Ruslavia Calendar

The current campaign, the Firebard adventures, take place in the year 1453.

Holidays and Festivals

Maslenitsa: Spring festival, first two weeks of Visna.
Rusalia: Rose festival, last week of Visna.
Kupala Night: Midsummer night, sunset on 10th day of Leta until Sunrise on 11th day of Leta.
Dozhynki: Harvest festival, 16th-19th of Osin.
Koliada: Winter festival, middle two weeks of Zima.
Stary Nova: New Year's Eve, last day of the Zima.

Ages of Ruslavia

Age of the Ancients
Age of Long Ago
Age of Our Grandmothers
Age of Now

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The Age of the Ancients

... 700

The era before the grandmother of a grandmother elf (the longest lived common race) would be able to personally remember.

1

The parting of the Brothers
Religious event

The brothers Belabog and Chernabog separate from their union in anger, after Chernabog creates people without Belabog's input.

More reading
The parting of the brothers

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History of the Cherti Mountains
346

Founding of Koroleva
Founding

Koroleva Sabrelands

Location
Koroleva

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History of the Sabrelands
600

700

The First Hoary War
Military action

HoaryWars

More reading
The First Hoary War

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History of the Hoary Wastes

The Age of Long Ago

701 1000

Some of the older races would have parents or grandparents who had lived through these times, but (it is assumed) no-one alive would remember them.

701

721

Dvoryanin Ivan appointed First Ruler of Ruslavia
Political event

Location
Ketterburg

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721

771

Reign of Dvoryanin Michael Romanov I
Political event

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771

791

Reign of Dvoryana Katharine Romanov
Political event

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890

892

The War of the Mushrooms
Military action

Mythical war between the Mushroom Kingdom and Tzar Gorokh.

Folklore MushroomWar

More reading
The War of Mushrooms

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History of the Forest of Frost
893

932

Reign of Dvoryanin Michael Romanov II
Political event

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895

914

The Second Hoary War
Military action

The Druzhina of Dvoryanin Michael Romanov II vs. The Colden Horde.

Location
Hoary Wastes

More reading
The Second Hoary War

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History of the Hoary Wastes
918

932

The First Ketterchert Crusade
Military action

More reading
The First Ketterchert Crusade

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History of the Cherti Mountains
932

1087

Reign of Ta-Tzar Vadim Bashirov, the Conqueror
Political event

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History of the Cherti Mountains
936

Establishment of the Winter Witches
Founding

Location
Sabrelands

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History of the Sabrelands
993

Building and Settling of Pristan Docktown
Population Migration / Travel

MossCovia

Location
Pristan

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History of Moss Covia

Halfling History

The Age of Our Grandmothers

1001 1200

Living memory for some of the older races. Grandmothers, or the grandmothers of grandmothers of some of the younger races, would have lived in these times.

1021

Establishment of the Polubanda
Criminal Activity

Halfling

Location
Pristan

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History of Moss Covia

Halfling History
1066

1098

The Third Hoary War
Military action

The Army of Vadim the Conqueror (and, later, Ta-Tzar Rinat Bashirov) vs. The Colden Horde.

HoaryWars

Location
Hoary Wastes

More reading
The Third Hoary War

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History of the Cherti Mountains

History of the Hoary Wastes
1087

1123

Reign of Ta-Tzar Rinat Bashirov
Political event

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History of the Cherti Mountains
1094

Founding of Sobor Cathedral
Founding

Built in Ketterburg during the rule of the pious Ta-Tzar Rinat Bashirov in devotion to the Orthobog deity, Belabog.

Location
Ketterburg

More reading
Sobor Cathedral

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1123

1144

Reign of Ta-Tzar Vencel Bashirov
Political event

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History of the Cherti Mountains
1144

1147

Building and Settling of the Village of Ketterpesh
Population Migration / Travel

Location
Ketterpesh

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History of Ketterpesh

Full History
1144

1162

Reign of Ta-Tzar Kiril Bashirov
Political event

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History of the Cherti Mountains
1146

1153

The Fourth Hoary War
Military action

Druzhina of Ta-Tzar Kiril Bashirov and Ketterzan Army vs. The Colden Horde.

HoaryWars

Location
Hoary Wastes

More reading
The Fourth Hoary War

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History of the Cherti Mountains

History of the Hoary Wastes
1158

Marriage of Nikolas Romanov to Valentina Bashirov
Marriage

This ended the Bashirov Royal Family line.

Location
Sobor Cathedral

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History of the Cherti Mountains
1162

1215

Reign of Tzar Nikolas Romanov
Political event

The death of the sickly Ta-Tzar Kiril Bashirov meant the Ruslavian crown passed to his sister Valentina. Thus her husband Nikolas Romanov took the throne, and the monarchy was back under Romanov command.

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1196

The Founding of the Palekh Academy of Painting
Founding

Founded by the great artist Leansky to pass on his secret technique of pottery painting.

PalekhAcademyOfPainting

Location
Ketterburg

More reading
Palekh Academy of Painting

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The Age of Now

1201 and beyond

Living Memory.

1215

1302

Reign of Tzar Vladimir Romanov
Political event

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1224

Establishment of the Bellflower Network
Civil action

Halfling

Location
Moss Lish

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History of Moss Covia

Halfling History
1242

Invention of Medovukha
Technological achievement

Medovukha invents a sweet, honey-based alcoholic mead and names it after himself.

Ketterpesh KetterpeshMeadhall

Location
Ketterpesh Meadhall

More reading
Medovukha

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History of Ketterpesh

Full History
1269

Recognition of Halfling Personhood
Civil action

Halflings given Established Person status.

Halfling

More reading
Declaration of Halfling Personhood

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History of Ketterpesh

Full History

History of Moss Covia

Halfling History

History of the Cherti Mountains
1291

1298

The Fifth Hoary War
Military action

The Ketterzan and Moss Covian Armies vs. The Colden Horde.

More reading
The Fifth Hoary War

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History of Moss Covia

History of the Hoary Wastes
1296

Establishment of the Bratva Brotherhood
Criminal Activity

Location
Ozero

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History of Moss Covia

Halfling History
1302

1338

Reign of Tzarina Manya Romanov
Political event

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1338

1388

Reign of Tzar Alexander
Political event

Tzarina Manya was assassinated by a poisoned chalice in 1338. It is widely believed that Tzar Alexander, aged 17 at the time, poisoned his own mother to take the throne.

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1388

Reign of Tzar Peter
Political event

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1424

Birth of Vasilly
Life, Birth

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Vasilly the Woodcutter
1427

Birth of Baboushka
Life, Birth

Baboushka the Hedgewitch was born to her hag mother and left at the bottom of her father's bed, to be raised by the Winter Witches in the Sabrelands.

Location
Sabrelands

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Baboushka the Hedgewitch

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History of the Sabrelands
1445

The Founding of Ash Coven
Founding

More reading
Ash Coven

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History of the Forest of Frost
1445

1450

The Eighth Hoary War
Military action

The Ketterzan and Moss Covian Armies vs. Colden Hordes.

More reading
The Eighth Hoary War

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History of Moss Covia

History of the Hoary Wastes
1447

Founding of Speculative Library
Founding

The Goblin, Speck, founded the Speculative Library after fleeing to the Forest of Frost when her parents were killed in the Rynock Goblin Clearances.

Goblin ForestOfFrost

Location
Speculative Library

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History of the Forest of Frost

Goblin History
1448

3

Birth of Bogdan
Life, Birth

Location
Forest of Frost

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History of the Forest of Frost

Bogdan the Animal Charmer
1448

4

Frost Winter
Geological / environmental event

The Zima Family rides, furious with the encroaching Orthobog religion. They hunt the Spirits of the Old Beliefs, freezing their hearts and making them more agressive towards non-spirit creatures.

More reading
Touch of Winter

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History of Ketterpesh

Full History

History of the Sabrelands

History of the Forest of Frost

History of the Cherti Mountains

History of the Hoary Wastes
1449

3

Baboushka escapes from Nightcrystal Coven
Life, Supernatural

Baboushka escapes from Nightcrystal Coven, and is cursed to be a crone by her Night Hag mother Koshmar. This causes the Snow Queen to go after Vasilly's family, and raises the attentions of the magical creatures of the Old Beliefs (including the Baba Yaga and the Zorya).

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Baboushka the Hedgewitch

Full History

History of the Forest of Frost
1453

1

The Peas Summit of the Pea and Mushroom Kingdoms
Gathering / Conference

Marks the end of the Mushroom Wars.

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MushroomWars

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Location
Glittering Valley

More reading
Peas Treaty of the Mushroom Wars

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Baboushka the Hedgewitch

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History of the Forest of Frost