Russian Empireball

The Russian Empireball is a historical countryball. His clay once stretched from Europe all the way across Asia into North America. He was killed by his son Russian SFSRball (aka Sovietball) in 1917.

In some comics, especially those made in Russia, Russian Empireball is instead a Russian Empire rectangle (or rather Rustangle), similar to Reichtangle in appearance and personality. However, the traditional ball design is accepted everywhere else.

Conquest and Expansion (1721-1801)
Russian Empireball was born in 1721, and replaced his father Tsardom of Russiaball that year. He was descended from Slavic and Mongoloid 1 balls, and by 1721 already had a vast domain stretching from the Baltic Sea to Central Siberia. In the 1760s, Imperial Russiaball explored and conqured the Siberian and Central Asia plains and steppes with little difficulty or resistance from the local 1ball tribes that lived there. He even went across the Bering Straits into Alaska and North America.

In 1772, 1790, and 1795 Russiaball participated in all three partitions of Polandball and Lithuaniaball's clay with Kingdom of Prussiaball and Austriaball. Polandball's 1791 uprising against him was crushed with ease, and the French Revolution saw Russiaball from the Armed League of Neutrality of the North in 1799, in favour of trade with Franceball rather than UKball. The League was disbanded in 1801.

European Affairs (1801-1881)
In 1806, Franceball had invaded Polandball's former clay, and after a disagreement with Imperial Russiaball, who had just conquered Finlandball in 1809, he invaded Russiaball's clay in 1812, and reached Moscow, but Russiaball retreated and burned it to the ground, with a scorched earth strategy. Russiaball blocked his route home at Maloyaroslavets, and forced him into conflict at Borodino. Franceball retreated safely, but by 1814, Russiaball was in the Coalition that was advancing upon Paris. In 1815, after Franceball's nationalistic fever calmed down, Russiaball was included in the Concert of Europe, and became interested in the Balkans.

In 1853, after falling out with Ottoman Empireball, Imperial Russiaball threatened an invasion of Constantinople, which alarmed UKball and Franceball, who sent their armies to the Crimea to help Ottoman Empireball. UKball was mortally wounded at Sevastopol, but the fortress fell, and Russiaball agreed to disarm the Black Sea in 1856. Meanwhile, Russiaball sold his son Russian North Americaball to USAball, who renamed him Alaskaball, in 1867, something he would come to regret.

But Russiaball had not finished with the Balkans. In 1877 the Russo-Turkish war broke out, and in 1878 UKball and Franceball stepped in again, drawing up new borders for the clay there. Ottoman Empireball was forced to retreat from Eastern Europe, and Romaniaball and Bulgariaball were born. In 1881, Russiaball survived an assassination attempt that would change his life. He also attempted to abolish serfdom at this point.

Russia in Revolution (1881-1917)
In 1883, Russiaball got a new flag, and started to expand south-east into Qing Chinaball's clay, taking Manchuria and Mongolia in the 1890s. Russiaball started to build the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and also attempted to reform himself with the Indusrial Revolution. By 1900, Russiaball was still largely agricultural and undeveloped, despite having vast reserves of untapped resources. He was not too sucessful in imperialism, despite being in the Boxer expeditionary force of 1900, he lost the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05, after having his fleets sunk at Port Arthur, and Tshuima Straits. His accidental son Sovietball, born in 1903 as Bolshevikball, used these failures as excuses to lampoon his father.

In 1905, Russiaball had a partial breakdown, which resulted in him cutting himself, and also forming a new parliament (the Duma) which had little power. In 1907 he joined the Triple Entente with UKball and Franceball, against the expanding Imperial Germanyball, and 1912 saw him attempt to interfere with the Balkan Wars, in favour of his Slavic brothers. However, in 1914 the Great War saw the strong but unprepared Russiaball suffer many wounds at the Masurian Lakes and Tannenburg battles. He had more luck against the incompetent Austria-Hungaryball, invading his Galicia clay, as well as Ottomanball trying to invade him in winter, and held the front at a heavy cost for two years, until something inside him snapped. In Feburary 1917, he had a personality change, resulting in him becoming a republican ball, but his son Bolshevikball was still fed up, and used his father's weak state to murder him and take his place in October 1917. He became R.S.F.S.Rball that year, and later Sovietball in 1924.

Relationships

 * [[File:France-icon.png]] Franceball - Forced me into surrender on occasion. But was defeated by glorious Russia! Then they teamed up against the German Empireball.
 * [[File:UK-icon.png]] UKball - Fought him in the Crimea with Franceball. Then we teamed up against the  German Empireball.
 * Orthodox Balkans- Good front line against the kebab
 * [[File:German Empire-icon.png]] German Empireball - Fought him periodically, most notably in the Great War near the end of Russian Imperialball's and life.
 * [[File:Russian SFSR-icon.png]] Russian SFSRball - My son who ended Russian Imperialball's and Republic's lifes. (Also known as Bolshevikball before 1917)
 * [[File:USA-icon.png]] USAball - Sold [[File:Alaska-icon.png]] some clay to him.
 * [[File:Ottoman-icon.png]] Ottoman Empireball - My rival, one which I usually defeated easily. I always wanted to anschluss [[File:Istanbul-icon.png]] his capital to restore [[File:Byzantine-icon.png]] Byzantineball.
 * [[File:Armenia-icon.png]] Armeniaball - Kept a bit of his clay around as secret weapon against kebab. Presently the only clay Armeniaball has left.
 * [[File:Romania-icon.png]] Romaniaball, [[File:Bulgaria-icon.png]] Bulgariaball and [[File:Serbia-icon.png]] Serbiaball - He freed them from Ottoman Empireball.
 * [[File:Poland-Lithuania-icon.png]] The Poles - I almost always wanted to assimilate them because they were a threat of Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality.

Links

 * https://www.facebook.com/imperialrussiaball?fref=nf Facebook page