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Nation Name: Republic of Russia.

Leader name: Alexander Kerensky.

Population: 100,834,395

Current military size: 265,000

Wartime military size: Can field an army of 17 million men.

Navy size: Later.

Respectable air force: No.

Military capabilities: Shit, utter shit. The Russian army lacks money, morale, and nearly everyone dodges the draft. Russia needs an effective government with a good military policy in order to revive it.

History: A series of uprisings were organized by workers and peasants throughout the country, as well as by soldiers in the Russian army, who were mainly of peasant origin. Many of the uprisings were organized and led by democratically-elected councils called Soviets. The February Revolution overthrew the Russian monarchy, which was replaced by a shaky coalition of political parties that declared itself the Provisional Government. The Provisional Government proved unable to resolve many problems which had led to the February Revolution and in October a second revolution led by Vladimir Lenin marked the beginning of the Russian Civil War between the Bolsheviks and the White Movement. The Bolsheviks signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, that concluded hostilities with the Central Powers; Russia lost its Ukrainian, Polish and Baltic territories, and Finland by signing the treaty.

At the Congress of Omsk in April 1919, the White Generals agreed to form a united political front behind Alexander Kerensky and the remaining forces of the Provisional Government. The united White forces, joined by the kingdom of Finland, made considerable gains, but the Red Army was still too strong and well placed, dominating the Russian industrial heartland and transportation networks. But soon the German empire, fearing the success of a dangerous ideology, decided to intervene on behalf of the Whites in exchange for the recognition of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

By September 1921, both Moscow and St. Petersburg fell to the White forces and a new Russian Republic was established in the Moscow on October 12, with Kerensky as its first President.The newborn Russian Federation had to face many threats right after its birth, but managed to survive. Thanks to German mediation, the East Karelian national revolt was quelled with the signing of the Treaty of Tartu, which awared the region of Petsamo to the Kingdom of Finland, but prevented a full-scale war and kept East Karelia under Russian rule. Thanks to Kerensky's diplomatic efforts, Russia managed to establish good relations with most of the new countries that emerged from the Civil War, such as with the recognition of Japanese-backed Transamur in 1922.

In 1924, the shadows of another civil war threatened the country when the Minister of Defence Alexandr Kolchak tried to overthrow the government and seize power. However, the coup failed and the coupsters were killed and arrested, even if a few (Kolchak among them) managed to escape. Since then, the government enforced its grip on the country and struggled to improve its economy, devastated by the Civil War. For the past fifteen years the leading parties, the Social Revolutionaries and Kadets, have governed in an uneasy coalition under Kerensky, maintaining their power through electoral manipulation and a lack of serious political opposition. However, the worsening of the global economy have eroded the trust of the people and, in case of trouble, unknown forces could attempt to remove Kerensky from power and seize control of Russia.

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