Russia (Battle of Manzikert)

Russian State
Российское государство
Timeline: Battle of Manzikert
OTL equivalent: Russia

Flag Seal Motto Все для Родины. (Все для Родины.) ("All for the motherland.")
Anthem	"Храбрость, мускулы и сталь (Bravery, Brawn, and Steel) Extended Version "
Capital	Moscow
Largest city	Moscow
Language   official	East Slavic (OTL's Russian)
others	Polish, Tartar, and various Caucasian and Turkic languages.
Religion   main	Eastern Orthodoxy (70.1%)
others	Catholic (13.6%), Sunni (23.7%), Tengri (1.4%)
Ethnic Groups   main	East Slavic (70%)
others	Polish (14.8%), Turkic (24%)
Demonym	Russian, Muscovite (outdated)
Government	Ultranationalist Dictatorship
Legislature	National Duma
Duk	Natalia Svyatoslavovna
Population	445 million
GDP   Total:	$16 trillion
per capita	$36,281.17
Established	July 14, 2021
Internet TLD	.mos

The Russian State, often simply called Russia, is a large, Ultranationalist regime in Europe and Asia. It is currently the largest country in the world, stretching from Poland to the Strait of Anián .

History

Around the age of the Roman Empire, the Slavs were located somewhere in the woods of Northern Muscovy. After around 500, the Slavs began migrating westward, bringing havoc to Eastern Europe. Vikings from Sweden, known as Varangians, established the Kievan Rus in the late 9th century. The Kievan Rus was a prosperous nation, being ahead of their Western European counterparts in multiple fields. However, in the 13th century, infighting broke out, and the Mongols invasion brought the East Slavic states under the Tartar Yoke. 

The Grand Principality of Moscow was founded in 1283. The state originated with the rule of Alexander Nevsky of Rurik dynasty, at which point his son Daniel I of Rurik dynasty was appointed to the newly-created Grand Principality of Moscow in 1283 as a vassal state to the Mongol Empire (under the "Tatar Yoke"), the latter of which had eclipsed and eventually absorbed its parent duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal by the 1320s. It later annexed the Novgorod Republic in 1478 and conquered the Grand Duchy of Tver in 1485, and ultimately remained ruled by the Mongols for most of its history until 1480.

Muscovites, Suzdalians, and other inhabitants of the Rus' principality were able to maintain their Slavic, Pagan, and Orthodox traditions for the most part under the Tatar Yoke. Ivan III further consolidated the state during his 43-year reign, campaigning against his major remaining rival power, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and by 1503 he had tripled the territory of his realm and claimed the title of "Ruler of all Rus."

Point of Divergence (1547)

The concept of the Russian Tsardom was conceived as a result of the fall of the Byzantines and the concept of "Third Rome." With the Byzantine Empire not only retaining its independence but also its territorial sovereignty, no Catholic and certainly no Orthodox man would dare to claim the title of "Rulers of the Romans." As such, the Tsardom of Russia would never be formed and Muscovy would retain its existence.