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The year is 4865 according to orthodox faith, and the first king of the newly unified kingdom of Rus, Vladimir, has passed away, 52 years old. The Russian tzardom is inherited by his youngest and strongest son, prince Nikita Rurikovich, and in the capitol of Vladimir, there was much rejoycing. The red sun of Vladimir is shining from the shores of the White sea in the far north to the land of the Alans in the south, and son, it's bright light will burn out the heretics and un-believers everywhere, as the sons of Rosh will claim their rightful path as the chosen people of the lord.

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My goal with establishing the Kingdom of Rus is to establish a vast Russian empire, where the goal is to make all of Europe, as far as west as possible into a political unit controlled by the Russian tzars, a unit which is ethnically Russian and religiously Orthodox. A possible personal union between Rus and the Byzantine empire would comprise all of the Orthodox world into one unit.

I do not know if I want to conquer the Middle East, although virtual Russian control of the eastern half of the map would secure that flank at least until the 13th century [and by then I hope the tzardom will be so huge and so technically advanced that it would be able to stop the Mongol advance].

The final goal is to create an empire comprising of all the map, from Island to Basrah and the Aral Sea, and from Maghreb to the Samoyeds, a unit which would be inherited by the Russians rulers in Europa Universalis II and later on in Victoria, an empire stretching the northern hemisphere.

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How do you do to show clips from the map?
 

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To make screenshots, press F11 in the game

A .bmp file will then be dumped in to you crusader kings file.

Then you must get an account at either

http://photobucket.com/

or

http://reg.imageshack.us/

Here you can upload you screenshots and then post them on the Paradox-forum.

Don't forget, before uploading your screenshots to convert them from .bmp to ,jpg files.
 

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Since the death and baptization of Vladimir Ist of Rus, the tzardom has grown and has now conquered the eastern borderlands and the nation of the Uralic Mongols. Finland has been subjugated, and Norrland is going the same way.

Galich Mersky has been aquired by the Tzar-throne, and the Baltic States would soon feel the power of the Tzar, Nikita Vladimirovich Rurikovich, and his red host.

The year is 4887 according to the one and true faith [It is year 1127 since the birth of the Christ], and I have seen the rise of my brother and the fall of the heathens since the rise of the Tzar. It is very hard to re-collect the memories of these years, since they have been very eventful and colourful. In the marshes of Vladimir, a golden city with a mighty citadel is arisng, a new Jerusalem, as the swamps are slowly conquered.

Several defeated nations have been lead through the gates of the capital, the Alans, Finns, Eastern Lithuanians, Moslem Bolgars, Mongols, Abkhazians and brought forth to the mines of the far north.

The tzar is good.

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Excuse this excerpt, everything is going so fast. But the Tzardom has doubled it's size.
 

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"An imperial letter to Thibaut, most christian king of France, dated to year 1150"

I, Zinovii Nikitovich Rurikovich, tzar of the Russian people, king of Lithuania, Cuman, Transoxania, Bolgar, Poland, Hungary, and Croatia, lord of the lands beyond Asia, scourge of the unfaithful and the unbelievers, send this letter to Thibaut, king of the Franks and the Spaniards.

I am Zinovii, son of Nikita, son of Vladimir. Lord of all the lands of Rus. We demand that your demesne, from the Atlantic ocean until the river of Oder, should be demilitarized and put underneath the Russian Iron heel. I Zinovii, lord of Russia, hast spoken. We demand that you pay allegiance to the tzardom of our holy Savior, and your life and soul should maybe be possible to save."

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Yes, in just 20 years, the size of Russia has been doubled, due to the succesful marriages with the daughters of the houses of Piast, Arpâd and Tripimovic. The Baltic States has been subjugated, and everything within the empire is green. The westernmost province, Rügen, lies closer to England than the most eastern province, Aral.
 

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Pictures from the Russian empire in the early 13th century [Catholic time].

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Do you think this tzardom has any opportunity to stand against the might of the Mongol horde?
 

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The trick is vassals. When I create new vassals, I do mostly create bishoprics, since they are unlikely to defect due to inheritance. Moreover, I avoid creating duchies, since I completely distrust dukes. If a duke is incompetent, his vassals will revolt and the highest ruler would take the beat from popularity. If he is too ambitious, he will revolt against me.
 

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The Mongols will be no match for you Tzardom.

I myself, like to roleplay more, so I create all kinds of vassals and some can even become very powerfull.

I have conquered the entire map in some games allready so after a while you start seeking other strategies :)
 

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Seljuk front.

The problem is the Seljuk war. It has dragged on and forth for ten years, and certainly, I have sacrificed almost 50.000 soldiers. I wonder how it come that a kingdom I conquered in a three year blitz campaign against Alp Arslan's Seljuk empire [in 1097-1100] as the Voislavs of Byzantion could put up such a staunch defence, almost guerilla-like, against my vastly superior combined European and Russian forces.
 

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kingdom of rus has to be one of my favourite "things to do".

recently i managed to become king as duke of vladimir in the early 12th century. unfortunately my branch of the rurik family seems to have a generic ability to get illnesses, severe wounds and stress, but it didn't stop my 5th king becoming king of russia, lithuania, poland, cuman, bolgar, burgundy, italy and germany. hopefully i can get the bohemians and swedes soon.

back to your aar, good luck!