Russia

The **Republic of Russia** is a Eurasian nation-state with the largest territory on the planet Earth, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area.

The nation of Russia was founded under its first Tzar, Ivan the Terrible in 1547 until the Tzardom was eliminated in 1918 when Tzar Nicholas and his whole family were killed as a result of the events of World War I. The country was reconstituted as a Communist state under Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky under the banner of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) until its collapse in 1946 when the United States detonated five nuclear warheads on the nation's western front. After the USSR's collapse, the country became the democratic Russian Republic, though the country struggled for years to recover from the switch from communism to democracy. At the end of the 1980s, the nation was transformed into a nation with one of the highest standards of living in the world. Russia is often referred to as the "backbone" of Europe as it continues to provide a majority of the industrial material for the western allies.

## Tzarist Russia

* Ivan III (1547-1584)
* Feodor I (1584-1598)
* Boris Godunov (1598-1605)
* Feodor II (1605)
* False Dmitriy I (1605-1606)
* Vasili IV (1606-1610)
* Vladislav IV (1610-1613)
* Michael I (1613-1645)
* Alexis (1645-1676)
* Feodor III (1676-1682)
* Peter the Great (1682-1721)/Ivan V (1682-1696)

## Imperial Russia

* Peter the Great (1721-1725)
* Catherine I (1725-1727)
* Peter II (1727-1730)
* Anna (1730-1740)
* Elizabeth (1740-1762)
* Peter III (1762)
* Catherine the Great (1762-1796)
* Paul I (1796-1801)
* Alexander I (1801-1825)
* Nicholas I (1825-1855)
* Alexander II (1855-1881)
* Alexander III (1881-1894)
* Nicholas the Bloody (1894-1917)

## Communist Russia

* Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
* Leon Trotsky (1924-1946)

## Russian Republic

* Ivan Nabokov (1949-1957), Social Democracy Party.
* Anatoly Borodin (1957-1965), Social Democracy Party.
* Gregory Zakharov (1965-1973), Social Democracy Party.
* Peter Volkov (1973-1981), Social Democracy Party.
* Mikhail Gorbachev (1981-1989), Social Democracy Party.
* Boris Yeltsin (1989-1997), Independent.
* Victor Korovin (1997-2005), Russ Party.
* Oleg Pokrovsky (2005-2013), Social Democracy Party.
* Anton Kharlakov (2013-2021), Russ Party.
* Nikolai Galkin (since 2021), Independent.

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## Democratic Federative Republic of Russia

Russia experienced the Second Russian Civil War (2009-2018), which lasted two years and ending the Russian Federation and becoming the Russian Republic and for six years under the leadership of Russian President Anton Kharlakov, the country experienced a number of issues including decline of quality of life and economic stagnation. Kharlakov's right agenda was not working and in 2018, the next presidential election, the Russian people chose billionaire Nikolai Galkin as their president. Galkin's platform included a policies which he hoped to help create a democratic socialist nation not unlike the nations of Scandinavia and become a globally competitive partner. Later, Russia would become a food superpower and one of the most influential countries in the world.

* Nikolai Galkin (2018-2030) (Independent) Populist. He served twelve years in office. He was born in 1965 and served from age 53 until age 65. He could be described as a democratic socialist.
* Ivan Galkin (2030-2042) (Independent) Populist. Like his father, he served twelve years in office. He was born in 1992, serving from age 38 until age 50. He also could be described as a democratic socialist.
* Catherine Galkin-Ivanova (2042-2054) (Populist) Left wing. Like her father and brother, she served twelve years in office. She was born in 1993, serving from age 49 until age 61. She also could be described as a democratic socialist.
* Mikhail Ivanova (2054-2060) (Populist) Left wing. Husband of Catherine, only served one term in office. He was born in 1995, serving from age 59 until age 65.
* Rashid Yegorov (2060-2072) (Republican) Centrist. The first non-Galkin to serve as President but also the first Russian of middle-eastern descent to become President. He was born in 2019, serving from age 41 until age 53.
* Nikolai Ivanova (2072-2084) (Populist) Left wing. Like his grandfather, uncle and mother, he served twelve years in office. He was born in 2023, serving from age 49 until age 61. First gay leader of Russia.
* Rodion Fokine (2084-2090) (Republican) Centrist. Lost bid for re-election by opposition within party.
* Ida Kirillova (2090-2096) (Republican) Centrist. Lost bid for re-election due to the Great Shock of 2094. Despite this, she signed the declaration proclaiming the era of "big government" to be over in 2095 and she is also responsible for signing the approval for Russian participation in Project Gaia.
* Ruslan Sergeyev (2096-2102) (Exodus). Remembered as a very incompetent President, did very little while in office and mired in scandals.
* Camilla Seleznyova (2102-2114) (Exodus). Helped facilitate Russian government contributes to Project Gaia.
* Antonina Kalinina (2114-2128) (Exodus). Helped development of space stations, IDC funding increases for materials and coordinated Russian involvement via IDC in the Belt War.
* Nikolai Galkin, III (2128-2136\*) (Exodus). Great-great grandson of Nikolai Galkin, discovered to be the true originator of a plan to capture all Solar System resources for his company IDC. His story is very much a kind of Napoleonic story, he helps unite Russia, creates an Empire in space, then is disposed by other nations and imprisoned then escapes then imprisoned again.
* Rafik Shcherbakov (2136-2140) (Exodus). Helped coordinate mass migration.
* Leon Ignatiev (2140-2145) (Exodus). The final president of Russia on Earth's surface.
* Muse Sukhorukova (2145-2169) (Exodus). Appointed leader of the Russian Provisional Administration by members of the Russian Democratic Council, a twelve year term. She serves two.
* Fatima Yegorova (2169-2181) (Exodus). Appointed leader of the Russian Provisional Administration aboard one of the space stations. She serves one term.
* Ilya Belousov (2181-2193) (Exodus). Appointed leader of the RPA aboard one of the stations. He serves one term.
* Yaroslav Artemiev (2193-2205) (Exodus). Appointed leader of the RPA aboard one of the stations. He serves one term.
* George Ignatyev (2205-2210\*) (Exodus). Appointed leader of the RPA aboard one of the stations. He is killed almost halfway through his term during the Crisis of 2210. No Russian government officials were left alive.

## Anton Kharlakov

**Anton Kharlakov** (born April 25, 1946) is a Russian politician and political activist. He served as a Colonel in the Red Army until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. In the late 1980s, he founded the Liberal Democratic Party. In 2012, he was elected to a single six-year term as the current president of the Russian Republic.

Kharlakov is often viewed as "a showman of Russian politics, blending populist and nationalist rhetoric, anti-Western invective and a brash, confrontational style".

During his term, he has vowed to rebuild the Russian military and expand it so that it can fight off Western aggression from Europe and the United States. He is not without controversy in Russia, as many citizens believe him to be a proto-dictatorial fascist. Kharlakov has slowly silenced press allegations against him but has made some concessions allowing some forms of free speech as long as it is not anti-government. Kharlakov is becoming increasingly unpopular among the citizenry of Russia, as a diplomatic cable revealed that internal polling has him as one of the least popular heads of states in the world.

### History

#### Presidency

**List of leaders of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics**

 Joseph Stalin
 Nikita Khurschev
 Leonid Brezhnev
 Yuri Andropov
 Konstantin Chernenko
 Mikhail Gorbachev

**List of Presidents of the Russian Federation**

 2a
 3
 2b

**List of Presidents of the Russian Republic**

(term ending: 2018)

**Nikolai Galkin** (born May 3, 1965) is a Russian billionaire, and is the primary owner of the American football team, the New York Warriors. After graduating from the Moscow Finance Institute, he worked in the financial sector and subsequently went on to become one of Russia's leading industrialists, owning major stakes in multinational corporations in the precious metals sector. While he was running Krasnoyarsk Nickel, the company became the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium. He is the chairman of Polyus Gold, Russia's largest gold producer, and the President of Onexim Group. As of 2014, Forbes estimates his wealth at $10.9 billion.

In 2016, Galkin voiced his opinion of current Russian president Anton Kharlakov and expressed interest in running against him in the Federal Election of 2018, if Kharlakov chooses to run for re-election. Galkin has speculated that in a potential run, it would be as an independent candidate. He has proposed the establishment of a new Russian political party called the "New Russia party" which would support a democratic socialist political platform and move away from Kharlakov's militarist and authoritative policies. Galkin claims that under his leadership if he were elected, he promises to build more roads, railroad tracks, and increase the Russian standard of living to the point of it being higher than the United States or the Scandinavian countries. He has stated that Russia should create a closer partnership for trade with the European Federation and the Asian countries. He has also stated that under his leadership, he would create more Russian investment in Africa in order to help develop the region as he sees it largely undeveloped and struggling to progress. He views any country that practices "non-democratic" or commits human rights abuses are a threat to Russia, he has specifically named many Middle Eastern nations as potential enemies.

Galkin has two children from a previous marriage, Ivan (born 1992) and Catherine (born 1993).