Great Russian War (World of Sultans)

The Great Russian War (Russian: Великая русская война, Ukrainian: Велика російська війна) was fought between 1936 to 1941 between the Soviet republics of Russia and Belarus, against the Russian Empire and its subjects in Poland and Georgia. It was the clash of two of three of Eastern Europe's biggest armies.

It began in 1936 when Tsar Joseph decided to invade Soviet Russia, after carrying out the Great Purge of the Imperial Russian Army. However, the Imperial Russians were opposed to the invasion.

The war subsequently ended in 1941, with the German invasion of the Russian Empire and Soviet Russia, as well as the overthrow of Tsar Joseph and the installation of Tsar Solomon as the new Emperor of Russia.

It was known as one of the worst military invasions carried out by a tsar in Russian history, ever since that of Tsar Nicholas II. It resulted in the death of 348,024 and injuries 401,030 injuries for the Imperial Russian Army, and the death of 203,037 and injuries of 344,883 Soviet soldiers

The war was a factor in the Russian Empire and Soviet Russia's early inabilities to combat the German and Axis invasion.

History
Until 1932, the Russian Empire had neutral and peaceful relations with the northern Soviet states, via the Lenin-Nicholas II pact. However, under the rule of Tsar Joseph, the Russian Empire's relations with its communist northern neighbors experienced massive deteriorations.

In 1935, Tsar Joseph declared war on Soviet Russia and began to send forces to the north. He wanted to "re-unite" the Russian Empire, however many were suspicious that he was truly a communist whose real intentions were to turn the entirety of Russia (including Belarus) into a Soviet nation, while overthrowing and eliminating all opposition. He had a real hatred against Leon Trotsky and his son, Sergei Sedov, who was the premier of Soviet Russia.

The Imperial Russians were defeated at the Battles of Belgorod and Bryansk. However, they defeated the Soviet Belarusians in the Battle of Gamel.

In 1939, Tsar Joseph contacted Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany, wanting Hitler to help him "purge" Eastern Europe of the "disease known as communism". By 1940, the Axis invasion of the East began. However, Tsar Joseph would not cease the Russian Empire's fight against Soviet Russia. He began to kill Imperial Russian officers that opposed his war against the Soviets. Little did Tsar Joseph know that Hitler was not invading Eastern Europe to help the Imperial Russians, but overthrow and eliminate them along with the Soviets.

In 1941, the German invasion had overran Soviet Belarus, and the Germans had now penetrated through the Russian Empire's western borders. Due to the psychological trauma caused by Tsar Joseph's policies, many Imperial Russian soldiers were unsuccessful in fighting the German invasion.

Shlomoh Bergstein, an Imperial Russian officer of the 34th Kiev Rifle Division plotted a plan to overthrow the tsar. Pyotr Melnikov, the lead of the Kiev Battalion of the Imperial Guards was plotting a similar plan. Bergstein kept the plans to himself and his closest circles, in order to prevent himself from being reported to the tsar. On December 1, Bergstein issued the order to the division,

"Attention all members of the 34th Rifle Division of Kiev, I intent to put you all in harms way. The tsar has betrayed us, he has traded away the safety of this nation for his own greedy ambitions. We are to take him out, and kill him, once it turns midnight."

Many other soldiers, officers and even Tsar Joseph's family supported the military coup. On the midnight of December 2, 1941, Bergstein's army group raided the palace, where Joseph's family handed him over the Imperial Russian forces. Upon sight of this, a delighted Melnikov granted Bergstein and his army access. Stalin was subsequently brutally tortured, and then shot by the Imperial Guards.

The Imperial Russian Army eventually allowed Bergstein to gain control of the Russian Empire, and thus, be crowned as Tsar Solomon.

Outcome and Aftermath
After Joseph Stalin's overthrow as the tsar of Russia, Tsar Solomon pulled the Russian Empire out of war with the Soviet states, and refocused all military ambitions on fighting the Axis invasion, which was getting dangerously close to Kiev as the Germans had reached Chernobyl.

Solomon went to Moscow of Soviet Russia to meet with Soviet Russian leader Sergei Sedov, and Soviet Belarusian leader Vasily Sharangovich to establish an alliance.

The Battle of Kiev ended up with a Russian victory, the Imperial Russians later drove the Germans out of Chernobyl. Eventually, the Imperial Russians pushed the Germans north into Soviet Belarus, where the they were pincered by the 10th, 11th and 15th Army of the Red Army of Belarus.

Beginning in 1943, the unification had proven to be beneficial, as it would begin the German downfall and eventual retreat west.