Greater Russia

POD- March 13 1881- Terrorists are arrested En route to assassinating Alexander II. The day passes uneventfully.

1881
April 6- Alexander opens a Duma, or Parliament. He later commissions them with writing a Constitution.

April 9- Alexander visits President Garfield in a formal visit at Washington. The USA agrees to help Russia modernize in return for zero tariffs on Russian oil.

May 9- The Constitution of Russia is complete. It is passed in a referendum by a margin of 33%.

May 11- Russia begins a series of "Seven year plans" which would help modernize it.