[center][h2][b]The Tsardom of Radena[/b][/h2][/center]
[center][b]1899[/b][/center]
 
[center][h3][b]Unifying the Empire[/b][/h3][/center]
The Multi-Continental Railroad (MCR), one of the greatest infrastructure projects ever taken upon man has recently gone underway. Thanks to subsidization by the Tsar himself, the Romanievich Railroad Industry has taken on the project with little issue with an expected completion of the project to be 1906 and celebrated as one of the greatest accomplishments of man, covering nearly 10,000 kilometers of land.
 
“It is a pleasure on behalf of the RRI [Romanievich Railroad Industry], that I, Dobronravov Romanievich announce that official construction of a Multi-Continental Railroad. The first ever of its kind. It shall stretch from the Continent to Settumu, beginning in Glavnaya and ending in one the largest eastern cities in the Tsardom of Radena, Suyang. The sheer honor this company and its investors have of funding this railway for our Tsar is beyond words, and we are eager to pursue the construction of this project until completion.” RRI founder, Dobronravov Romanievich announced in a press statement earlier this week.
 
The history of the RRI stretches further back then just an on whim construction of one of the greatest infrastructure projects the Tsardom has ever seen. In fact, the idea has been proposed numerous times throughout the history of the Tsardom of Radena dating back to the 1840s when Tsar Aleksandr III was given proposition of the then Radena Rails Company (RRC), to connect the entirety of his empire with a single railway project however it was then denied due to monetary concerns. It would then be proposed to Tsar Aleksandr III two more times, once more due to extreme deficits and another due to conflicts in the east, and a third time to Tsar Pyotr II who shortly after his inauguration was given the proposal by the RRC, but was denied a final time due to their then struggling financial issues and worries of bankruptcy, before eventually being bought out by Romanievich.
 
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[i]Dobronravov Romanievich circa. 1898[/i][/center]
 
[center][h3][b]The Dubrovvodsk Mutiny[/b][/h3][/center]
 
Lack of pay due to constant deficits within the Tsardom of Radena has caused feelings of resentment among the men who serve in the Tsar’s army, eventually leading to the boiling point known as the Dubrovvodsk Mutiny. Around 4,500 soldiers deserted their posts after raiding the armory and commissary. The Tsar himself commented little on the issue referring to the men as “traitors to their fellow countrymen.”
 
Martyushev Andreevich, Grand General of the Army expanded further on the Tsar sentiments in an official statement, “The Dubrovvodsk Mutiny was an embarrassment for all who were involved. A disaster that our Tsar eagerly looks for solutions to prevent. The cries of the men whose loyalty is towards the Tsar have not been ignored. This however, does not change the fact that those men who participated in the mutiny choose to loot and raid rather than remain patient and have faith in the very man who is destined by god to lead his people. As such, they shall be dealt with as if they were traitors to the Tsar.”
 
Later that day official wanted posters for all 4,500 identified men who participated in the mutiny were placed in several of the major cities of Radena, as well as close relatives investigated as potential locations that the men could have fled to.
 
[center][h3][b]Aetorian Spring Ball[/b][/h3][/center]
It was not uncommon for the Tsar of Radena to not make an appearance at the Aetorian Spring Ball and unfortunately due to other concerns this year would be one of them. This lack of appearance however didn’t deter the lesser nobility of the Tsardom to not attend. Important men such as Baron Abram of house Nikolayevich, a rather prestigious nobleman with a rather industrious name and owner of the famous Ida and Abram company.
 
Founded fifteen years ago, he named it after him and his now deceased wife, Ida who first gave him inspiration to design his first field gun. This eventually lead to the creation of the 87-mm Nikolayevich Gun. Eventually seeing full use within the Tsar’s army and even combat. Rumors have it that his primary reason for attending is due to the recent announcement of the M1899 Prager machine gun, by the Tyro-Redanian government.