{"id":86,"date":"2013-12-09T17:19:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T17:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalle-online.net\/blog\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2015-09-14T10:44:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T10:44:58","slug":"russia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rhye&#8217;s and Fall of Russia<\/h1>\n<h1>UHV<\/h1>\n<p>Russias unique historic victory conditions are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Colonize Siberia by 1700 AD<\/li>\n<li>Build the Apollo Program by 1950 AD<\/li>\n<li>Never lost a single city until 1950 AD<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"71\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/screenshot-2013-10-30-16-00-33_russia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-10-30-16.00.33_russia.png\" data-orig-size=\"967,409\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2013-10-30 16.00.33_russia\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of the Atlas for Rhye&amp;#8217;s and Fall of Civilization&lt;br \/&gt;\nhttp:\/\/rhye.civfanatics.net\/civ4\/rfc-atlas.htm&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-10-30-16.00.33_russia-300x126.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-10-30-16.00.33_russia.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71\" src=\"http:\/\/kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-10-30-16.00.33_russia.png\" alt=\"Russia UHV 1\" width=\"599\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-10-30-16.00.33_russia.png 967w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-10-30-16.00.33_russia-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Unique Power<\/h1>\n<p>General Winter: Enemy units in Russia take damage every turn.<\/p>\n<h2>Unique Building &#8211; Research Facility<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/unique-building_russia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/unique-building_russia.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"609,418\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unique-building_russia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/unique-building_russia-300x205.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/unique-building_russia.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267\" src=\"http:\/\/kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/unique-building_russia.jpg\" alt=\"unique building\" width=\"609\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/unique-building_russia.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/unique-building_russia-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Unique Unit &#8211; Cossack<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/rhyes-and-fall-russian-unique-unit-cossak\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russian-unique-unit-cossak.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"611,148\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rhye&amp;#8217;s and Fall Russian Unique Unit Cossak\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russian-unique-unit-cossak-300x72.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russian-unique-unit-cossak.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-738\" src=\"http:\/\/kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russian-unique-unit-cossak-300x72.jpg\" alt=\"Rhye's and Fall Russian Unique Unit Cossak\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russian-unique-unit-cossak-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russian-unique-unit-cossak.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Russian Cossack is a little stronger than the cavalry it replaces. Also it&#8217;s got a +50% bonus against cannons. Not too special but still a very good offensive unit which helps defend Mother Russia from invaders from the East (<a title=\"Germany\" href=\"\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>) and the South (<a title=\"Turkey\" href=\"\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h1>Russian Strategy<\/h1>\n<p>Here&#8217;s as quick summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>grab land quickly &#8211; prioritize Europe, go for Siberia later<\/li>\n<li>Ryazan (1S of Moscow) will get the Iron &#8211; found your capital there<\/li>\n<li>Initial cities:\n<ul>\n<li>1 in Romania to contain <a href=\"\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 in Belarus\/Poland to contain <a href=\"\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 in the Baltic States to contain the <a href=\"\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/vikings\/\">Vikings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-715\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-715\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rhye&amp;#8217;s and Fall Russia UHV 1951\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reaching the Unique Historical Victory with Russia in 1950\/51 AD.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Unique Historical Victory with Russia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951-1024x575.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Rhye's and Fall Russia UHV 1951\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-uhv-1951.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unique Historical Victory with Russia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Found your first cities at will, but use the land generously. Rather found cities further away from your capital than too close &#8211; otherwise the AI civs will only claim more of your precious land!<\/p>\n<p>Build some more settlers and units with defense against mounted units. The first to expand further south and east (still west of the Ural mountains) and the second to defend against roaming barbarians or even AI civs from south of the Caucasus mountains.<\/p>\n<h2>Rhye&#8217;s and Fall Russia &#8211; Diplomacy<\/h2>\n<p>This is quite simple &#8211; your goal is to never lose a single city. Doing much conquest would be a risk. So play defensively. Be nice to your neighbors. Maintain relationships with Germany even if that means going to war with France or the Netherlands. None of their units will ever come near you, because they&#8217;d have to march through Germany first. Well&#8230; Napoleon did just that, but it won&#8217;t happen in your game.<\/p>\n<h2>Colonizing Siberia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-713\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-713\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rhye&amp;#8217;s and Fall Russia colonise Siberia 1650\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Depending on which version of the Rhye&amp;#8217;s and Fall you play you either need to have 7 or less cities. In the long run I went for seven, but here&amp;#8217;s how it looked in 1650.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Four Russian cities in Siberia in 1650 AD&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650-1024x575.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Rhye's and Fall Russia colonise Siberia 1650\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-colonise-siberia-1650.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four Russian cities in Siberia in 1650 AD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure in one RnF patch the UHV goal has been revised to only requiring 4 cities in Siberia by 1700 AD. Otherwise my victory as shown above wouldn&#8217;t have been possible. If you played well in the European theater you should have some decently sized cities there. Building some settlers to colonize Siberia is not a hard thing then.<\/p>\n<h2>Winning Rhye&#8217;s and Fall Russia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-714\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"714\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/russia\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rhye&amp;#8217;s and Fall Russia Ranking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ranking as Russia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking-1024x575.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Rhye's and Fall Russia Ranking\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhyes-and-fall-russia-ranking.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranking as Russia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russias main problem is it&#8217;s backwardness. Unfortunately your quick expansion will only worsen that burden. Technologically focus on those techs that allow you to make the most of your land and allow cities to grow! Don&#8217;t ignore defensive techs though.<\/p>\n<p>Once your cities grow big enough, your technological disadvantage will vanish and you&#8217;ll catch up incredibly fast. By then the land will be your advantage! Big cities, production powerhouses altogether, combined with little hunger for conquest, will allow you to focus on research and build the <a href=\"\/blog\/wonders-world-civilization-5\/\">Apollo Program<\/a> early in the 20th century and win the game!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The usual official strategy guides are still here:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Rhye?s and Fall of Civilization Russian strategy\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090514073418\/http:\/\/rhye.civfanatics.net\/wiki\/index.php?title=Rhye%27s_and_Fall_of_Civilization_-_Russian_strategy\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090514073418\/http:\/\/rhye.civfanatics.net\/wiki\/index.php?title=Rhye%27s_and_Fall_of_Civilization_-_Russian_strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately they&#8217;re not as detailed as most of the other guides. Now I played Rhye&#8217;s and Fall Russia in late 2012. By the time I&#8217;m writing this (as the 4th last of my <a href=\"\/blog\/games\/civilization\/rhyes-and-fall-of-civilization\/\">Rhye&#8217;s and Fall &#8220;Guides&#8221;<\/a>) it&#8217;s late 2015. I wish I could provide more details, but I fear you have to make do with the above.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line conclusion, nonetheless: Rhye&#8217;s and Fall Russia wasn&#8217;t the hardest UHV. It&#8217;s pretty much doable but might require some experimenting with how close to settle to Germany as to 1. contain them, but 2. not anger them too much so they turn on you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhye&#8217;s and Fall of Russia UHV Russias unique historic victory conditions are: Colonize Siberia by 1700 AD Build the Apollo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rhye&#039;s and Fall of Civilization - Russia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strategy guide for playing Russia in Rhye&#039;s and Fall of Civilization. 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