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A Breif History of Vostokslavia in Present Tense


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August 1991: The Warsaw Pact is gone and communism is collapsing across eastern Europe. President Gorbachev is on vacation in Ukraine when radicals within the communist party and the military stage a coup back in Moscow. The coup fails due in part to the intervention from the President of the Russian SFSR. Several soviet republics declare their intent to secede from the Union. The Communist’s seven decade grip on power finally breaks.


December 1991: The leaders of the the remaining soviet republics agree to annul the treaty that established the USSR. President Gorbachev resigns as president on Christmas day. Russia, now called Vostokslavia becomes an independent state and successor to the USSR. Several new political parties are born among them are the New Octobrists, a pro-monarchy party funded by Russian emigre and the Russian Orthodox Church abroad. In the coming years it will gain millions of supporters.


January 1992: The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church dies. Konstantin I becomes Patriarch and declares his intent to unify the ROC and ROC abroad.


September 1993: Vostokslavia’s economy is in tatters. The growing power of the executive branch causes the Supreme Soviet to clash with President Yeltsin culminating in a presidential decree dissolving the parliament. In response the elected officials stage a impeach the president claiming they are standing up for democratic values and garner widespread support. Several days later the Supreme Soviet names the Vice President Rutskoy as Vostokslavia’s acting president. Yeltsin responds by ordering the military to fire on the parliament headquarters. Many believe the Octobrists were responsible for the coup, though none of its members were put on trial.


October 1993: The attack on the government headquarters quells the revolt and President Yeltsin tries to push through a new constitution. Days before the final vote a bomb detonates in Red Square as the president’s motorcade is leaving the Kremlin. The President is severely injured but lives. Chechen terrorists take responsibility for the attack. Until now Chechnya had been given complete autonomy, but in response to the attack Vostokslav troops are sent to secure the region.


November 27 1993 - Februrary 9 1994: Areas with significant non-Russian populations succeed from Vostokslavia. Nearly all territory east of the Urals is lost. Vostokslav loyalists are urged to retreat behind the urals. In Chechnya Vostokslav troops suffer an embarassing defeat and withdraw from Chechnya in disgrace.


May 7 1994: Chechen warlords combine their forces to invade Dagestan and Ingushetia. The unified warlords release a manifesto declaring Islam as the one true religion and vowing to fight Vostokslav occupation of muslim lands. They declare their new state the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The act sparks a furious debate in the Duma. Octobrists lead voices calling for swift and decisive action against Chechnya. A wheelchair bound Yeltsin mobilizes for a military strike and places an enterprising young former KGB operative named Putin on his advisory staff.


June 1994 - February 1995: Vostokslav airstrikes target Chechen separatists thousands are killed and terrorist attacks increase. This coupled with poor foreign policy choices concerning the near abroad leads to international sanctions, full economic collapse and isolates Vostokslavia from global politics. People become disillusioned with the government and revolt.


July 1995: Due to economic troubles Vostokslavia has been unable to equip and adequately pay its soldiers. Regional commanders refuse to order their troops to quell rebellions out of fear that the soldiers will shoot them instead. Octorbists in the Duma call for the President to Resign alienating other parties who fear a repeat of the 1993 Crisis. Octobrists begin secretly making deals with high ranking generals and admirals promising to fund their operations with money from abroad.


August 10 1995: Vostokslav soldiers surround the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin turns over the President to the army and no shots are fired. Yeltsin is put on trial sentenced to 15 years in jail for corruption. He is secretly allowed to leave the country and enter exile. Yeltsin dies years later. Many of Yeltsin’s advisors and cabinet members removed, except Putin, who is rewarded for ending the coup. He becomes director of foreign security service. The former Chairman of the Duma, an Octobrist becomes acting president and relinquishes most powers to the Duma.


November 1 1995: The Duma agrees to a referendum to restore the monarchy. Although the majority of Russians support restoring the monarchy the last Tsar and his family line were snuffed out during the civil war. To make matters worse there is a struggle for legitimacy within the Romanov family. The Duma debates overlooking the Romanovs altogether and choosing a new Tsar from elsewhere. Ultimately the Duma establishes a committee to investigate candidates and choose the new Tsar.


November 7 1995 : The Extraordinary Commission for the Restoration of the Monarchy has its first session. It sorts through dozens of candidates to select the most legitimate person to claim the throne.


July 1 1996: After months of deliberation the Extraordinary Commission submits three males and one female as legitimate heirs to the throne. subsequently the Duma begins deliberations and prepares a second referendum with a new constitution establishing powers and checks for the monarchy. Most agree the top contender is Prince George Petrovich Romanov, grandson of Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov who was first cousin once removed to the last tsar. The only mark against him is that he has three daughters, but no sons. The Duma hopes that, if George is elected he will allow it to appoint an heir based on its own criteria.


July 7 1996: George becomes the first democratically elected Tsar in nearly 400 years. He takes the Regal name Alexander and signs the document of ascension ‘Alexander IV Imperator.’ His coronation occurs one month later with many foreign dignitaries invited in hopes that the event will be an opportunity to improve Vostokslavia’s world image.


January 1 1997: Vostokslavia’s new constitution comes into effect.


November 11 1997: Alexander IV signs a decree naming his his eldest grandson, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovic as the tsarevich and heir to the throne. The tsarevich is mixed blood and the duma refuses to support his eventual ascension causing a rift to form threatening the monarchy.


January 1998: Vladimir Putin becomes the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and leader of the opposition. He begins to form a close relationship with Alexander IV and forms an alliance between his party several smaller parties to form the United Russia political party which sweeps the election days later. Putin subsequently becomes the Prime Minister of Vostokslavia.


March 1998 - April 2000: Putin uses his ties to the intelligence community suppress dissent and solidify his position while simultaneously painting the tsar as the country’s savior. The country has experienced economic growth a restoration of pride after the long road to recovery after the end of the Cold War. Putin and Tsar Alexander become icons to their people.


May 2000 - early 2014: Multiple bomb blast shake Moscow in the summer of 2000. Terrorists target monuments, gathering places and residential areas. Chechen terrorists are blamed for the attacks and Russia sends troops back to the region. A long two year war sees the destruction of Chechnya and the deaths of thousands of people. Groznyy is leveled by artillery strikes and Russia reclaims the region.


In the months following the war dozens of Chechen warlords are captured or killed by Vostokslav airstrikes and special forces operations. Over the next decade Putin solidifies his grip on power while snuffing out opponents and strengthening the power of the Monarchy and thereby himself.


May 2014 - December: Putin is elected for a fifth term. International organizations question the validity of the election as do many Russians. A general strike occurs in Moscow, shutting down the city for weeks. The Duma voted to impeach the Prime Minister despite United Russia controlling the majority of seats. Alexander IV and his wife are placed on house arrest and forced to abdicate. The tsar abdicates in favor of his grandson, but the Duma installs another tsar, Mikhail Ivanovich, Alexander IV’s distant cousin. Over the next few months the country undergoes upheaval and civil war. Ultimately Alexander IV is restored to the throne and Dmitry Medvedev, a Putin ally, becomes Prime Minister.

January 7/8 2015: Alexander IV renounces the abdication letter he signed the previous year and reasserts his claim to the throne. However as Vostokslavia prepares to enter a new era many worry that the country will again be thrown into the fire. Uncertainty grips the populace. The future of Vostokslavia is unclear and the fate of the nation is tied to an aging tsar, his childless heir and an inexperienced politician. Russians brace themselves for what is to come.

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