Event
Russia looks to the East
With control secured over the Tambov, Samara and Astrakhan areas, we must continue our eastward expansion to secure dominion over the Ural and exact revenge on those who once sought to dominate us.
RussiaFormable Countrydynamic historical event.tagDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_RUS.txt:209
210type = country_event
211title = flavor_rus.3.title Russia looks to the East
212desc = flavor_rus.3.desc With control secured over the Tambov, Samara and Astrakhan areas, we must continue our eastward expansion to secure dominion over the Ural and exact revenge on those who once sought to dominate us.
213outcome = neutral
215fire_only_once = yes
223trigger = {
225location:moscow = {
226owner = root
227controller = root
}
230own_entire_area = area:tambov_area
231own_entire_area = area:samara_area
232own_entire_area = area:astrakhan_area
234any_known_country = {
235capital.region = region:ural_region
236OR = {
237country_type = army
238country_type = location
}
}
}
243illustration_tags = {
24410 = armed
24510 = exterior
}
248immediate = {
249capital = {
250save_scope_as = target_location
}
}
}
310historical_info = flavor_rus.3.historical_info In 1552, Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible launched an expedition against the Khanate of Kazan, east of Nizhny-Novgorod and a blocking point on the Volga. The use of heavy bombard guns breached the walls of the Tatar city, which was promptly overwhelmed and annexed. In 1556, in the wake of his success against Kazan four years earlier, Ivan launched a new expedition against the Khanate of Astrakhan, southward down the Volga. The capture of Astrakhan opened an access to the Caspian Sea and put the whole Volga basin under Russian control. Cities like Samara, Saratov and Tsaritsyne were founded along the river to ensure proper control.