I've been playing Bioshock...
Andrei Rianofski, the 'Butcher of Petrograd' as he is known among the Slavs, came from a dirt poor background. When the Russian Revolution occured, his parents attempted to flee, but were forced to stay by threatening government army stooges. However, watching communists slain on the streets by guns and bayonets excited him, even as an 8 year old. As Lenin flew to Mexico and Trotsky was put up against the wall, Rianofski got a job delivering mail in his home town. Eventually, he moved to Moscow after his parents passed, and was promoted to the civil service. He was able to meet with high ranking officials, and some say, Wrangel himself. One way or another, he became Kolchak's private secretary. When Wrangel fell out of favour with his lowly general, he had Kolchak knifed. Miraculously, Rianofski survived the ordeal, but he kept his head low for a while. He married a noble woman from just east of the Urals, and he rose again.
Proper office came to him when Wrangel died and he was replaced by the more reform minded Merkulov. Rianofski made the unmemorable position of UnderMinister for the Cities into something worth its salt. Funding was witheld from certain areas unless they could produce a specific amount of money for the government, and education was reformed to revolve around training children to enter the world of business. Under his regime, literacy would dip and unemployment would rise, so he was sacked.
He returned in 1955 to head the Defense Procurements Council (DPC). He restricted the money flow to the army, angering Voroshilov immensely. Trade unions were left underwater and work would continue, by hook or by crook. The phrase 'You are entitled only to what you sweat' was made official policy by the Ryan administration. His firing of numerous army officials due to 'disagreements' was the last straw, and he was sent to dig holes in Minsk.
When Voroshilov keeled over in 1965, the leadership was in crisis. All the good candidates had either died or been sent to prison, and the military weren't looking very competent leaders. And so the torch passed to Rianofski. The first thing that occured was a cull of the military, slashing it down to what 'was only necessary'. Media was censored, and cities were told to 'go it alone'. Foreign Relations were a wash, as Prime Minister Lutece personally lambasted him as an 'unchecked scoundrel'.
It was only in 1969, in order to preserve his leadership, that Rianofski began his programs. The first was the 'Rosa' project, where numerous robots (in the style of ancient deep sea divers) would be built to guard the anarchic cities. They would be powered by an internal battery, nicknamed malenkaya sestra (Little Sister). The second was the 'Commandment' experiment, where food and water would be injected with 'super serums' in order to strengthen the populace. Finally, the 'Rapture' project would sent out minute signals via radio towers into people's brains.
They didn't work.
The Rosas went about doing their own business, which is to say, destroying. They took out their battery and carried it about with them. The Commandment experiment was cancelled after it was found out that disgruntled employees had been putting body altering drugs into the system, but the damage had already been done as many people found themselves chemically addicted. Rapture imploded as the signals screwed up and engraved a maddening drumming noise in the minds of the populace.
Rianofski was a dead man walking, and he was aware of it. He resigned quickly and painlessly, and handed over to Former Moscow Mayor Boris Py. On the same day, Rianofski was found dead with a revolver in his hand. The cause was obvious.
His body's proper location was hidden for many years, until it was finally confirmed to be in a secret resting place in Wrangelopolis. This didn't matter much in 1979, when the second Revolution saw insane citizens, Rosas, and rogue Communists attempt to storm the gates. They 'succeeded' and Russia broke apart. Rianofski's body was located, burned, and placed in an undisclosed location.
Andrei Rianofski, the 'Butcher of Petrograd' as he is known among the Slavs, came from a dirt poor background. When the Russian Revolution occured, his parents attempted to flee, but were forced to stay by threatening government army stooges. However, watching communists slain on the streets by guns and bayonets excited him, even as an 8 year old. As Lenin flew to Mexico and Trotsky was put up against the wall, Rianofski got a job delivering mail in his home town. Eventually, he moved to Moscow after his parents passed, and was promoted to the civil service. He was able to meet with high ranking officials, and some say, Wrangel himself. One way or another, he became Kolchak's private secretary. When Wrangel fell out of favour with his lowly general, he had Kolchak knifed. Miraculously, Rianofski survived the ordeal, but he kept his head low for a while. He married a noble woman from just east of the Urals, and he rose again.
Proper office came to him when Wrangel died and he was replaced by the more reform minded Merkulov. Rianofski made the unmemorable position of UnderMinister for the Cities into something worth its salt. Funding was witheld from certain areas unless they could produce a specific amount of money for the government, and education was reformed to revolve around training children to enter the world of business. Under his regime, literacy would dip and unemployment would rise, so he was sacked.
He returned in 1955 to head the Defense Procurements Council (DPC). He restricted the money flow to the army, angering Voroshilov immensely. Trade unions were left underwater and work would continue, by hook or by crook. The phrase 'You are entitled only to what you sweat' was made official policy by the Ryan administration. His firing of numerous army officials due to 'disagreements' was the last straw, and he was sent to dig holes in Minsk.
When Voroshilov keeled over in 1965, the leadership was in crisis. All the good candidates had either died or been sent to prison, and the military weren't looking very competent leaders. And so the torch passed to Rianofski. The first thing that occured was a cull of the military, slashing it down to what 'was only necessary'. Media was censored, and cities were told to 'go it alone'. Foreign Relations were a wash, as Prime Minister Lutece personally lambasted him as an 'unchecked scoundrel'.
It was only in 1969, in order to preserve his leadership, that Rianofski began his programs. The first was the 'Rosa' project, where numerous robots (in the style of ancient deep sea divers) would be built to guard the anarchic cities. They would be powered by an internal battery, nicknamed malenkaya sestra (Little Sister). The second was the 'Commandment' experiment, where food and water would be injected with 'super serums' in order to strengthen the populace. Finally, the 'Rapture' project would sent out minute signals via radio towers into people's brains.
They didn't work.
The Rosas went about doing their own business, which is to say, destroying. They took out their battery and carried it about with them. The Commandment experiment was cancelled after it was found out that disgruntled employees had been putting body altering drugs into the system, but the damage had already been done as many people found themselves chemically addicted. Rapture imploded as the signals screwed up and engraved a maddening drumming noise in the minds of the populace.
Rianofski was a dead man walking, and he was aware of it. He resigned quickly and painlessly, and handed over to Former Moscow Mayor Boris Py. On the same day, Rianofski was found dead with a revolver in his hand. The cause was obvious.
His body's proper location was hidden for many years, until it was finally confirmed to be in a secret resting place in Wrangelopolis. This didn't matter much in 1979, when the second Revolution saw insane citizens, Rosas, and rogue Communists attempt to storm the gates. They 'succeeded' and Russia broke apart. Rianofski's body was located, burned, and placed in an undisclosed location.
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