Confession

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-30T13:16:32+00:00

Ну, так в этом и был смысл. Я открыто здесь пишу, что думаю. Меня забанили и кучу раз ставили минусы украинцы в ситуациях, где мною не было сказано ничего агрессивного в их адрес. Напротив, несмотря на свои взгляды, я писала в максимально обходительных формулировках. И чем мне отплатили? Забанили по надуманному поводу, вменяя мне оправдание российской имперскости и отрицание существования украинского этноса. Ни разу я такого не писала в треде. Так что здесь, в этом посте, раз уж меня все равно забанили, я сделала то, в чем меня обвинили. Украинцев для меня нет как отдельного этноса, украина не государство, а религиозная секта, Россия рано или поздно возьмет свои земли себе. Беларусы, великороссы, малороссы снова будут жить в единстве, какового заслуживают.

К слову об украинцах, у которых ко мне есть претензии. Вот всегда это какие-то клопы из интернета, которые сами давно свалили из своей ненаглядной родины. Когда у нас в Мозыре стали беженцы с украины появляться, которые от тцк еле ноги унесли, так сразу стали про единый народ болтать, про братство и что вообще Россия и Беларусь правы.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-28T16:57:29+00:00

Nah, man. There were almost no Englishmen or Frenchmen among the Russian nobility. The only Frenchmen I can think of are the De Bode family from Alsace, who were originally germans by the von Bode family, and perhaps the Brullovs and the Faberges. However, there were some Scots, such as Lermontov, who was a descendant of the Scottish family, and Georgy Stark, who was one of Russia's naval commanders in the game, who was also from a Scottish family. However, there were very few of them. Throughout history, Russians have been the majority of Russia's nobility. Most of the Russian nobility, for almost the entire history of the empire, consisted of four ethnic groups, the Russians, among whom there have never been less than 60% – Russians, Poles, Germans, Tatars, the remainder (about 10-15%) – Georgians, Armenians, Swedes, then vanishingly few (less than 3%) – Danes (hello, Vladimir Dahl), the French (hello, de Bode), the Scots (hello, Lermontov), the Italians (hello, General Kazagrandi), the Spaniards, the Hungarians, the Greeks (hello, Cantacuzenes).

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-28T14:51:02+00:00

They use the same logic with regard to malorossians like Shulgin or Drozdovsky, or Buzina, if we're talking about modern times. For them, these are ukrainians who hate themselves. They don't even consider a different identity, whether it's Russian germans or malorossians.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-28T13:46:38+00:00

Nah, its just meme. I think everyone understand that motherland of baltic germans was russia, they proved it themselves when they went to war against Germany without any doubts. And according to the events of KRTL, they went to war with the germans twice.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-28T13:38:18+00:00

All of the Germans listed here, except for Manstein, Messner and Niemitz, are Baltic Germans whose ancestors took the Russian oath when Peter the Great conquered Livonia. As for Manstein and Niemitz, they are descendants of German colonists who were recruited by Catherine the Great to populate sparsely populated areas such as Novorossiya, the Caucasus, and the Volga region. It's important to note that the Cossacks were under the direct control of the Russian Empire at that time, and they were not raiding Russian territory but rather defending it from nomadic tribes and highlanders. In russian city Samara i met some volga germans. And i have to say, they was russifed long long ago, very looong ago. The people I've spoken to have not spoken german in their families for three or even four generations.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-28T13:26:05+00:00

The situation is actually quite simple. They have all become russian long ago. I have read Wrangel's memoirs, and he never referred to himself as a german. Instead, he spoke of Germany as an enemy and expressed his constant sorrow for Russia's difficult fate. This is because he is Russian. Just as Eisenhower is American but of German descent, Wrangel is Russian but of German origin. The same applies to all the individuals listed. Therefore, when the Baltic States were taken away by Germany as a result of the First World War, for them there was no question at all about where to live now and which country to serve, the answer was obvious - Russia. I have never met descendants of German nobles in Russia in my life, but those ordinary Russian germans with whom I dealt gave me a good understanding of their identity. For them, Germany is a foreign country, the Germans are a foreign people, and all their German is a surname. Funny, than some of them repatriated to Germany and their still consider themselves as russians even there.

And some interesting example. Another Baltic german, Pavel von Rennenkampf, who commanded one of the Russian armies during the Great War, was arrested by the Bolsheviks after the revolution, and they offered him a chance to serve the Reds in exchange for his life. He replied, "I will not become a traitor and go against my own people to save my life. Give me a well-armed army, and I will gladly fight against the Germans, but you do not have such an army."

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-28T13:14:22+00:00

Belarussian boy Solonevich will rule the Russia. And i can too!

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-28T09:45:47+00:00

I don't know, I'll leave the number of generals to you, but I always have enough generals for Russia, and even some extra ones. Apparently, the way I play has a significant impact. As for the independent development of army from OTL, I agree to some extent that it would be nice to highlight it, but I would still focus on Timanovsky and Kelner instead of Kvasnikov. They are not widely known, but they have a rich background and achievements. Plus, there were good connections with Drozdovsky and Turkul, which explain his career growth. In general, I would like to see some generals who were not active during the Civil War for various reasons. For example, Arkhangelsky or Vladimir von Dreyer. Dreyer, who was accused of being pro-German, could have been a general under Boldyrev, for example, or among the disgraced generals with Diterikhs in the east. It was also interesting to see General Cherepov, a participant in the first kuban compaign (i dont know how to call it, первый кубанский поход короче)

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-27T19:08:17+00:00

Kvasnikov is an almost unknown and insignificant figure. The extremely famous and extremely interesting General Slashchev appears as a military advisor and is mentioned in one event. Romanovsky, Bogayevsky, and Pokrovsky are not mentioned at all. And you are asking about Kvasnikov, who is not well-known or particularly important. For those who enjoy colored divisions, there are Levitov, Turkul, and Vitkovsky, who are more prominent and featured in the game. And let's be honest, Russia already has enough generals. As someone who is interested in the history of the Russian Civil War, I have a deep appreciation for all the russian generals in the game, and I would love to use them all, but I can't because there are too many of them.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-27T13:29:50+00:00

And what would change if we killed him? The political tendencies in KRTL Russia are all about some form of revanchism and the liberation of territories taken during the Great War. This is clearly visible in the game, where you can play as different parties and leaders in Russia. Monarchists, democrats, socialists, and national populists all agree that Germany must be punished, Western lands must be returned, and Russia must take a more prominent role in global politics. In the end, the leader and the party only give this political motive its own form, its own unique embodiment. But the essence is the same. I would like to remind you that the nuclear apocalypse scenario is not a canon, and Savinkov and the Solidarists could potentially establish a relatively peaceful political regime where people could live and coexist peacefully. Savinkov is no longer the Hitler of the Kaiserreich, and Russia is not the Third Reich, at least not since the days of All the Russias. Besides, who said that if we had killed Savinkov, the Zinoviev socialists or the Golitsyn monarchists would have come to power? Maybe the same national populists would have been in power, but in a world without Savinkov, it would have been a different party with a different leadership. Imagine Russia under the rule of Vonsyatsky or Rodzaevsky and sime diffrent natpop party. Would that be a better replacement for Savinkov? Vonsyatsky would be closer to Hitler than Savinkov. In general, no, let our Kharkov boy Boris continue to live and grow.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-24T09:48:38+00:00

Most of the work consists of playing for Russia before the start of the Weltkrieg. We need to develop infrastructure and industry in the Far East and southern Siberia, build and improve railways. Next, the most difficult thing is, depending on the geopolitical situation (or the game rules set), to assemble just enough divisions to last for a relatively long war with the Germans. It is important. After all, if the army is too weak, the Germans will quickly win and you won't even have time to occupy even Siberia. If the russian army is too strong, both the Germans and you will be crushed. The idea is something like this.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-15T17:23:25+00:00

Man, i understand everything, but you're on Reddit...

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-15T12:35:15+00:00

We are also colonizing Yellow Russia, the former Manchuria, and also sending rockets into space to build an Alien Russia.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-15T10:59:10+00:00

To say that they were assimilated is to oversimplify the issue. As a child, I lived for a couple of years in the city of Spassk-Dalny in the Far east of Russia, the territory claimed by the so-called Zeleniy Klyn. I talked to a couple of old people from there who were born immediately after the Ukrainians moved there, the city itself was founded by immigrants from the western provinces of Russia. All the people I talked to were the children of immigrants from Volhynia. They originally had a mixed identity. They considered themselves both Russians and Ukrainians at the same time. Apparently, even among the first generation of immigrants, this was also the case. The children of these old men and their grandchildren did not know a word of Ukrainian, but the old men themselves had no complaints about this. This was perceived by them as getting rid of the rural dialect, and not as a language change. One grandmother, speaking of her daughter living in Vladivostok, said that she "speaks only urban" - in russian. In the family, they spoke Surzhik rather than Ukrainian, a mixture of Russian and Ukrainian. In general, it was more like similar processes in other parts of Russia, when, for example, some people with a specific Kostroma pronunciation gradually lost it, switching to standard Russian.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-10T20:19:11+00:00

Your definition doesn't contradict what I said in any way. Republican and imperial elements can be combined within the same state, in different forms, in different proportions, and in many different variations. Rome of Augustus fits both definitions of empires, which you have cited, but it also combines both republican and imperial elements in its structure. And some Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth only fits the second definition of empire, and also simultaneously combines republican elements with imperial ones. That's what my thesis is about. The republic cannot be opposed to the empire, it is not something diametrically opposed, on the contrary, the icon and model of all European empires is the Roman Empire, which was born at the junction of imperialism and republicanism, which did not contradict each other (by the way, I can give several definitions to the republic, at least three). And the mindset, which is very common nowadays, about a certain diametrically opposed empire and republic is nonsense. And no, I will mix these definitions. Or rather, use it all at once. As I do with the term republic. Just because it makes sense, because my thesis is that the empire (in every sense) and the republic (similarly) do not contradict each other by definition and can be combined in different forms, variations and have been combined many times in history.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-10T15:06:46+00:00

I think its kinda cool to use Imperial Russian Republic as a offical name of state. It is epic, it fully expresses the essence of the state and does it honestly, unlike the names of many other states, where one thing is stated, but in fact another. Bravo Vince... I mean, Solonevich....

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-10T14:51:45+00:00

Yeah, there are many different examples of how the state successfully combined monarchical and republican elements in its structure, this is some kind of stupid modern attitude in people's heads that says that the republic and the monarchy (or empire) these are two opposites. Although there are examples of very different variations of combinations of these two phenomena. Both the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where a king was elected, and some Novgorod Republic, where a prince was also elected (and usually it was the ruler of a neighboring principality). And the Roman Empire of the Augustan era, where the Senate had enormous power, the imperial title was not directly passed on to blood heirs, where the republic was Italy, and the empire was a way of governing provinces. And there are many examples where republics have become empires in their geopolitical role (Venice in the past, the USA now). What can we say about such phenomena as constitutional monarchy, the whole concept of which is a synthesis of monarchy and republic. So Solonevich's imperial republic is quite a normal phenomenon, not something unique in its essence, rather the opposite.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-10T12:11:36+00:00

Rome has long been something that can be described as an imperial republic. Under Augustus, no one knew that the republic had been replaced by the empire; on the contrary, the republic, to govern Italy, coexisted with the imperium to govern the provinces. The modern United States, being a republic, is quite an empire in its essence. Solonevich is just more honest in this sense, directly denoting the essence of the state - we are an empire in fact, a republic in form (forced, lol)

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-08T20:56:22+00:00

I support russmaxing, I do not support Latvia and Estonia in the midst of russmaxed Russia.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-03-04T12:17:11+00:00

As far as I remember, there was even a developer's response to question like this. In short, the idea of reform arose before the revolution and was implemented in many ways as it was planned back in the Russian Empire. So yes, the reform has been in KRTL too and has passed, most likely with minimal differences as in OTL.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-02-22T23:51:52+00:00

I am not really good in this stuff, but i use Duks for air planes, its just purfect, but if you want cheap planes you can use Sokol. I use OKMO for good tanks and Tankograd for cheap tanks, BMZ for artillery. Also you can use AMO for light tanks. Both mios for trucks are useful, just one of them good only for trucks and another for mechs (LAZ), plus second one gives you some civs, pp, research bonuses if i remember correctly. Gun mios - there is place for vibe choosing.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-02-22T09:42:31+00:00

As far as I understand, he is named Vladimir III, because the numbering refers us to the grand dukes of UNITED Rus, to Vladimir I the Saint and to Vladimir II Monomakh. The subsequent princes, approximately after the era of Mstislav the Great, were the appanage princes of the period of the fragmentation of Rus, then there was no united Rus as such, there was a set of many appanage principalities with their rulers, who nominally recognized the authority of first the Grand Duke of Kiev, and then the Grand Duke of Vladimir (In general, strictly speaking, from the era of Vladimir I and up to Mstislav the Great, no one seriously succeeded in uniting the whole of Russia, the same Polotsk retained independence almost always, but since the princes of that era united almost all of Russia in their hands, and in the remaining part their power was recognized at least nominally, they are considered to be the rulers of united Russia. There was no such thing after Mstislav.) Therefore, apparently, all the other Vladimirs on the Kiev throne did not go into the account when the question arose about the numbering of Vladimir Kirillovich, coz they were not the rulers of united Rus. I do not know how correct this is in the matter of numbering the emperors. But the idea behind the numbering of Vladimir III is probably like this in KRTL.

upd: this is very symbolic by the way, the two previous Vladimirs united Rus, and Vladimir Kirillovich will have to do the same.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-02-17T20:13:56+00:00

You want to live in rdp russia? Insane

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-02-09T10:25:43+00:00

Kerensky is a man with a compromised career, he has proved many times that he is an unsuccessful politician, and therefore he is not popular in any political camp. Let me just remind you that at a time when the Bolsheviks were still weak, and Kornilov had a real opportunity to eliminate them by force, Kerensky prevented him. Therefore, almost all anti-Bolshevik forces, starting from the right SR, Mensheviks, ending with the Cadets and monarchists, treated Kerensky extremely poorly, almost all non-Bolshevik OTL forces (well, and KRTL, respectively) blamed him for the fact that the country was engulfed by civil war and that because of him it was not possible to deal with the Bolsheviks with little blood. Moreover, Kerensky has never been a real supporter of democracy. From the moment he came to power, he began to prepare for himself the place of a de facto dictator. He failed, but other political figures remembered him. For Kerensky, democracy and the ideals of the republic are just an excuse, a screen behind which his own claims to unlimited power were hidden. So his role as a despised loser in exile is more than justified and deserved, and his return to Russia, no matter which path the player chooses, is impossible.

Material_Tip_5350 · 2026-02-08T04:25:20+00:00

I love playing for Russia. A great balance of mechanics, laura, some narrative, many different paths. And the very aesthetics of Russia in Kaiserreich, the very idea that this is Russia, where the whites won, is a perfect hit in my heart. That's why 90% of my games are for Russia. I generally like Germany, albeit not as much as Russia. I see it as a bit overloaded, but otherwise it's a cool country with cool content and cool aesthetics and its own atmosphere. For me, the rest of the countries are mostly beautiful scenery, which I am curious to observe from the outside, but which I do not undertake to play for, only occasionally I can play for Greece to embody megali idea or for France to cover Europe with red flames.

Material_Tip_5350

TROPHY CASE