Russia
From the Resistance Wiki
Russia is the largest country by landmass in the world and covers 17,075,400 square kilometers (6,592,800 sq mi). It is where the Chimera are believed to have originated from when a meteor exploded above Tunguska, Siberia.
Contents |
[edit] History
During the early 20th century Russia have been on the verge of revolution due to the nation's poor economic condition, the widening class between rich and poor, and corruption in its bureaucratic government. When Russia enter the Great War, its instability intensified following the nation's poor ability in handling the war due to inept Russian officers, inadequate military tactics, and poor distribution of arms and supplies. And on 1917, the communist Bolshevik party led by Vladimir Lenin started an attempted revolution in overthrowing the current Russian government. However, the revolution was crushed by strong, capable Russian loyalist forces led by Tsar Mikhail.
After the end of the Great War, the Russian monarchist government became extremely dissatisfied with the established policies of the Treaty of Versailles for being 'anti-imperialistic' (the very same concept that caused the failed revolution) and didn't enter membership to the European Trade Organization. Russia's disgruntled reactions towards the treaty and its relations to Western Europe exacerbated when French spies were arrested in Russia for allegedly inciting insurrection and were executed without trial. By the early 1920s, Russia began to cut off all communications to the outside world, and pursue a period of isolationism by building a fortified barrier known as the Red Curtain in its western borders that became longer than the Great Wall of China.
It is sometime during Russia's isolation (or presumably prior to) that the Russian government became aware of the Chimera, and rallied its military forces against the alien threat. Somewhere between the 1920s and 1930s that Russian scientists, particularly led by Dr. Fyodor Malikov attempted to turn the tide of the war against the Chimera by creating super soldiers that are immune to the Chimeran Virus, and be able to withstand and recover their injuries. However, during the experiment the Russian soldiers that volunteered for the experimental project were injected with Pure Chimeran DNA, and the soldiers became insane and uncontrollable. Later the soldiers rebelled their superiors, and those changed soldiers became known as the Cloven.
From the 1930s to the 1940s, Russia was entirely conquered by the Chimera after European intelligence agencies discovered large numbers of ghost towns, abandoned cities and other strange phenomenons. Then by the end of 1949 the Chimera broke through the Red Curtain and quickly invaded Europe.
Following the events of Operation Overstrike in 1951, Allied forces have been fighting near to the remnants of the Red Curtain, and by 1953 they are sometime preparing to enter into Russia.
[edit] Government
The Russian leadership is still the Tsarist autocracy of the Russian Empire, as the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 was repelled and the key members and conspirators of the Revolution, including Vladimir Lenin, were sent to a forced labor camp in Siberia. Sometime around the early 1920s, after French spies were caught in the Imperial territories, Russia declared an isolationist policy, and shunned all foreign contact and built a wall along its entire European border known as the "Red Curtain". However, behind the Red Curtain, no one knows what has happened to the Tsar and his family, or even if there is any form of Russian government that remains intact.
Whether the Tsar and his government knew of the Chimera at the time of Russia's isolation is unknown. Also, it is still unexplained as to why the Russian government never contacted the world for help in fighting against the Chimeran threat from the very beginning.
[edit] Timeline
September, 1908 - An object explodes above Tunguska, Siberia devastating the surrounding area for hundreds of miles. It is from this object that the Chimera are believed to have originated from.
October, 1917 - Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik followers were brutally defeated by Tsar Mikhail and his loyalist forces. The Socialist Bolshevik party is broken and its prominent members, including Lenin, are sent to a labor camp in eastern Siberia.
November, 1920 - The search for Leonid Kulik and his team, who left to investigate the Podkamennaya River region of Tunguska, is called off due to a harsh and early starting winter. The only items that are found are a page from Kulik's journal, and a camera.
August, 1921 - French agents in Russia are executed without trial for allegedly encouraging insurrection.
September, 1921 - Russia seals its borders for unknown reasons, but blames anti-imperialist propaganda from Europe and infiltration. A barbed-wire barrier is erected along the length of the Russian/European border. Over time, the barrier is reinforced, eventually becoming solid concrete. This barrier became known as the "Red Curtain", which will one day be longer than the Great Wall of China.
August, 1926 - A slick flows from the Volga River in Russia and kills all marine life in the Sea of Azov as well as several villagers. Ukraine scientists discover quantities of radon 1,000 times greater than normal.
August, 1930 - Strange weather patterns from Russia cause storms and heavy rains to fall across the American plains.
August, 1936 - Germany hosts the Olympic Games, bringing with it the largest number of participating countries ever. Russia does not take part.
June, 1938 - Ghost towns appear in Russia across the Belarus border with no signs of violence. The only discoveries are of houses being boarded up and covered in folkloric demonic wards. Officials suspect biological and chemical weapons are involved.
February, 1947 - A man, referred to as "The Runner", who is believed to be a Russian refugee appears and dies at the British Embassy in Estonia with his hands completely frozen around a leather satchel. The satchel contains a skull which has six eyes and was slightly larger than a human's. Reports also find that entire cities in Russia have just suddenly been abandoned.
August, 1948 - European intelligence agencies try to listen in on Russian radio broadcasts, but only hear a single message repeated over and over again in Russian across a network of 12,000 stations. The message says " Brotherhood, strength and fortitude... in the face of the angry night". A British Intelligence MI6 listening station in the Ukraine intercepts electromagnetic radiation emanating from Russia. The powerful signal causes the receivers to overheat and electrocute five men.
September, 1949 - Harsh winter is expected for Britain. Possibly caused by cold air from the Chimera who are altering the climate in Russia.
December, 1949 - The Chimera invade from Russia, and the Red Curtain is bought down. Eastern European countries such as Poland and Czechoslovakia are quickly over-run.
[edit] Trivia
The history of Russia during and shortly after the Russian Revolution is almost similar to the events describe in the alternate history book series Timeline-191, in which the series' Russia have its revolution and the civil war won by the monarchist government led by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Romanov, the brother of Nicolas II.
