User blog:Jeremiah Garland/A Word from Russia

In the past few days, there have been numerous updates and changes to the Russian Empire. They are listed below.

Title
Historically, Peter the Great did away with the Russian tsardom in 1721, and brought forth the official Russian Empire. In the centuries that followed, however, all the rulers of Russia continued to incorrectly be addressed as 'tsar' despite the fact that the tsardom was long gone. It is for this reason that I, Tsar Vladimir I, shall hereby renounce my title as "tsar of Russia", and claim the title Peter I intended: Emperor Vladimir of Russia. In addition, Russia itself shall no longer be referred to as "the Tsardom of Russia" but rather "the Russian Empire". I shall make this correcting on the official Russian page momentarily.

Hierarchy and Secession to the Throne
Formerly, Jack Goldwrecker (Ivan VII) was the heir to the Russian throne and held the title of "tsarevich" (prince). While he still holds the title of tsarevich, he is no longer first-in-line to the throne, due to recent... events. The secession to the throne has been updated and is present below:

Religion and Church
The Russian Holy Orthodoxy shall remain the official religion of the empire, while other regional faiths are acknowledged. Ivan Romanov VII, the previous tsarevich, has been granted the position as the head of the Patriarchate of Moscow, a title that is comparable with the Pope of the Catholic Church in the Vatican. As the patriarch, he is head of all eastern orthodoxy, the second most populous Christian denomination in the world (only behind Roman Catholicism), stretching the realm from Russia to Greece. As the patriarch, his official title shall be Patriarch of Muscovy and the Rus, Holy Proktor of the Eastern Orthodoxy.

Military
The position of commander-in-chief of the Russian army, formerly held by Ivan VII, has now been filled by Dmitri Chernov (Eric), who also guildmasters a successful Russian military guild in-game. Despite the conversion from tsardom to empire, the army shall still be referred to as "the Grand Army of the Tsar".

I'LL ADD MORE LATER