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The Empire of All Russias: An Overview

Note: The Empire of all Russias is currently not claimed and I have only been asked to temporarily Role-Play the faction.

Flag:


Diagram (http://www.nationalflaggen.de/shop/catalog/images/hist_russland_zarenflagge.jpg)


Map:


Diagram (http://editors.sipri.se/pubs/pressre/ptibmap.gif)


Standard Information:


Offical Name: The Empire of All Russias (Империя России)

Commonly Used Title: Russia (Россия)

Population: 35,500,000 citizens

Type of Government: Absolute Monarchy

Seat of Power: St. Petersburg (Санкт-Петербу́рг)

Head of State: Czar Paul I (Павел I Петрович)

Head of Foreign Affairs: Count Fyodor Vasilievich Rostopchin (Фёдор Васильевич Ростопчин)


Diplomatic Policies:


The United Kingdom: Indifferent
The Republic of France: Belligerent
The Kingdom of Prussia: Cordial
The Habsburg Dominions: Cordial
The Ottoman Empire: Belligerent
The United States of America: Indifferent
The Kingdom of Spain: Indifferent
The Kingdom of Sweden:Cordial
The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway: Friendly
The Qing Dynasty of China: Cordial
The Italian Republics: Belligerent
The Kingdom of Portugal: Indifferent
The Batavian Republic: Belligerent
The Helvetic Republic: Belligerent
The Zand Dynasty of Persia: Indifferent


Military Information:(Incomplete)

Organization:

Grenadier Regiments:

Kerbitsa (formerly the Pavlovskii) — as the Pavlovskii Grenaderskii polk.
Palitsyna (formerly the Yekaternoslavskii, then the Pskovskii) — as the Yekaterinoslavskii.
Sakena 1-go (formerly the S.-Peterburgskii) — as the S.-Peterburgskii.
Naslednago Printsa Meklenburgskago (formerly the Astrakhanskii) — as the Astrakhanskii.
Passeka (formerly the Kievskii) — as the Kievskii.
Printsa Meklenburgskago Karla (formerly the Moskovskii) — as the Moskovskii.
Berkha (formerly the Malorossiiskii) — as the Malorossiiskii.
Bakhmeteva 3-go (formerly the Sibirskii) — as the Sibirskii.
Mamaeva (formerly the Fanagoriiskii) — as the Fanagoriiskii.
Titova 1-go (formerly the Khersonskii) — as the Khersonskii.
Danzasa (formerly the Tavricheskii) — as the Tavricheskii.
Tuchkova 2-go (formerly the Kavkazskii) — as the Kavkazskii.

Musketeer Regiments:

Sedmoratskago (formerly the Belozerskii) — as the Belozerskii Mushketerskii polk.
Yermolova (formerly the Nasheburgskii) — as the Nasheburgskii.
Essena 1-go (formerly the Chernigovskii) — as the Chernigovskii.
Barona Rozena (formerly the Novoingermanlandskii) — as the Novoingermanlandskii.
Lasunskago 1-go (formerly the Yaroslavskii) — as the Yaroslavskii.
Miloradovicha 1-go (formerly the Apsheronskii) — as the Apsheronskii.
Repninskago (formerly the Smolenskii) — as the Smolenskii.
Grafa Lanzherona (formerly the Ryazhskii) — as the Ryazhskii.
Prshibyshevskago (formerly the Kurskii) — as the Kurskii.
Maksheeva (formerly the Kozlovskii) — as the Kozlovskii.
Serbina (formerly the Sevastopolskii) — as the Sevastopolskii.
Mansurova (formerly the Belevskii) — as the Belevskii.
Lidersa (formerly the Bryanskii) — as the Bryanskii.
Izmailova (formerly the Shlisselburgskii) — as the Shlisselburgskii.
Loveiki (formerly the Aleksopolskii) — as the Aleksopolskii.
Borozdina 2-go (formerly the Troitskii) — as the Troitskii.
Sukina 2-go (formerly the Ladozhskii) — as the Ladozhskii.
Tinkova (formerly the Polotskii) — as the Polotskii.
Grafa Kamenskago (formerly the Arkhangelogorodskii) — as the Arkhangelogorodskii.
Engelgardta (formerly the Staroingermanlandskii) — as the Staroingermanlandskii.
Fertcha (formerly the Novgorodskii) — as the Novgorodskii.
Khitrovo (formerly the Nizhegorodskii) — as the Nizhegorodskii.
Musina-Pushkina (formerly the Vitebskii) — as the Vitebskii.
Selekhova (formerly the Azovskii) — as the Azovskii.
Brunova (formerly the Orlovskii) — as the Orlovskii.
Khotuntseva (formerly the Revelskii) — as the Revelskii.
Drekselya (formerly the Tulskii) — as the Tulskii.
Yefimovicha (formerly the Yeletskii) — as the Yeletskii.
Golenishcheva-Kutuzova (formerly the Pskovskii) — as the Pskovskii.
Fershtera (formerly the Tambovskii) — as the Tambovskii.
Mitskago (formerly the Rostovskii) — as the Rostovskii.
Petrovskago (formerly the Muromskii) — as the Muromskii.
Bykova (formerly the Staroskolskii) — as the Staroskolskii.
Garina (formerly the Tobolskii) — as the Tobolskii.
Leonteva (formerly the Tiflisskii) — as the Tiflisskii.
Arseneva (formerly the Voronezhskii) — as the Voronezhskii.
Knorringa 2-go (formerly the Kazanskii) — as the Kazanskii.
Fensha (formerly the Moskovskii) — as the Moskovskii.
Gulyakova (formerly the Kabardinskii) — as the Kabardinskii.
Rozenberga (formerly the Vladimirskii) — as the Vladimirskii.
Gersdorfa (formerly the Uglitskii) — as the Uglitskii.
Tuchkova 1-go (formerly the Sevskii) — as the Sevskii.
Rodgofa (formerly the Narvskii) — as the Narvskii.
Konovicha (formerly the Dneprovskii) — as the Dneprovskii.
Manteifelya (formerly the Vyatskii) — as the Vyatskii.
Shenshina (formerly the Suzdalskii) — as the Suzdalskii.
Verderevskago (formerly the Keksgolmskii) — as the Keksgolmskii.
Ganzhi (formerly the Vyborgskii) — as the Vyborgskii.
Alekseeva (formerly the Ryazanskii) — as the Ryazanskii.
Knyazya Gorchakova 2-go (formerly the Nevskii) — as the Nevskii.
Kastelliya (formerly the Velikolutskii) — as the Velikolutskii.
Nechaeva (formerly the Sofiiskii) — as the Sofiiskii.
Lavrova (formerly the Shirvanskii) — as the Shirvanskii.
Barona Vimpfena (formerly the Permskii) — as the Permskii.
Shembeka (formerly the Nizovskii) — as the Nizovskii.
Malyshkina (formerly the Butyrskii) — as the Butyrskii.
Bakhmeteva 1-go (formerly the Rylskii) — as the Rylskii.
Tsybulskago (formerly the Ufimskii) — as the Ufimskii.
Pevtsova (formerly the Yekaterinburgskii) — as the Yekaterinburgskii.
Stellikha (formerly the Tomskii) — as the Tomskii.
Kupfershmita (formerly the Selenginskii) — as the Selenginskii.
Knyazya Shcherbatova (formerly Arkharova 1-go) — as the Tenginskii.
Runicha (formerly Pavlutskago) — as the Navaginskii.
Nesvetaeva (formerly Leitnera) — as the Saratovskii.
Kashkina (formerly Branta) — as the Olonetskii.
Millera 1-go (formerly of the same name) — as the Kolyvanskii.
Anikeeva (formerly Marklovicha 1-go) — as the Poltavskii.
Baklanovskago (formerly Berkha) — as the Ukrainskii.
Ushakova (formerly the Senatskii) — as the Litovskii.

Jäger Regiments:

Mikhelsona (formerly the 2-i) — as the Pervyi Yegerskii polk [First Jäger Regiment].
Gvozdeva (formerly the 3-i) — as the Vtoroi [Second].
Barklaya-de-Tolli (formerly the 4-i) — as the Tretii [Third].
Bradke (formerly the 5-i) — as the Chetvertyi [Fourth].
Alfimova (formerly the 6-i) — as the Pyatyi [Fifth].
Grafa Ivelicha 3-go (formerly the 7-i) — as the Shestoi [Sixth].
Millera 3-go (formerly the 8-i) — as the Sedmoi [Seventh].
Priudy (formerly the 9-i) — as the Vosmoi [Eighth].
Veidemeiera (formerly the 10-i) — as the Devyatyi [Ninth].
Markova 2-go (formerly the 11-i) — as the Desyatyi [Tenth].
Bally (formerly the 12-i) — as the Odinnadtsatyi [Eleventh].
Gangeblova (formerly the 13-i) — as the Dvenadtsatyi [Twelfth].
Knyazya Vyazemskago (formerly the 14-i) — as the Trinadtsatyi [Thirteenth].
Shtedera (formerly the 15-i) — as the Chetyrnadtsatyi [Fourteenth].
Shtempelya (formerly the 16-i) — as the Pyatnadtsatyi [Fifteenth].
Likhacheva 1-go (formerly the 17-i) — as the Shestnadtsatyi [Sixteenth].
Lazareva (formerly the 18-i) — as the Semnadtsatyi [Seventeenth].
Voeikova (formerly the 19-i) — as the Vosemnadtsatyi [Eighteenth].
Kornitskago (formerly the 20-i) — as the Devyatnadtsatyi [Nineteenth]

All these regiments were assigned to the following fourteen Inspectorates [Inspektsii]:

IN THE FINLYANDSKAYA [FINLAND] INSPEKTSIYA — Velikie-Luki, Neva, and Ryazan Musketeers, and 1st and 2nd Jägers.
— S.-PETERBURGSKAYA — Life and Pavlovsk Grenadiers; Yelets, Kexholm, Belozersk, Tenginsk, and Lithuania [Litovskii] Musketeers.
— LIFLYANDSKAYA [LIVONIA] — St.-Petersburg and Taurica Grenadiers; Sevsk, Sofiya, Reval, Tobolsk, Dnieper, and Chernigov Musketeers, and 3rd Jägers.
— LITOVSKAYA [LITHUANIA] — Yekaterinoslavl Grenadiers; Tula, Pskov, Murom, Rostov, Nizovsk, and Archangel Musketeers, and 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Jägers.
— BRESTSKAYA — Old Ingermanland, Ryazhsk, Viborg, Apsheron, and Azov Musketeers, and 8th Jägers.
— UKRAINSKAYA — Little Russia and Kiev Grenadiers, and Smolensk and Bryansk Musketeers.
— DNESTROVSKAYA [DNIESTER] — Kherson and Siberia Grenadiers; Ladoga, Vladimir, New Ingermanland, Aleksopol, Kozlov, Yaroslavl, and Nizhnii-Novgorod Musketeers, and 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Jägers.
— KRYMSKAYA [CRIMEA] INSPEKTSIYA — Belev, Sevastopol, Troitsk, and Vitebsk Musketeers, and 14th and 15th Jägers.
— KAVKAZSKAYA [CAUCASUS] — Caucasus Grenadiers; Suzdal, Tiflis, Karbarda, and Caucasus Musketeers, and 16th and 17th Jägers.
— SMOLENSKAYA — Moscow and Phanagoria Grenadiers, and Polotsk, Perm, Uglich, Kursk, and Voronezh Musketeers.
— KIEVSKAYA — Moscow, Butyrskii, Kolyvan, Novgorod, Vyatka, Narva, and Poltava Musketeers.
—MOSKOVSKAYA [MOSCOW] — Astrakhan Grenadiers and Navaginsk, Tambov, Ukraine, Schlüsselburg, Nasheburg, Orel, Saratov, Staryi-Oskol, and Olonets Musketeers.
— ORENBURGSKAYA — Rylsk, Ufa, and Yekaterinburg Musketeers.
— SIBIRSKAYA [SIBERIA] — Shirvan, Tomsk, and Selenginsk Musketeers, and 18th and 19th Jägers (3).

Tagness

May 24th, 1800

Kiev, The Ukraine
Army Camp outside the City Limits

A lone messenger galloped quickly into the camp, searching for the tent of Barclay de Tolly among a sea of grey, brown and green. After a few moments of search, the young lad noticed the old Commander from atop his horse and immedeately reigned the animal in so as to avoid splattering the distinguished figure before him in the ankle-high mud of the field.

"Lord General, a message for you!" he called, while saluting to de Tolly as his steed trotted to a stop.

Taking the small white envelope from the hands of the soldier, the General read the letter. Upon finishing, he quickly tucked it into the back pocket of his dark green overcoat and glanced back towards the rider.

"Thank you. You're dismissed." he noted promptly, sending the riding off to where he came. Then, in one fluid motion, he summoned forth a stout aide de camp from his tent.

"Call together all the Major Generals of the camp for a briefing in my quarters immedeately. Oh yes, and summon the cartographer as well, it seems His Majesty has altered the plans of his army yet again.

Moments Later...

"My good, sirs." he begun, surveying the room. "It is of the utmost importance that the information I have provided you not be divulged to those under our command. After all, the Ogre has many ears and it is of the utmost importance that surprise is maintained. As a status of combat preparedness is to be maintained, only those assigned to the position of road marshals shall be informed of the next day's route."

"But General." protested one of de Tolly's Generals. "Surely an army of this size will attract attention. How do we intend to move under such secrecy?"

"Of course, attention is inevitable. However, that is where wit comes into play. Thus, to keep the French in the dark, the army will be divided into two portions with the first porition consisting of a small group of regiments under similar orders but on a different route and will put up the facade that it alone is the entire army. Meanwhile, the larger portion will move along a different path more subtely. Of course, to make things more convincing, the armies will leave Kiev at the same time and I shall take command of the diversionary force."

"Then who will command the main army." asked another General curiously.

"I figure Major General Kutuzov will be able to lead the march. Now let us make our preparations. I want the army to be marching by the end of the week."

9 Days Later...

In the dead of night, the assembled army its temporary quarters and made its way westward towards Poland. Rumors did indeed swirl quite rapidly, but it was quickly downplayed as another field exercise as such events had been quite common since the beginning of the French Revolution. However, the journey these forces was about to take was not just for play, but to reclaim the honor lost in Switzerland and to deliver ultimate defeat.

OCC:

General Situation

The 1st Western Army, under the command of Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov, consists of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Infantry Corps, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Cavalry and Cossacks Corps, numbering 120,210 men and 580 guns.

The 2nd Western Army, led by General Barclay de Tolly, consists of the 7th and 8th Infantry Corps, the 4th Cavalry Corps, nine Cossack regiments and 27th Infantry Division and amounted to 49,423 men with 180 cannons.

Planned Route:

Below is the currently planned route into the theatre of war. Of course, the majority of territory these two armies will be passing through will not be that of Russia's, however the required nations will be contacted in order to gain permission for such an operation.


Kiev to Krakow: Mostly within Russian territory, although I will enter Habsburg dominated territories towards Krakow. Total distance: 899km.
Krakow to Prague: Habsburg territories. Total distance: 550km.
Prague to Frankfurt: Russian army will navigate through the remiander of Habsburg-owned Bohemia into Bavaria and then into the Palantine. Hopefully, if Austria approves of our armies, these Imperial Princedoms will accept my precense as well (although I'm sure a few extra coins in their pockets might guarantee safe passage). Total Distance: 513km.
Frankfurt to Strasbourg: By this time, the Russian Army will have entered French-held Germany, and thus permission is no longer required to enter such lands. However, depending on the course of events in the Netherlands and Switzerland, Russia may temporarily yield to await her allies. Total distance: 219km.

That makes the total journey a combined distance of 2181km or 1355 miles. Noting that the typical army of this size during the 18th Century traveled at roughly 7 to 8 miles per day, it will take roughly (counting bad weather, periodic rests and other inconviences) 196 days to reach Strasbourg if all goes well.