"Съ нами Богъ!" A 19th century Russian Empire Timeline

[Gloss]

Russia after the Congress of Vienna

The Napoleonic wars are now over and Russia lead the coalition to victory, basically single-handedly defeating Napoleon by sheer attrition, now the Empire of all Russias leads the anti-revolutionary Holy Alliance with the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire.

By defeating the now declining Ottoman Empire and the Swedish kingdom, the Emperor has secured the Grand Duchy of Finland and Bessarabia as buffer zones for the southern region of Novorossiya but the unrest in the Serbian and Greek areas shows that the Ottoman Empire may not be able to resist more Russian incursions and the Western countries are increasingly looking at expanding their influence in the area. The old geopolitical situation in the Balkans and Middle East might be shattered in mere years.

The current emperor, Alexander I, despite being on the forefront of the anti-revolutionary forces has been a great promulgator of modernisation and of reform as was his grandmother Catherine the Great.
On the forefront was the of the Serfdom system, in need of reform. The harsh conditions peasants faced day-to-day leads to unrest and economic backwardness compared to the western countries, now increasingly transforming their economies using recently invented engines and railroads. If he´s going to act on his ideals remains to be seen.

In this new Concert of Europe, what will the role of the Russian Empire be? Will the Old order stand in face of the new economic realities, or will the French Revolution be considered as only the beginning of a new era, dominated by revolutionary ideals?

Europe in 1815

 

[Gloss]

My first TL and also my first real "public" work of writing, more so in English(not my mother tongue), so any grammatical error or just weirdness in the syntax and narrative structure can be safely reported without me being demoralized by it, actually it would help me greatly in the long run.

 

[mrmandias]

I'm interested.

My first TL and also my first real "public" work of writing, more so in English(not mother speaker), so any grammatical error or just weirdness in the syntax and narrative structure can be safely reported without me being demoralized by it, actually it would help me greatly in the long run.

OK, so you would never "mother speaker." You would only say that English is not your mother tongue.

 

[Gloss]

I'm interested.



OK, so you would never "mother speaker." You would only say that English is not your mother tongue.

LOL

 

[jetpack]

Or "not native speaker".

Gloss, that's a good teaser post, and it grabs the interest. What does the title mean? Most people here don't have Russian as any kind of tongue.
Since you're asking for grammar comments, I'll add that you wrote "lead" when you either meant past tense "led" or present tense "leads". Other than that, it's good English.

 

[Mental_Wizard]

@Gloss It's fine. Honestly, your English is far better than a lot of Americans (don't know about English speakers elsewhere).

Looking forward to this TL.

 

[Gloss]

Or "not native speaker".

Gloss, that's a good teaser post, and it grabs the interest. What does the title mean? Most people here don't have Russian as any kind of tongue.
Since you're asking for grammar comments, I'll add that you wrote "lead" when you either meant past tense "led" or present tense "leads". Other than that, it's good English.

Gott mit uns, basically. The Russian empire motto.

 

[Achaemenid Rome]

I've wanted to see a 19th century Russia timeline for a while. This has the potential to be very interesting.

 

[Behemoth]

I'll have to agree with Mental_Wizard about your grasp of English. One minor nitpick though. Instead of day-today use day-to-day or possibly on a regular basis.

 

[Gloss]

Caucasus

Long gone is the era when Russia was under Mongol yoke but the area surrounding the Black Sea were only solidified and settled under Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great, but the population as of 1815 remained low, semi-nomad and dominated by local chiefs and warlords, something the Russian had to accept for a long time.
By the year 1815 Russia has secured the region of Georgia and Azerbaijan, on top of the North Caucasus area, but such claims were only recognised by other powers and not local people themselves, who valued their independence above all else, thus the Russian soldiers and settlers had to deal with raids and local infighting as they settled the region, but the fighting escalated in the aftermath of the Congress of Vienna, as the Russian Empire had dealt with their European problems and increasingly started to look southwards, thus in 1817 the Emperor decided to intensify the conflict by sending in big chunks of the Imperial army and make the Circassian, Dagestani and Chechen finally submit to Russian authority, thus this marks the conventional start of the Caucasian Wars. The war will drag on for years...

Caucasus in 1817