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The Great Russia

This mod is about Ancient Rus' and Slavic peoples. It examines the history of Russia through the prism of the anti-Norman theory, so that in mod Rurik is a Polabian Slav who settled in Novgorod and became an Ilmen Slovene.

The mod is based on the Russian vision of the history of Russia, and not on Ukrainian, Western or anyone else.

There is a noticeable emphasis on the legendary part of history in mod: so you can find in the history of titles such legendary chronicle personalities as: Gostomysl, Kiy, Sloven Stary, Rus, Skif, Izbor, Vyatko, Radim, Kriv and others.

• 11 new decisions and related events (the choice of a patron deity for Slavic pagans, the creation of Russian culture, the choice of a new monotheistic faith, the unification of fragmented Russia, the convocation of a druzhina (squad) for knyazs, an attack on Khazaria for Svyatoslav Igorevich, receiving de jure claims to neighboring regions under the condition of the administration of the empire of Russia)
  
• 3 new major events unrelated to decisions (death of the Oleg the Seer, Askold and Dir, Veche)
  
• 15 new special buildings, mainly in the second bookmark, with buff (Peryn, Lyubshan Fortress, Novgorod Kremlin, St. Sophia Cathedral, Pskov Kremlin, Vladimir's Golden Gate, Arkona Temple, etc.)
  
• Total fix of existing characters for the sake of greater historicity — starting with a complete change of Rurik and Oleg and ending with such minor fixes as adding a character trait to "saint" Olga, Vladimir, as well as Boris and Gleb (historically considered saints by the Orthodox Church)
  
• 12 new East Slavic cultures (Krivichi, Vyatichi, Drevlians, Dregovichi, Polochans, Buzhans, Ulichi, Dulebs, Radimichi, Tivertsy, Ilmen Slovenes, etc.) — this mod is the only one at the moment in which there are absolutely all chronicled East Slavic tribes
  
• 5 new cultural traditions (veche, ushkuiniki, the way "from the Varangians to the Greeks", South Slavic Slava, bylins) and 2 new innovations (laiba and ladya)
  
• Renaming of the peoples existing in the game of neighboring Rus into more accepted, at least before the 1917 revolution, Russian ethnonyms (Mari — Cheremis, Byarm — Samoyeds, Sami — Lapps, Latgalians — Lotygola, Khanty — Ostyaks, Komi — Permyaks, Alans — Yazi, Vlachs — Volokhs, etc.)
  
• Three new religions — Sami, Mordvinian and Mari paganism. Also, fixes and revision of already existing religions (Orthodoxy and Slavic paganism)
  
• Localization fixes
  
• New types man of arms
  
• More than 500 new, historical, cultural Russian names for the lands of Russia, Finland, the Caucasus (for their display it is necessary that the culture of the owner belongs to the East Slavic)
  
• Two new bookmarks: 1066 — the Yaroslavich Triumvirate with the choice of Svyatoslav, Izyaslav and Vsevolod; 964 with the choice of Svyatoslav Igorevich and Kagan Joseph
  
• 516 new authentic and historical coats of arms for all provinces of Russia
  
• Authentic Slavic folk music
  
• The ability to join populist factions (to diversify the game for the Severians in the first tab, who are part of the Khazaria)
  
• New loading screens in the form of classic paintings by cult artists to the Old Russian motif
  
• 56 unique names for hybrid and separated cultures.
  
• And much more...

• Add a struggle, like the Iberian one, to the lands of Russia to reflect the internecine war between the princes

Mods do not require any third-party mods to run, but DLC is better to have everything.

Compatible with Achievements and Ironman.

To avoid mistakes, before starting the game, go to the rules and reset the filters.

The mod is embedded and adapted Cultural Armies Pack

A mod containing only buildings from here — The Great Russia - Buildings Only

Be sure to check out the translation of this mod into pre—revolutionary spelling - Translation of The Great Russia into the traditional spelling. For full immersion, you can use the translation of the main game into pre-revolutionary.

Tags for search engines: russian, rus, ru, Russian, Russia, Rus, Rurik, Tsar, Orthodox, Slavs, Slavic, Русь, Россия, Рюрик, славяне.