization of the military and to create an institution of higher learning.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1657 and 1704. |
Mean time to happen
200 months |
Sophia will govern the land as an advisor, nothing more.
Depose her brothers and make her Tsarevna! Get a new female ruler Sophia of Romanov dynasty with:
If the country uses ‘Statists vs Monarchists’ mechanics:
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Elizaveta of Russia
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Though her education had been imperfect and desultory, Elizaveta is a bright, vivacious and beautiful woman who speaks Italian, German and French fluently. This is worth noting, as her coup to take the [Root.GetAdjective] throne will be successful if we agree to let her rule. Anna Leopoldovna's regency for her infant Ivan VI has been marked by high taxes and economic problems, which has furthered Elizaveta's cause. The Russian guards regiments supports her and could be the determining force that compels us to anoint her ruler. She has promised to never sign death sentences but is not adverse to spill blood. With the words, 'Who do you want to serve? Me, the natural sovereign, or those who have stolen my inheritance?' the Preobrazhensky Regiment was convinced to join her. Hopefully she has inherited her father's genius for government, Elizaveta has already shown signs of keen judgment and diplomatic tact that remains us of Peter the Great. Aleksey Bestuzhev-Ryumin is rumored to become her new vice chancellor, a formidable diplomat, and she has expressed her dissatisfaction with the cabinet council system, wishing to reconstitute the senate as it had been under Peter the Great, with the chiefs of the departments of state attending. Under her rule, perhaps we can establish the University of Moscow and the Imperial Academy of Arts?
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1709 and 1762. |
Mean time to happen
200 months |
Intervene and placate her with a place as advisor at the court.
We will let her rule $COUNTRY$. Get a new female ruler Elizaveta of Romanov dynasty with:
If the country uses ‘Statists vs Monarchists’ mechanics:
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Anna of Russia
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The obstinacy and cruelty of Anna of Russia can be explained by her upbringing, she was raised for the nunnery and grew up confined to a royal cult of domesticity which did not allow for her personality to develop properly. The [Root.GetAdjective] Supreme Privy Council has decided to publicly support her as our new ruler, hoping that she will become a figurehead or at least malleable enough to allow them to rule through her. A set of laws that will limit her powers is being drafted, prohibiting Anna to start war, call for peace, create new taxes, or promote individuals to high ranks. Nor will she be able to punish nobility without trial, grant estates or villages, promote anyone to court office, and she will not be able to spend the revenue generated by the state. Eight hundred noblemen have heard the rumors of Anna's possible ascent to the throne and have signed a petition that will urge her to continue to rule $COUNTRY$ in an autocratic style and to continue to carry out Peter the Great's political, social, and economic advances. We doubt that Anna will become a figurehead, nor will she be easy to control. She was brought to the [Root.GetAdjective] court early in life, making her well prepared to handle political structure. With the favor of the Imperial guards and the lesser nobility, Anna will get her way.
Trigger conditions
The year is between 1693 and 1740. |
Mean time to happen
200 months |
We cannot trust her willpower, but we can trust her intellect.
Support her and have her installed on the throne. Get a new female ruler Anna of Romanov dynasty with:
If the country uses ‘Statists vs Monarchists’ mechanics:
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New events from version 1.35[edit | edit source]
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Ivan IV, the 'Terrible'
Despite his title would suggest, Ivan's first years of reign are characterized by their peaceful reforms and modernization. The nature of his reign changed when Ivan was thought to be fatally ill and the boyars refused to swear allegiance to his infant son. Ever since, Ivan fostered a paranoid grudge against the boyars which eventually led to the Massacre of Novgorod.
If he is designated as the heir to the Tsardom, many are sure that the Tsardom would achieve its greatest - even if it is at the cost of the one or other city.
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
50 months
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The [Root.GetAdjective] throne belongs to Ivan.
Fascinating. |

The following description is used if:
- None of:
- The country was previously
Novgorod
- The country was previously
- While we are well aware of the arts of ship construction, the [Root.GovernmentName] has rarely constructed any ship nor fleet. That is, however, a thing of the past as [Root.Monarch.GetName] reveals the great fleet of [Root.GetUsableName]. The great [Root.GetAdjective] ships shall serve the state in all maritime matters.
One point of contention remains open though: what should be the purpose of such ships?
The following description is used if:
- The country was previously
Novgorod
- The knowledge about the sea is well-preserved from the times of the old Novgorodian Republic. The grand fleet of [Root.GetUsableName] has seen a great expansion in its size and crew.
One point of contention remains open though: what should be the purpose of such ships?''
The Governing Senate
Although it has found its niche within the [Root.GetAdjective] government, the idea of institutionalizing the senate is becoming louder and louder.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “The Governing Senate” mission |
Institutionalize the Governing Senate.
Abolish the Governing Senate.
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The Most Holy Synod
However, religion and government are not always in harmony. The Patriarchate, led by a single Patriarch, proves a significant threat to the absolute rule of the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle]. In order to counter it, the Most Holy Synod has been created which decentralizes the Patriarchate and serves the [Root.GovernmentName].
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “The Most Holy Synod” mission |
Create the Holy Synod.
The current system is good enough.
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Strengthening of the Patriarchate
As the influence of the Patriarchs grows, their grip over the government does it too. Eventually, a proposal from the Patriarch reaches the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle]: the Patriarchate receives additional privileges and in exchange the Church shall stand behind the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle].
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “The Most Holy Synod” mission |
Approve this proposal.
Reject this idea.
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New Head of the Patriarchate
The [Root.Monarch.GetTitle]'s influence over the Patriarchate has become indistinguishable from [Root.Monarch.GetHerHis] absolute rule over [Root.GetUsableName]. Unlike so many other [Root.Monarch.GetTitle]s before [Root.Monarch.GetHerHim], [Root.Monarch.GetName] has the opportunity to seize the power of the Patriarchate and declare [Root.Monarch.GetHerselfHimself] as the head of the new Patriarchate.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “The Most Holy Synod” mission |
Combine the role of the Patriarch with the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle]
We should not meddle with the affairs of the Church
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[Root.GetUsableNameCap] and the Age of Revolutions
The ideas of liberty and freedom are growing in the heads of our subjects at an alarming rate. Who knows how long the old social structures will remain intact...
Trigger conditions | Is triggered only by
When a new age starts |
Truly, dark times are ahead of [Root.GetUsableName]. |
Westernization of the Army
An Innovative Jump
While ambitions are high, the costs are higher. Only one of these projects is realistic to receive an investment.
[Root.GetAdjective] Administration Adaptation
By focusing less on permanence of our claims we would have more resources for fabricating and managing potentially more claims than the military could ever dream to conquer. Of course such reforms are not favored by all of our advisors, and it is up to our [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] to decide.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “Rally the Army” mission |
There is little reason to change an already established system.
Implement this idea. The [Root.GovernmentName] must grow!
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The Trade Development of [310.GetName]
Although it is no longer the capital of the once mighty Novgorodian Republic, [310.GetName]'s importance as the seat of Baltic trade has found a Resurgence under [Root.GetAdjective] rule.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “Invade Novgorod” mission |
Wonderful |
The Founding of Arkhangelsk
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
30 months |
Ok |
The Grand Duchy of Finland
The establishment of an autonomous Finland which is ruled by our [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] as [Root.Monarch.GetHerHis] private realm could pacify the Finnish.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “Conquest of Finland” mission |
Establish the autonomous Grand Duchy.
Reject this idea. |
[280.GetName] under [Root.GetAdjective] Rule
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
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Let us focus on its religious importance.
Invest in its commercial potential.
Transform the city into our strongest fortress.
Expand [280.GetName]'s academy'. |
Establishment of Rostov-on-Don
[Root.Monarch.GetTitle] [Root.Monarch.GetName] recognized it first and established a fortification several kilometers away from Azov in order to control the trade with the Ottomans. Over the years, Azov lost its importance while Rostov-on-Don rises to become the lead center of commerce.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
50 months |
Okay |
The Future of the [Root.GetAdjective]-[rus_persian_ally.GetAdjective] Alliance
It is obvious that the [rus_persian_ally.GetAdjective] owe us for our support, and no other reward than their loyalty to the [Root.GetAdjective] crown is good enough.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
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Immediate effects
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[rus_persian_ally.GetUsableName] must kneel before [Root.GetUsableName]!
[rus_persian_ally.GetUsableNameCap] and [Root.GetUsableName] are equals.
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[From.GetUsableNameCap] demands our Subjugation
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “The Future of the [Root.GetAdjective]-[rus_persian_ally.GetAdjective] Alliance” option “[rus_persian_ally.GetUsableName] must kneel before [Root.GetUsableName]!” |
Who are we to defy the [From.GetAdjective]?
Preposterous!
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[From.GetUsableNameCap] gives in!
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “[From.GetUsableNameCap] demands our Subjugation” option “Who are we to defy the [From.GetAdjective]?” |
Excellent!
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[From.GetUsableNameCap] resists!
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “[From.GetUsableNameCap] demands our Subjugation” option “Preposterous!” |
And this after all we have done for them?
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The Russian Orthodox Church Declares Independence
The End of the Tatar Hordes
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “Destroy the Hordes” mission |
For the Motherland! |
A Bureaucratic Focus
The Last Tysyatsky
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
50 months |
Immediate effects
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Option conditions
They should be re-established again.
They should be replaced by the namestniks.
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The Oprichnina
This treason did not go unnoticed. The [Root.Monarch.GetTitle], deeply hit by this treachery, demands the establishment of the Oprichnina; a state policy which would give the [Root.GovernmentName] the freedom to oppress the pesky [Root.GetNobilityName].
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
24 months |
Immediate effects
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This betrayal cannot stay unanswered.
It is not worth it. |
The Burning of the Razriady
As the autocracy in [Root.GetUsableName] develops and the bureaucracy shifts to a more centralized form directly under the rule of the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle], the mestnichestvo has been deemed as unnecessary. In [GetDate], [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] orders the burning of all Razriady and abolishes the mestnichestvo for good.
Peter the Great
His reign was characterized by his many reforms which affected all parts of the Russian society. During his first years, the Tsar implemented several sweeping reforms aimed at modernizing Russia and bringing it closer to the Western European powers. As such, the court had a Western European inspired dress code while the military saw overhauling changes. As an enthusiast for ships ever since his young years, Peter founded the first official navy.
Peter gained the nickname 'the Great' for his several government reforms and for the Tsardom's transformation into one of the leading Empires of Europe.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
60 months |
Option conditions
The [Root.GetAdjective] throne belongs to Peter.
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The Sweeping Reforms of Peter
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Getting a new ruler |
I have conquered an empire, but I have not been able to conquer myself. |
Catherine the Great
The marriage with Peter III failed due to his immaturity and both partners committed infidelities. Catherine had plotted against her husband in secret for many years, and when Peter inherited the throne of Russia, the ambitious Catherine overthrew the Emperor after only six months of his rule.
Russia experienced a renaissance of culture, arts, sciences and many other ideas of the Enlightenment during her reign. It was under Catherine when the Empire extended its reaches to the West considerably.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
120 months |
Option conditions
She must lead [Root.GetUsableName] to greatness.
The perfect consort for [Root.Monarch.GetName].
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Role of the Streltsy
To counteract this, the idea of a secured salary has been suggested which would keep the streltsy loyal even during our most demanding wars.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “Recruit the Streltsy” mission |
Ensure regular salaries.
They can live off of the land. |
The Streltsy Demand Payment
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Getting a new ruler |
Pay them a generous salary.
Pay them an appropriate wage.
Pay them the absolute minimum.
Pay them nothing. |
The Streltsy are Rising Up
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “The Streltsy Demand Payment” option “Pay them nothing.” |
Immediate effects
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Oh no |
A Western Approach
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Completing the “Great Imperial Ambitions” mission |
The Modernization advances. |
Formation of the [Root.GetAdjective] Empire

The following description is used if:
- None of:
- Government is republic
- [Root.Monarch.GetName], great [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] of [Root.GetUsableName] and victor of the War of Rivals, has made [Root.Monarch.GetHerHis] proclamation. The [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] shall now be known as the [Root.GetEmpressEmperor] of all [Root.GetAdjective]s. Consequently, the [Root.GovernmentName] shall be mentioned as the Empire of [Root.GetUsableName].
The great powers of [Root.Capital.GetContinentName] see this as a provocation, but their reaction only solidifies [Root.Monarch.GetName]'s claim on the new title.
The following description is used if:
- Government is republic
- The [Root.GetAdjective] ruling council, under the leadership of [Root.Monarch.GetName], great [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] of [Root.GetUsableName] and victor of the War of Rivals, has made its proclamation. From this day, from this moment forward, the [Root.GovernmentName] shall be addressed as the Great Federal Republic of [Root.GetUsableName]. The authority and power of the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] will be strengthened while the government of the provinces is in charge of representants elected by the council of burghers.''
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Taking the decision “Proclaim the Emperor Title” |
Option conditions
All hail the [Root.GetEmpressEmperor]!
I love the Republic.
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none
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Accepting the diplomatic action “Purchase Modern Ideas” |
(Dummy option for hidden event)
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Purchase of Ideas
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
(please describe trigger here) |
Immediate effects
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Okay.
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Purchase of Ideas
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “Purchase of Ideas” option “Okay.” |
Great! |
none
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Accepting the diplomatic action “Sell Modern Ideas” |
(Dummy option for hidden event)
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The Peasantry is brought into Serfdom
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Granting the estate privilege “Early Serfdom” |
The peasants had truly become serfs.
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The Peasants Revolt
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “The Peasantry is brought into Serfdom” option “The peasants had truly become serfs.” |
Immediate effects
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Crush them |
Emancipation of the Peasants
The empathetic [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] [Root.Monarch.GetName] has shown mercy upon the peasants and loosened the bound the peasant has to their overlord. Although highly appreciated by the lower class, the [Root.GetNobilityName] claims that [Root.Monarch.GetName] has become soft and weak.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Granting the estate privilege “Increased Peasant Freedom” |
The lives of the masses before the lives of the few.
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The [Root.GetNobilityName] Revolt
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “Emancipation of the Peasants” option “The lives of the masses before the lives of the few.” |
Immediate effects
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Crush them |
Sobornoye Ulozheniye
However, serfdom has not been legalized by the [Root.GetAdjective] Code of Law, and as such the rules for owning and being a serf are not solidified yet. Serfdom has yet to be legally defined. With the Sobornoye Ulozheniye of [GetYear], [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] [Root.Monarch.GetName] can change it, sealing the fate of the peasantry or emancipating the serfs and provoking the wrath of the [Root.GetNobilityName].
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
450 months |
Immediate effects
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Codify Serfdom
Liberate the Peasants | |
Effects after selecting any option
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Early Ideas of the Enlightenment
The Great Uprising!
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
60 months |
Immediate effects
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The masses are moving...
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Rise of the Burgher Class

The following description is used if:
- None of:
- Government is republic
- The peasants, once the uneducated and poor masses of [Root.GetUsableName], have started to engage themselves in the arts of commerce and trade. As such, the class of [Root.GetBurghersName] is seeing a new rise of power as more and more former peasants gain the wealth to live in the great [Root.GetAdjective] cities.
The middle class has become the dominant force within [Root.GetUsableName].
The following description is used if:
- Government is republic
- The peasants, once the uneducated and poor masses of [Root.GetUsableName], have started to engage themselves in the arts of commerce and trade. As such, the class of [Root.GetBurghersName] is seeing a new rise of power as more and more former peasants gain the wealth to live in the great [Root.GetAdjective] cities.
The middle class has become the dominant force within [Root.GetUsableName].''
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
60 months |
Immediate effects
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Option conditions
The cities are growing...
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The Reactionary Policy
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
64 months |
Immediate effects
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Tighten the chains of the masses
Emancipate the peasants nonetheless | |
Effects after selecting any option
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Ascension of the [Root.GetAdjective] Middle Class

The following description is used if:
- None of:
- Government is republic
- The middle class, once a minor role in [Root.GetUsableName] with no worthy achievements, has risen to become the dominant force within [Root.GetAdjective] society. Thanks to the many peasants joining their ranks, the merchants and townspeople have gained significant influence over the affairs of the court and are even threatening the very authority of the [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] and [Root.Monarch.GetHerHis] noble subjects.
The following description is used if:
- Government is republic
- The middle class of [Root.GetUsableName] has played a major role ever since its formation. However, the balance of power between the Republic and the Burghers has been disturbed by the many peasants joining the ranks of the [Root.GetBurghersName]. Their influence over the affairs of the ruling courts threaten the very authority of the Republic and the [Root.GetNobilityName].''
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
64 months |
Immediate effects
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The [Root.GovernmentName] will survive this
Enforce serfdom upon the new members of the [Root.GetBurghersName] | |
Effects after selecting any option
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Ideals of the Enlightenment and the Serfdom
However, due to the strong influence the [Root.GetNobilityName] exercise over the serfs and court, there is little to be done about the situation of these unfortunate people. The best [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] [Root.Monarch.GetName] can offer, without causing a civil war, is educating the serfs' children, lend them money, institute a system of free medical care, give them more land for their use, and upgrade agricultural technology.
And even then, these changes can be seen as an attack on the freedom of the [Root.GetNobilityName]...
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
60 months |
Improve the lives of the serfs.
The system works perfectly fine. | |
Effects after selecting any option
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Conflict between the Autocracy and the [Root.GetBurghersName]
Fate of the Peasantry
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
12 months |
Enserf the peasants Do not enserf them |
The Culling of the Serfdom
Countless serfs have been freed from the claws of the tyrannical nobility and even more will join when the exploitation of man by man will be abolished in the neighboring powers!
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
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Down with the Boyars' heads! |
The Red Terror
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
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The Revolution advances! |
Muscovite events[edit | edit source]
from /Europa Universalis IV/events/flavorMOS.txt
The Tatar Yoke
Nowadays, this Tatar Yoke is on its last legs as the Golden Horde declined and splintered under its own weight. While [Root.GetUsableName] is de jure still a tributary state of the hordes, it is de facto [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] [Root.Monarch.GetName] who is ruling over Russia without the influence of the Tatar.
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Starting the game |
This yoke cannot contain the [Root.GovernmentName] forever... |
The End of the Tatar Yoke
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
Deactivation of the province triggered modifier “The Tatar Yoke” |
We are masters of our own destiny!
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The Demand for Tribute
Trigger conditions | Is triggered only by
The yearly pulse I |
Immediate effects
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Pay the Tribute
Refuse to pay the Tribute
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[From.GetName] pays the Annual Tribute
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “The Demand for Tribute” option “Pay the Tribute” |
Immediate effects
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Excellent!
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[From.GetName] refuses to pay the Annual Tribute
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “The Demand for Tribute” option “Refuse to pay the Tribute” |
Send the raiders and take the Tribute by force
Let it slide |
The [From.GetAdjective] Raiders Attack!
Trigger conditions
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Is triggered only by
The event “[From.GetName] refuses to pay the Annual Tribute” option “Send the raiders and take the Tribute by force” |
Oh no!
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The Third Period of the Muscovite Civil War
Eventually, Dmitry and Vasily I have died and Vasily I's son, Vasily II, has become the ruler of [Root.GetUsableName]. This act is in direct defiance to the succession law of seniority and as such, Yury rebelled against the then still young Vasily II. This has led to the Muscovite Civil War between Vasily II versus Yury and his sons, Vasily Kosoy and Dmitry Shemyaka.
While the threats of Kosoy and Yury were dealt with, Dmitry Shemyaka still poses a danger to the stability of the [Root.GovernmentName]. With a small army of conspirators, Dmitry executes a coup d'etat against Vasily II. The [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] gets captured, blinded and exiled to Uglich while Dmitry asserts control over the government.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
50 months |
He will pay for this...
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The Rule of Dmitry
Instead, they turn to the blinded Vasily II and swear allegiance to the rightful Prince of Muscovy. Together with his loyalists, Vasily II is in a position to remove Dmitry from the court and retake his throne.
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
6 months |
Immediate effects
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End Dmitry's rule once and for all
Let Dmitry have the throne instead |
Dmitry's Defeat
Trigger conditions
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Mean time to happen
2 months |
Finally, an end to this squabble. |
End of the Tatar Yoke
Trigger conditions | Mean time to happen
3 months |
We are masters of our own destiny!
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Footnotes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The script code is located in /Europa Universalis IV/events/FlavorRUS.txt
- ↑ The conditions are:
- ↑ This means:
- All
revolutionaries and
peasant rebels in the country disband.
- If this country is the Emperor of China, dismantle the empire.
- Change government type to
republic, if it isn't already.
- If there's already a revolution target:
- Enact government reform “Revolutionary State”.
- If not:
- Enact government reform “Revolutionary Republic”.
- Become the
revolution target.
- Enact government reforms “Parliamentarism” and “States General”.
- If this is the French Revolution or the German or Indian version of the revolution start event:
- Exile the current ruler and heir.
- Otherwise:
- The current ruler dies.
- Gain
5 years of manpower.
- If the country sided with the reactionaries, it gets “Failure of the Reactionary Forces” for 25 years, giving:
- All
- ↑ Shouldn't there be 's?
- ↑ This cost is modified by the
all power costs modifier.