Russia AAR (2nd try)

[Yozhik]

EU 1.10 / IGC 2.3, Russia, 1492, Very Hard difficulty, Furious AI, Dynamic missions off, Random + Historical events on, Chaos Maims tax setting, Free Ireland, Free Bretagne, Free/Aus lowlands, TO Ingermanland, Moldovian Bujak, all 5 unrests, Byzantium.

The first events will be posted soon. I plan to be extremely detailed this time (can you say a strategy guide, if only a guide to mistakes?)

 

[Yozhik]

Status as of 1-1-1492

Future status updates: when monarchs change.

Current techs:
- land 1 (progress to getting level 2: 0/756)
(+8 monarch's military skill, +1 neighbor bonus)
- naval 0 (progress to getting level 1: 0/756)
(+8 monarch's military skill)
- stability 2 (progress to getting +3: 42/205)
(+12 monarch's administrative skill)
- trade 1 (progress to getting level 2: 70/756)
(+6 monarch's administrative skill, +1 neighbor bonus)
- infrastructure 1 (progress to getting level 2: 10/756)
(+6 monarch's administrative skill, +1 neighbor bonus)

Current monarch: Ivan III
- diplomatic 4
- administrative 4
- military 5

Religion: All provinces Orthodox, except for Catholic Karelia

Provinces:
- Arkhangelsk: 200 +6%, 1/3 (furs)
- Far Karelia (Kalevala): 200 +6%, 1/3 (furs)
- Karelia (Kexgolm): 2,000 +6%, 8/10 (naval supplies), minimal fortress
- Kola: 100 +6%, 0/1 (furs)
- Moscow: 40,000 +8%, 17/1 (grain), small fortress
garrisons 30,000 infantry, 25,000 cavalry under the command of
general Danilo Kholmski (3-2-3-1)
- Novgorod: 25,000 +11%, 31/16 (furs), minimal fortress
garrisons 25,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry under the command of
lt. general Danilo Shenja (4-2-3)
- Onega (Kargopol): 1,800 +8%, 7/11 (furs)
- Vladimir: 8,000 +6%, 13/8 (copper), minimal fortress
garrisons 13,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry under the command of
colonel Holmskiy (2-0-2)
- Tula: 7,000 +6%, 7/1 (grain), minimal fortress
- Tver: 15,000 +8%, 8/1 (grain), minimal fortress
garrisons 8,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry under the command of
colonel Kantemirov (2-0-2)
- Vologda: 4,500 +8%, 12/10 (naval supplies)

Diplomatic relations:
- alliance: Crimea, Pskov, Ryazan
- marriage: Pskov, Ryazan
- vassals: Kazan
- relations: Pskov 160, Ryazan 160, Moldovia 120, Serbia 120, Byzantium 120, Knights 100, Denmark 100... Holstein -100, TO -140, Turkey -180, Astrakhan -180, Sweden -180, P-L -200, Kazan -200, Golden Horde -200, Georgia -200

 

[Yozhik]

1-1-1492 - 10-26-1498

Last game around, I was truly impressed by a flawless Swedish-Russian alliance that came after P-L over and over again. Since I can not appease everyone, I decided to go after P-L and buy off Sweden quickly. Not only I have a virtually permanent CB on P-L (Russian shields on 13 of their provinces), all of my allies can be of assistance against them.

Pre-start changes:
- naval and land maintenance to 50%
- all research on stability
- religion: Orthodox 50 / Catholic 100 / Moslem 0

1-1-1492: 10,000 of troops from Tver moved to Moscow

2-3-1492: Turkey DoWs Mameukes. 20,000 of Polish troops prance along my border, losing 199 to attrition.

3-1-1492: 20,000 of troops from Vladimir to Vologda (should have done it earlier).

3-23-1492: 40,041 more Poles materialize in Vorones. Early "get-the-Russian" start? 6,006 of them starve the same month.

5-3-1492: France allies P-L... actually they have been allied, it's just that another member joined the pack. The alliance now includes France, P-L, Britain (Brettany), Navarra, Savoy, Papal states, and Scotland.

5-23-1492: TO allies Prussia.

7-1-1492: A major war breaks out.

8-1-1492: Bohemia offers me RM. I agree. I offer Moldovia a RM, they agree.

10-1-1492: The Polish troops on my border (53,000-some) haven't moved an inch. Are they planning to defend England?

1-2-1493: Southern (Vorones) Polish corps is down to 29,000-some men. At least 12,000 have starved since I first saw the unit last March. Somewhere in the process, my stability reaches +3, and I switch to researching land technology.

1-3-1494: Fortress expansion initiated in Tula.

6-26-1494: Byzantium rallius up a huge alliance around itself. Tempted to see how are they doing, I offer RMs to Denmark and Byzantium, members of that alliance. Both are accepted. Byzantium has a nice-looking banner.

9-10-1494: Moldovia vassalizes Wallachia. How???

11-22-1494: Another major war starts:

1-1-1495: Three new leaders:

RM offer sent to Serbia and is accepted.

3-9-1495: Mameluks surrender to Turkey, losing 3 provinces.

9-1-1495: Land tech level 2 achieved.

10-27-1495: Danilo Kholmski dies.

1-2-1496: Fortress expansion initiated in Tver.

12-18-1496: The 20,000 men TO Corps in Ingermanland marches west. We are following them with interested looks. Have Danish troops landed in Eastern Europe?

3-1-1497: Land tech 3 achieved.

5-17-1497: Astrakhan and Golden Horde ally. TO builds more troops in Ingermanland.

7-5-1497: Wave of obscurantism random event - revolt risk +3 for 12 months. I change the religious settings to 60 Orthodox / 90 Catholic to counter it.

9-11-1497: Uzbeks DoW Persia. The newly built 7,000 Teutons march west out of my sight.

1-2-1498: Fortress expansion initiated in Karelia.

4-1-1498: Both Prussian provinces and Livonia are on fire. I am tempted to attack the Teutons, but I remember about P-L.

7-26-1498: Persia allies Astrakhan and Golden Horde.

9-15-1498: The Polish troops on my border march South-west, both the 19,000-strong Welikia and the 24,000-strong Vorones armies. They lost a total of 17,000 men in the snow as I watched over the last few years. I decide that there couldn't be a better moment - as declare war on Poland. All of my three allies follow suit. Of course, I am now at war with France, Poland, and a bunch of other minors.
- 20,000 men from Vologda moved to Novgorod
- 25,000 men from Novgorod moved to Tver
- 25,000 men from Moscow moved to Tula
Winter is coming so the forces are sent according to winter limits of the respective provinces. Land maintenance increased to 100%. Religion reset to Orthodox 50 / Catholic 100.

10-26-1498: Be right back, rebooting.

 

[Yozhik]

10-26-1498 - 10-7-1502

10-26-1498: The war is afoot:

The northern front:

The southern front:

12-1-1498: Crimean assault Bessarabia and attack the Polish fleet in Black sea. Ryazanian and Pskovian troops converge in Welikia. Polish army sieges Lipetsk.

1-11-1499: Uh oh:

2-3-1499: I think I know who gets the prize for being tenacious:

4-1-1499: The Poles are about to take Lipetsk. They have 83,000-some men left - that is out of 10,000+97,000+43,000 sent there earlier. I am moving troops around: 15,000 from Novgorod to Tver, 15,000 from Tver to Tula, 10,000 from Tver to Moscow.

4-22-1499: Bessarabia falls to Crimeans.

5-4-1499: 99,000 Russian men are sent to Lipetsk to face 76,000 Poles, about to be reinforced by 10,000 more. Fire phase one: Poles 10 Russians -1. Shock phase one: Poles 4 Russians 4.

6-28-1499: Losing 35,000 men, Russians retreat, but Poles are moving back as well, without taking the city. In the south, Crimeans take Krementjug and assault Donetsk. Pskovian/Ryazanian forces keep attacking Welikia.

8-1-1499: 20,000 men led by a Conquistador leader (Ivan Lyapun) dispatched to assist the siege of Welikia...

8-21-1499: ... just in time to take it. The Pskovian flag flies over the proud Polish city. The huge Polish army that left Lipetsk, now down to 64,000 men, disappears from my screen - heading west?

9-21-1499: Russian troops return to their winter quarters. 14,000-strong Ryazanian-Pskovian army besieges Vorones. 31,000-some Crimeans are still besieging Donetsk. Poltava rebels against the Polish crown.

10-17-1499: Uzbeks gain 2 provinces off Persia.

12-1-1499: Naval tech level 1 is researched. No changes on the fronts. 25,000 of Russians wait for the spring to siege Kursk.

1-1-1500: P-L takes back Bessarabia.

2-19-1500: Ryazan takes Vorones.

3-1-1500: 37,000-strong Polish army sieges Welikia.

4-1-1500: Trade tech level 2 researched. Ukraine rebels. 50,000 Russian troops launch at Welikia. This time we do not have cavalry superiority (which we had last time and so what?) but it's a forest anyway.

4-28-1500: Polish guns are deadly. Russian armies retreat, losing 25,000 and killing 16,000.

7-20-1500: The second battle of Welikia; Russians have been reinforced with 25,000 men.

10-2-1500: Crimeans own Bessarabia and Krementjug, assaulting Donetsk. Pskovian siege Ukraine.

10-20-1500: The third battle of Welikia. Eight days later, we win and return to winter quarters. Pskov takes Ukraine. Polish army is down to 3,700 men altogether, Crimea to Danzig, their proud artillery corps no longer existing. P-L's stability is 0.

1-1-1501: Infrastructure tech 2 researched. TO amasses 33,000 men on the Russian border and Sweden 29,000.

2-4-1501: Crimeans accept a separate peace with P-L, gaining Krementjug. We cheer, although we pretend to be upset.

3-1-1501: Ryazan takes Bogutjar.

4-18-1501: I besiege Kursks. The first troops since the beginning of the game are initiated - 6,000 infantry in Tula.

5-1-1501: Pskovians beat Poles near Mozyr.

10-1-1501: Two assaults of Kursk fail, but only 2,000 men remain in the garrison.

12-20-1501: After the third assault Kursk falls. It was a very, very costly siege. Repnin dies during the final assault.

1-1-1502: Pskov takes Bessarabia. 5,000 men and 10 guns purchased in Tula.

1-16-1502: Ryazan accepts a separate peace with P-L, gaining Vorones. Nice...

4-1-1502: Pskov besieges Donetsk. Mind you, they already control 3 cities in P-L territory.

4-16-1502: The fourth battle of Welikia. 22,000 of my cavalry wipe out 4,000 Polish footmen. I besiege Smolensk. Pskov signs a peace with P-L gaining Welikia.

7-28-1502: Monarch dies unexpectedly; non-historical regency begins. I hope people will forgive me if I wait until the end of this war to do another status report?

9-18-1502: Smolensk falls to my army. Poland rejects a peace treaty including Kursk only.

10-7-1502: P-L sues for peace offering Kursk. One day I will understand the AI... I hope. Needless to say I agree. The final result: I get 1 city, Pskov gets 1 city, Ryazan gets 1 city, Crimea gets 1 city. Not bad eh?

The map after the war:

Cheers!

Suggestions? Comments? Criticism?

 

[Yozhik]

Forgotten part: 1-1-1492 market prices

Cloth: 6.38
Copper: 7.26
Fish: 2.94
Furs: 11.15
Grain: 1.15
Iron: 5.97
Naval supplies: 10.26
Salt: 4.38
Wine: 2.00
Wool: 1.60

 

[Yozhik]

Status as of 10-7-1502

Future status updates: when monarchs change (unless I am about to finish a major war).

Current techs:
- land 3 (progress to getting level 4: 1349/1526)
(+3 monarch's military skill, +1 neighbor bonus)
- naval 1 (progress to getting level 2: 257/1144)
(+3 monarch's military skill)
- stability +3
- trade 2 (progress to getting level 3: 180/3816)
(+5 monarch's administrative skill)
- infrastructure 2 (progress to getting level 3: 129/3816)
(+5 monarch's administrative skill)

Current monarch: Regent
- diplomatic 3
- administrative 3
- military 2

Religion: All provinces Orthodox, except for Catholic Karelia

Provinces:
- Arkhangelsk: 215 +7%, 1/3 (furs)
- Far Karelia (Kalevala): 215 +7%, 1/3 (furs)
- Karelia (Kexgolm): 2,154 +7%, 11/10 (naval supplies), small fortress
- Kola: 107 +7%, 0/1 (furs)
- Kursk: 6,196 +7%, 8/1 (grain), minimal fortress
- Moscow: 44,025 +9%, 22/1 (grain), small fortress
garrisons 8,686 cavalry under colonel Shuiski's command
- Novgorod: 28,416 +12%, 76/17 (furs), minimal fortress
- Onega (Kargopol): 1,981 +9%, 9/11 (furs)
- Vladimir: 8,617 +7%, 16/8 (copper), minimal fortress
- Tula: 7,000 +6%, 7/1 (grain), small fortress
garrisons 3,578 infantry under lt. general Danilo Shenja (4-2-3), brigadier Andrei Chelyandid (2-1-3), brigadier-conquistador Ivan Lyapun (4-0-0)
retreating to Tula are 3,583 infantry, 10,386 cavalry, and 10 guns
- Tver: 16,509 +9%, 10/1 (grain), small fortress
garrisons 8,000 cavalry under colonel Basmanov
- Vologda: 4,952 +9%, 16/10 (naval supplies)

Diplomatic relations:
- alliance: Crimea, Pskov, Ryazan
- marriage: Pskov, Ryazan, Serbia, Moldovia, Byzantine
- vassals: Kazan
- relations: Pskov 200, Ryazan 200, Moldovia 135, Serbia 135, Byzantium 135, Denmark 108, Knights 100... Holstein -117, TO -148, Georgia -179, Turkey -199, Astrakhan -199, Kazan -199, Golden Horde -199, Sweden -200, P-L -200

Market prices:
Cloth: 6.38 (no change since 1492)
Copper: 7.26 (no change since 1492)
Fish: 2.94 (no change since 1492)
Furs: 11.48 (.33 increase since 1492)
Grain: 1.17 (.02 increase since 1492)
Iron: 5.97 (no increase since 1492)
Naval supplies: 10.26 (no increase since 1492)
Salt: 4.52 (.14 increase since 1492)
Wine: 2.06 (.06 increase since 1492)
Wool: 1.65 (.05 increase since 1492)

 

[Yozhik]

10-7-1502 - 6-3-1515

11-5-1502: Prussia, Netherlands, and TO DoW Pskov. Ryazan and Crimea dishonor the alliance; I am too torn to do anything as well. Sorry guys... Once the dishonor talks are done, I re-unite Ryazan, Pskov, and Crimea under my banner.

4-1-1503: Pskov is holding, Teutons are starving.

5-2-1503: 4,000 infantry started in Tver. To help or not to help?

9-16-1503: Welikia falls to TO.

12-6-1503: Another huge war:

1-1-1504: 4,000 more infantry and 10 guns in Tver.

6-1-1504: Land tech 4 researched.

9-22-1504: Too late. TO annexes Pskov.

1-1-1505: Two new leaders:

and

3-19-1505: Ivan Lyapun dies.

6-10-1505: Random event: Fortification +1 in Kursk

6-18-1505: Ryazan DoWs Golden Horde. Of course, I am glad to help. 4,000 new infantry in Tula, Moscow.

10-29-1505: Vasili III assumes the throne. Since I have just done the status update, I am not doing it again so soon. Vasili III's traits: 3-4-4.

1-1-1506: 8,000 new infantry in Moscow.

5-22-1506: With our aid, Saratow falls. It has Russian flag now.

7-18-1506: A loss in a battle near Kuibishev.

1-1-1507: 8,000 new infantry in Moscow.

5-10-1507: A victory in a battle near Saratow. Golden Horde surrenders, giving us that city.

1-1-1508: 6,000 new infantry in Tver, 2,000 in Tula

3-12-1508: Another world war:

4-9-1508: Random events: Fortification +1 in Tver

1-1-1509: 2,000 new infantry and 10 guns in Tver

1-2-1511: Fortification increase in Onega, 2,000 new infantry in Tver

11-11-1511: Crimea finally signs a peace with Golden Horde, gaining Kuibishev.

12-11-1512: Turmoils in Pskov, but it is not an independent state yet.

3-1-1513: Land tech 5 researched. A colonist sent to Onega (success), Bailiff initiated in Novgorod.

1-1-1514: Bailiffs initiated in Moscow, Vologda, and - when a +100 gold random effect kicks in, Karelia and Vladimir

9-30-1514: Alexandr Chelyadin dies

12-4-1514: Ryazan and Golden Horde sign a white peace. Reformation hits. Karelia becomes protestant.

6-3-1515: Another world war:

The world as of now: Scandinavia/Eastern Europe:

Western Europe:

Southern Europe, Middle Asia:

Time to save and sleep

 

[Yozhik]

6-3-1515 - 1-2-1547

6-3-1515: Bailiff in Tver.

1-2-1516: Bailiff in Onega.

6-10-1516: Danilo Shenja dies.

9-1-1516: Naval tech level 2 researched.

2-12-1517: Bailiff in Kursk.

8-6-1517: RM with Molodavia is renewed.

1-2-1518: Bailiff in Tula.

6-10-1518: Random event: +400 gold. A state gift sent to TO (relation: -199 -> -75)

1-3-1519: A state gift sent to TO (relation: -75 -> -41)

7-1-1519: RMs with Denmark and Byzantium are renewed.

1-3-1520: RM with Serbia is renewed. RM is signed with TO.

7-22-1520: Astrakhan allies Sibir. TO's relation to me is improving by 1 point every two months now.

12-7-1520: Karelian religion changed to Orthodox. I can finally increase my Orthodox or Moslem by 50... Orthodox sounds like a better plan.

1-2-1521: RM with Kazan expires and can not be renewed. An attempt to ask them to join the alliance fails. A 100 gold gift sent to Sweden (relationship: -200 -> -147).

1-2-1522: Another 100 gold gift to Sweden (relationship: -150 -> -61). Land maintenance dropped to 50%.

11-16-1522: Kazan allies Golden Horde.

5-8-1523: Random event: +1 stability, +995 gold in trade and infrastructure.

9-13-1523: TO and a bunch of other minors DoW me. So much for having bought their loyalty. 10 guns, 5,000 infantry in Moscow. Land maintenance back to 100%.

11-1-1523: TO sieges Tula, Novgorod.

12-7-1523: TO scuttles from Tula. Crimea, who dishonored the alliance, is quickly snatched up to ally with by Georgia.

1-1-1524: 10 guns, 1,000 infantry in Tver.

2-1-1524: The first battle of Novgorod. Easy win.

2-7-1524: Again.

2-24-1524: Again. RM offered to Sweden and is acceted (relationship to -52).

3-15-1524: Fourth victory near Novgorod. TO sieges Tula.

7-1-1524: Welikia rebel from under TO.

9-30-1524: Loss near Tula.

12-19-1524: Fifth victory near Novgorod.

1-1-1525: Hessen becomes the first Protestant state in the world. 10 guns, 3,000 infantry in Moscow.

3-2-1525: Prussians flank my troops, charging after Arkhangelsk. TO runs away from Tula.

3-20-1525: Sixth victory near Novgorod.

4-7-1525: Victory near Pskov, the city is besieged.

4-30-1525: Loss near Onega.

8-1-1525: Pskov falls.

9-12-1525: A white peace treaty is signed. I could win a war, but with the potential danger from Sweden and Kazan I should not waste my resources.

1-4-1526: Prussia turns protestant. A personal gift sent to TO, bringing the relations up to -79.

1-1-1527: Thuringen, Hanseatic League, Sweden become protestant. RM played with TO. Sweden refuses an invitation to the alliance. Fortress expansion initiated in Saratow. Land maintenance to 50%.

4-1-1527: Land technology level 6 achieved.

9-27-1527: Fighting Crimea, Georgia, and Turkey, Byzantium manages to win, gaining Bulgaria and Rumelia. Turkey has only 3 provinces remaining west of Dardanelles.

1-1-1528: Bailiff in Saratov, 6,000 infantry in Moscow.

5-8-1528: Random event: +1 taxation values in national provinces.

1-3-1529: A personal gift to Sweden (-65 -> -22).

1-2-1530: Two new leaders:

and

10 guns in Moscow.

1-2-1531: Another new leader:

A personal gift to Sweden increases the relationship to -3.

1-1-1532: Another 100 gold raise it to +36.

7-17-1532: Kazan, Golden Horde, Astrakhan ally.

8-1-1532: Naval tech increased to level 3.

1-1-1533: 10 guns, 6,000 infantry in Moscow.

10-23-1533: Vasily III dies.

12-5-1533: Elena Glinski steps on the throne (3-3-2).

1-1-1534: 6,000 infantry in Novgorod, 10 guns in Moscow.

1-1-1535: 2,000 infantry in Novgorod, 10 guns in Moscow.

5-14-135: A Siberian-Astrakhan-Golden Horde's alliance is formed.

9-2-1535: My alliance with Ryazan expires, and rather than renew it I join an alliance of Denmark and Sweden.

12-18-1535: A brilliant commander (4-4-4!), Michal Glinski dies.

1-4-1536: 100 gold increase my relationship with Sweden to +66.

6-7-1536: Karelia is back to Catholicism. I turn down my Orthodox tolerance to increase Catholic and Protestant one.

9-15-1537: Byzantium wins 2 more provinces from Turkey.

1-2-1538: Denmark turns protestant. My new tolerance values: Orthodox 50 / Catholic 50 / Protestant 100 / Moslem 0.

4-5-1538: Vasili Shuiski assumes the throne. Same values as Elena Glinski.

10-11-1538: Ivan Shuiski assumes the throne (2-2-3).

1-4-1539: New leader, Peter Shuiski, Major-General, 2-3-2-1. Sweden gets a state gift (relationship goes to +147).

4-16-1539: Ivan Ovchina-Obolenski dies.

12-3-1539: Stability -3 random events. Oh boy.

1-9-1540: TO turns protestant and Georgians become Byzantinian vassals.

5-8-1540: Vasily Mikulski dies.

8-1-1540: Revolt in Tula. Smashed with ease.

10-7-1540: Trade tech level 4 achieved.

5-25-1541: The alliance expires, and I re-make it, including Sweden, Denmark, and Ryazan in it.

10-6-1541: Relovt in Kursk. Smashed with ease.

8-15-1542: RM with Moldovia is renewed.

1-1-1543: Mikhail Glinski assumes the throne (3-2-4).

4-7-1543: Random event: +1 taxation values.

5-1-1543: Stability is finally brought up to +3.

8-1-1543: Jean Calvin. New tolerance settings: Moslem 0, Reformed 0, Catholic 100, Protestant 100, Orthodox 50.

5-1-1544: Infrastructure tech level 3 achieved. Legal counsels: Moscow, Novgorod, Vologda.

7-8-1544: RMs replayed with Denmark, Byzantium. RM with the Knights fails.

1-2-1545: Legal counsel in Vladimir. RM renewed with Serbia.

2-7-1546: +1 stability random event, +480 gold to trade and infrastructure.

1-1-1547: Ivan IV assumes the throne (5-3-5). A very, very good time to stop.

 

[Bearnie]

Nice AAR.

If you continue in this speed you be finished tomorrow

 

[Yozhik]

Re: Bernie

Hey - thanks for dropping by. I'd slow down but... why should I? Oh, classes... dang. And sleep, too. Hmph.

 

[Bearnie]

Hehe, the tempo of mine AAR and yours is slighly different, I have reached the year around 1500 on 4-5 pages

 

[Yozhik]

1-2-1547 - 10-11-1579

1-2-1547: Ryazan rejects a vasallization proposal. Legal counsel in Saratov. 8,000 infantry in Vladimir.

2-1-1547: Land technology level 7 achieved.

6-15-1547: Kazan allies Golden Horde, and TO builds 3 fortresses at the same time on my border.

1-4-1548: Fortress expansion / Novgorod.

1-1-1549: Fortress expansion / Vladimir.

3-1-1549: RM renewed / Sweden. Karelia is Orthodox again. Orthodox tolerance raised to 100, Catholic dropped to 50.

1-1-1550: New leaders: Major General Ivan Sheremet'ev (4-3-4) and General Mikhail Vorotinski (5-3-4-1). Legal Counsel / Kursk.

6-30-1550: RM renewed / Ryazan.

1-1-1551: Legal Counsel / Tula.

3-10-1551: English government has been broken.

6-1-1551: The Danish-Swedish-Ryazanian alliance is recreated.

11-24-1551: Turkey annexed Crimea. Considering how far Crimea streteched north, this is concerning.

1-2-1552: RM renewed / TO. New leader: General Andrei Kurbski (3-3-3-1). 10 guns, 4,000 infantry in Vladimir.

2-3-1552: TO accepted into the alliance.

1-3-1553: New leader: Major General Danil Adashev 4-2-2-1. 6,000 infantry in Moscow, 10 guns in Vladimir.

1-2-1554: 20 guns in Vladimir.

1-1-1555: 12,000 infantry in Vologda, 2,000 in Vladimir, 4,000 in Moscow.

1-1-1556: 6,000 infantry in Moscow, 6,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry in Vologda.

1-2-1557: New leader: Major General Dmitri Vishnevetski (4-2-3). 10 guns, 6,000 infantry in Moscow.

2-11-1557: A huge world war:

10-4-1557: Russia and all 4 of its allies join the war against P-L and France. Land maintenance to 100%.

10-25-1557: TO sieges Polotsk, Ryazan concentrates on Bogujitar.

1-4-1558: Two Swedish corps (41,000) march to South-east P-L. More than 30,000 Teutons amass near Polotsk. Where are the Russians? Why, the winter quarters still, of course.

4-1-1558: Land tech level 8 achieved. South-east front: 39,000 allies siege Bogujitar, 22,000 more en route. North front: Teutons siege Polotsk, but Poles siege Kourland.

4-28-1558: 41,000 Russians with 126 guns besiege Smolensk. Bogujitar falls, allies move on to Belgorod.

5-1-1558: Naval tech level 4 achieved.

5-30-1558: Ryazan bails out, grabbing Bogujitar.

6-9-1558: A devastating for the Poles loss near Smolensk.

6-22-1558: Smolensk surrenders to us.

7-17-1558: Mozyr is besieged.

8-1-1558: Mozyr surrenders to us.

8-19-1558: Swedish troops take Belgorod.

10-25-1558: An unsuccessful assault of Belarus. TO took Polotsk and are besieging Lithuania. Swedes took Donetsk.

12-10-1558: Belarus surrenders to us.

1-1-1559: 6,000 infantry, 10 guns in Moscow, 4,000 infantry in Tver.

4-1-1559: TO takes Lithuania.

7-14-1559: Chernigov surrenders to us.

8-8-1559: Sweden bails out taking Belgorod.

11-7-1559: Peace is signed, we gain Mozyr and Smolensk. At the moment of the signing we also controlled Belarus, Chernigov, and Ukraine.

1-1-1560: New leaders: Brigadier Ivan Shuiski (2-3-3-1) and Brigadier-Conquistador Semen Stroganov (3-0-0). Fortress expansion / Mozyr. Land maintenance dropped to 50%.

Remains of Poland:

6-13-1560: Danil Adashel dies.

1-1-1561: The first counter-reform catholics come around. Fortress expansion / Smolensk.

1-11-1561: P-L actually beats Hungary and gains a province.

2-1-1561: P-L annexes Baden.

11-26-1561: Turkey and Golden Horde sign an alliance.

1-1-1562: 10 guns, 7,000 infantry in Vladimir.

8-4-1562: P-L loses Baden to Austria. Kazan joins Turkish-Golden Horde's alliance.

1-7-1563: 4,000 infantry in Kursk, 5,000 in Tula, 4,000 in Vladimir, 4,000 in Moscow.

9-1-1563: Land tech level 9 achieved. Dmitri Vishnevetski dies.

1-1-1564: 4,000 infantry in Tver, 5,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry in Vladimir, 5,000 infantry in Tula.

4-1-1564: The English government falls again.

4-29-1564: Peter Shuiski dies.

5-4-1564: Andrei Kurbski dies.

5-30-1564: Ivan Sheremet'ev dies.

1-1-1565: New leaders: Brigadier-Conquistador Burnash Yalichev (4-0-0) and Brigadier-Conquistador Ivan Petrov (2-0-0). 10 guns and 4,000 infantry in Vladimir.

7-1-1565: Languedoc rebels from France.

10-1-1565: Trade tech level 4 achieved.

1-1-1566: 3 Colonists to Arkhangelsk (all succeed), Bailiff to Mozyr.

1-2-1567: Bailiff to Smolensk, 1,000 Cavalry, 2,000 Infantry in Moscow.

9-3-1567: RM renewed / Moldovia.

9-25-1567: Shah Ali Kasimovski dies.

1-7-1568: Legal counsel / Smolensk.

1-1-1569: Land tech level 10 achieved. Legal counsel / Mozyr.

5-1-1569: Infrastructure level 4 achieved.

7-14-1569: RM renewed / Byzantium, Denmark.

11-6-1569: Alliance renewed / Sweden, Denmark, Ryazan. TO declined the offer.

1-19-1570: RM renewed / Serbia.

2-16-1570: Ivan Petrov dies.

3-7-1570: Thanks to Denmark, the alliance is now at war with Austria and Spain. Legal counsel / Karelia.

4-8-1570: Make it Austria, Spain and Portugal. Ryazan balks out on this one and has to be reinvited.

1-1-1572: Fortress expansion / Onega.

10-1-1572: Revolt in Tver. 12,000 infantry in Novgorod. They dissipate during winter.

3-5-1573: Legal counsel / Tver.

12-12-1573: Michael Vorotinski dies.

3-9-1574: RM renewed / Sweden. Vassallization attempt of Ryazan fails.

1-1-1575: New leader: Brigadier-Conquistador Yermark (5-0-0). Legal counsel / Onega.

7-6-1575: RM renewed / Ryazan.

11-12-1575: Semen Stroganov dies.

6-28-1576: Revolt in Kursk, suppressed.

7-22-1576: Burnash Yalichev dies.

1-5-1577: RM renewed / TO. 10 guns, 2,000 infantry in Moscow.

4-1-1577: Saratov revolts.

11-2-1577: Saratov lost - I could not get anyone there from across Ryazan or Kazan.

2-1-1578: 10 guns, 5,000 infantry in Moscow.

11-24-1578: Russia and allies DoW Kazan and allies. Yes, just to get to my city.

12-11-1578: France and P-L DoW TO. How... untimely.

4-1-1579: 10,000 infantry in Moscow.

6-30-1579: Kazan surrenders to us.

8-16-1579: The first unsuccessful assault of Tambow. TO surrenders to P-L losing two provinces.

10-11-1579: Tambow surrenders to us. Kazan refuses to be annexed.

Enough for now...

 

[Yozhik]

For Bearnie

Hey - I'll make sure to check your AAR out

Thanks

 

[Yozhik]

10-11-1579 - 1-4-1586

10-19-1579: A white peace is signed with Portugal.

11-20-1579: Turkish/Kazan troops defeated near Ryazan.

1-2-1580: New leader: Conquistador Brigadier Koltskov (5-0-0). 14,000 new infantry in Moscow.

1-25-1580: A small group of Horde troops besieges Kazan.

2-5-1580: Saratow surrenders to us.

5-25-1580: A loss near Kazan, however the siege of Kazan is lifted.

8-23-1580: Ryazan takes Kuibischev.

10-1-1580: Samara surrenders to us.

11-1-1580: Volgograd surrenders to us. Turkish troops control Bogutijar, Donetsk, and Belgorod, although all three cities are already besieged by the allies.

1-2-1581: Turkish troops defeat us near Kuibishev. A separate peace signed with Golden Horde, giving us Samara. 13,000 infantry in Vladimir.

3-30-1581: Turkey takes Kuibischev and sieges Saratov.

12-8-1581: Turkey takes Samara. In the west, Turkey only controls Bogutjar on the allied / Polish territory.

1-1-1582: 13,000 infantry in Vladimir, 12,000 in Vologda.

1-23-1582: Poland signs a peace with Turkey gaining Crimea and Krementjug.

7-3-1583: Hafsid troops smashed near Kuibishev.

8-26-1582: Turkey defeats us near Kuibishev. Luckily, Kazan is annexed after the 5th attempt.

10-12-1582: Turkey takes Saratov.

1-1-1583: 13,000 infantry in Kazan, 5,000 in Vladimir.

5-29-1583: Saratov is taken back.

9-16-1583: Victory near Kuibischev.

11-7-1583: Ryazan bails out, losing Bogutjar.

1-1-1584: New leader: Conquistador-Brigadier Mansurov (5-0-0). 20 guns in Kazan.

1-7-1584: Samara is taken back. Hafsids take Saratov.

3-21-1584: Fedor I (3-3-4) assumes the throne.

7-18-1584: Sweden gives up Belgorod to Turkey.

10-19-1584: Kuibuschev surrenders to us.

11-1-1584: Land tech level 11 achieved.

1-1-1585: 10 guns, 6,000 infantry in Tambow. 11,000 infantry in Kazan.

2-17-1585: Turkey takes Kuibischev back.

8-16-1585: Ryazan/Sweden/Denmark DoW TO. How untimely...

1-1-1586: 20,000 infantry in Moscow.

1-4-1586: I surrender to Turkey, giving up Tambow. In the long run, I did gain 2 provinces, including a gold mine.

 

[Yozhik]

1-4-1586 - 1-2-1614

1-1-1587: Quite a sad, sad year. The last war has seriously damaged my relations to my allies, dropping them from 200 to 175 or less. 10 guns, 8,000 infantry in Novgorod.

10-2-1587: The remains of the Southern army (that took Kazan) and the new recruits take Pskov.

10-11-1587: Ivan Shuiski dies.

1-1-1588: 12,000 infantry in Novgorod, 8,000 in Tver.

10-22-1588: TO surrenders to Sweden, losing Ingermanland. We get nothing.

1-1-1589: Bailifs in Kazan, Samara. 11,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry in Novgorod. Land maintenance to 50%.

1-23-1590: Legal counsel in Samara. 2,000 cavalry in Novgorod.

10-20-1590: Yermak dies.

1-1-1591: Legal counsel in Kazan. 7,000 infantry in Novgorod.

1-27-1592: Fortress expansion / Samara. 7,000 infantry in Samara.

9-11-1592: RM renewed / Moldovia.

11-4-1592: Far Karelia rebels; rebellion is suppressed.

5-1-1593: 2 colonists sent to Far Karelia. Fortress expansion / Arkhangelsk.

3-1-1594: Fortress expansion / Vologda, 9,000 infantry in Kursk.

7-23-1594: RM renewed: Byzantium, Denmark.

1-1-1595: New leaders: General Peter Basmanov (2-3-3) and Monarch Boris Godunov (2-3-2). Fortress expansion / Arkhangelsk.

1-1-1596: Bailiff / Arkhangelsk, 20 guns in Novgorod.

1-4-1597: 20 guns in Novgorod, 3,000 infantry in Samara and Kursk.

1-2-1598: Legal counsel / Arkhangelsk. 10 guns in Samara.

1-9-1598: Boris Godunov (3-5-4) assumes the throne.

1-2-1599: 5 merchants placed in Novgorod. 12,000 infantry in Novgorod. 2,000 cavalry in Kursk.

2-23-1599: Another merchant sent.

3-15-1599: RM renewed / Sweden. I now have trade level 4 in Novgorod.

4-12-1599: Another merchant sent.

7-2-1599: Another merchant sent. Trade level 5.

10-19-1599: Another merchanr sent. Then three more. Monopoly.

1-1-1600: Another merchant sent. New leader: Brigadier-Conquistador Dubenski (5-0-0). Colonist sent to Far Karelia. 20 guns in Samara.

7-17-1600: RM renewed / Ryazan.

2-13-1601: Trade embargo declared against Prussia.

11-1-1601: The trade war is turning nasty. Naval tech level 5 achieved. Trade embargo declared against Netherlands.

1-2-1602: 250 gold gives us only +7 (to +152) with Sweden. RM renewed / TO.

8-7-1602: Trade embargo declared against Austria.

9-4-1603: Monopoly is finally achieved in Novogorod (again).

12-2-1603: Trade embargo declared against Sweden, coupled with a 100 gift.

8-2-1604: Trade embargo declared against Denmark.

4-15-1605: Dimitri (2-3-3) assumes the throne.

5-20-1605: 2(!) -1 stability, -50% trade/infrastructure events in a row.

6-15-1605: Revolt risks +3. Ah... I think I know what's coming up.

6-18-1605: The third -1 stability event.

7-26-1605: Ivan Mansurov dies.

8-20-1605: The second +3 revolt risk event.

9-20-1605: And the third one. Land maintenance to 100%. 6,000 infantry in Vladimir, 4,000 cavalry in Kursk, 3,000 infantry in Onega.

10-2-1605: Boris Godunov dies.

10-20-1605: Koltsov-Mosalski dies. The 4th +3 revolt risk event.

11-15-1605: The 5th one.

12-15-1605: The 6th one.

1-1-1606: New leader, Lt. General Skopin (4-3-4).

1-15-1606: The 7th one. 9,000 infantry in Moscow.

2-1-1606: Revolts: Mozyr, Novgorod.

3-1-1606: Both are suppressed, the 8th event comes on. Swedes crossed land 12 level tech barrier.

3-15-1606: The 9th revolt +3 for 12 months event.

4-1-1606: Tver and Vladimir revolt.

5-30-1606: Both are suppressed. The 10th event comes on. Shuiski (3-3-4) assumes the throne. 9,000 infantry in Novgorod.

6-4-1606: Smolensk revolts.

6-26-1606: The 11th event. Smolensk has to be besieged.

8-1-1606: Saratov, Tver, Onega revolt.

9-18-1606: Smolensk is taken, Tver and Onega smashed. Saratov revolts again. I can't get troops there since I have to cross Ryazan soil.

7-25-1606: Peter Basmanov dies.

1-1-1607: New leader, General Shein (2-2-2).

4-20-1607: Ryazan reaches Land tech level 12.

6-3-1607: Saratov falls.

1-1-1608: New leader, Lt. General Pozharski (4-2-3-1).

3-1-1608: Land tech level 12 achieved. Fortress expansions initiated: Novgorod, Samara, and Mozyr.

4-8-1608: Alliance is re-signed. TO refuses to join.

9-2-1608: Trade embargo against P-L.

12-20-1608: Monopoly in Novgorod is re-established. Sweden gets us all in a war with TO yet again.

4-20-1609: Another -1 stability event. Sheesh.

6-10-1609: We take Pskov.

6-25-1609: Revolt risk +3 event.

7-22-1609: And again.

8-17-1609: Livonia falls to us.

8-24-1609: And another +3 revolt risk.

9-20-1609: And another. And Sweden signs a peace with TO asking just for some cash as I take Estonia.

10-26-1609: And another.

11-1-1609: Tver and Karelia revolt.

12-25-1609: Both are suppressed.

1-1-1610: Fortress expansion initiated in Karelia, 10,000 infantry in Novgorod.

4-15-1610: Skopin dies.

7-25-1610: New monarch, Vladislav I (1-1-1).

11-21-1610: Another -1 stability event?

12-21-1610: Revolt +3 risk.

1-17-1611: Fortress expansion initiated in Arkhangelsk. Another +3 revolt risk event.

2-19-1611: And another one.

3-21-1611: And another one.

7-21-1611: -1 stability.

1-3-1612: Fortress expansion initiated in Smolensk.

1-2-1613: Fortress expansion initiated in Kazan.

7-22-1613: Mikhail Romanov (3-4-4) takes the throne.

 

[unmerged(3970)]

Nice AAR.
I like the number of screenshots, and I always felt that lots of screenshots complement the AAR's nicely.

 

[unmerged(4972)]

Ooops! It looks like I posted on the wrong link. Anyway, I have a long message on your other Russian AAR, don't know if it's still relevant

 

[Yozhik]

Ace, Slogan - thanks for dropping by.

 

[unmerged(5372)]

Very nice AAR indeed. Really enjoyable to read, I hope more people follow your way of combining a lot of detail and screenshots, keep on doing the good work!

Regards,

Witte de With

 

[Yozhik]

Re:

I will, thanks, Witte

P.S. Where did you get this nick? I can almost say it was a (Dutch?) (Admiral?) (who defeated a British fleet?) (in 1688?) (by using a line defense?)... or am I just delusional? *checks the clock - 5:29 am* Can never know