Russia

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[edit] Overview

Russia in 1836 has problems, a large but undertrained army, a barely literate population and a small industry.

But she also has enormous advantages, huge sweeping areas of land, a large but undertrained army, vast resource gathering operations to generate cash , colonial claims and and potentially a strong diplomatic position.

The gates to central asia are wide open for Russia to expand into, a weak China lies at it's feet and the potential historic glittering prize of British India awaits. Dare you play the Great Game as the Tzars did?

Russia is more of a challenge than the UK but not by much, even if you get beaten up badly and have to give land away in peace deals, what does it matter? Russia has limitless lands and can always rebuild and reconquer.

Diplomacy and sheer military might are the keys to Russian supremacy. But care will be needed when industrializing to avoid finding your Empire riddled with communism.

[edit] Opening Strategies

It may be beneficial to satellite the Ottoman empire through an event or by helping the Chinese to resist British incursion. A satellite Ottoman empire will disable the Crimean war so that you do not need to face the UK when you do not want to.

Sending army technology to China will not only help China to resist the UK, you may benefit later on when Russia and China enter into a defensive alliance through an event as China often sends expeditionary forces to help Russia. On the other hand, conquering China and India provides immense economic and military benefits.

Because of Russia's low literacy rate, it is best to fight wars using sheer weight of numbers. Research wisely as you will be behind in technology race with the other Great Powers. Note that researching too much culture will render your capitalists useless as they require more and more resources which you can't provide at a reasonable price and you need capitalists to improve your infrastructure and build you new factories.

As Russia it is easy to survive but hard to manage perfectly. Playing Russia effectively means that you will need to know how to manage a large nation very well. Memorizing the shortcut keys, as well as learning how to use the ledgers effectively will help you to manage Russia better. Russia's potential is limitless, world conquest with patch 1.03 is possible with Russia.

[edit] Some Events

• Jan 2, 1837 First Russian Railroad: Prestige +2, France +50
• Feb 1, 1837 Pushkin dies +1% education, Prestige -1
• Jan 2, 1846 Committee for Polish Independence, Militancy of the Polish +3 or +4
• May 2, 1849 Petrashenski Circle, consciousness capitalists -1
• Apr 11, 1851 Pan Slavic Movement (optional), +30 prestige, -100 UK, -100 France, -100 Austria
• Feb 1, 1852 The Erimitage, Prestige +5
• Feb 1, 1855 Shiboda Treaty, Japan +100