#Civilization 5 russia series#
Daniil died in 1303 Moscow became a “Grand Duchy.”ĭaniil was followed by a series of able – if not quite so pacific – grand dukes. The prince “peacefully” added various bits to his lands as his relatives, direct and distant, died off – to the point that when St. Among other things, he did this by paying tribute to the Golden Horde, a smart move as it turned out. Despite all this internecine sibling squabbling and Mongol incursions, Daniil managed to largely keep his duchy out of the general bloodshed (in fact, he was canonized in 1652 by the Orthodox Church for his “meekness, humility and peacefulness”). He spent the next decades fending off his greedy brothers and the westward galloping Mongols.
It all got started with Prince Daniil Aleksandrovich, fourth and youngest son of the famed Alexandre Nevsky when the old man died in 1263 AD, the two-year-old Daniil received the least valuable of his holdings, a small and backward principality named Moscow. So, let’s begin with the rise of the Grand Duchy of Muscovy. The roots of Russia lay in the initial settlement of Novgorod by the Norse and the establishment of the Kievan Rus kingdom around 882 AD by Oleg, who managed to conquer the Ilmen Slavs, Finno-Ugrics, Veps and Votes who inhabited the region – but these are stories mixed with myth and legend. With one foot in Europe and the other in Asia, Russia has influenced the course of world civilization like few other nation-states. The romance of Russia may be appealing, but its true history is somewhat less so … especially if one listens to those serfs. Known for its mineral deposits.Boyars, Cossacks, onion domes, snow-covered landscapes, the “wasteland” of Siberia, carefree serfs, stirring compositions, endless winter, and ice-chilled vodka. The only city in Russia that is located both in Europe and Asia. One of the oldest cities in Russia, which retained its much more ancient monuments than most cities of Kievan Rus, such as Kiev. The city is famous for its automobile plant GAZ. In this city in 1612, a local merchant Kuzma Minin collected at his own expense a second people's militia, which was able to drive Poles from Moscow. The city, located northeast of Moscow, is known for its well-developed textile industry, as well as the neighboring city of Ivanovo. It was founded by the colonists from Novgorod.Ī small town in the north of European Russia. The smallest city in Russia with a population of more than a million people. Just like Novgorod and Kiev, this city was in the past the capital of Russia. In the past an ancient Russian fort, today a city and center of military industry One of the largest cities in Russian South. The city in the north of European Russia. One of the main metallurgical cities in Russia. Largest city in eastern Siberia, located on the shores of Lake Baikal Important ice-free port of northern Russia Third-largest city located on important Trans-Siberian routes, large center of science and industryįamous for its golden mines and harsh climate In the times of the Tatar-Mongolian Yoke, this city was a rival of Moscow for a label on the Grand Duchy. Second-largest city in the Russian Far East, located on Amur River The most eastern city of Russia with a population of more than one million. In the past an ancient Russian fort, today a cityĪncient fortress, one of the most important strategic points during the Pugachev uprising. Principal port in the Russian Far East, located by the Sea of Japan
Named after Katherine I by Peter the Great important industrial center on Ural Mountains The first is a large port at the mouth of the Don River, the latter in the past was the capital of the Rostov principality.įounded by Yaroslav the Wise, a prince of Kievan Rus' There are two cities with this name: -on-Don and Veliky ('Veliky' mean 'The Great'). One of the oldest Russian cities formerly the easternmost member of the Hanseatic League Second largest city and former imperial capital home of the Hermitage Current capital and largest city home of the Kremlin