They went back in time not by the will of fate, but by the command of duty—because what they need is not great upheavals, but a Great Russia. They are not just “time travelers,” they are the “progressors of the Future,” tasked with rewriting Russian history from scratch and winning for us a happy past.
Having taken control of Nicholas II’s consciousness, having won the Civil War and crushed the British interventionists, they will fulfill the age-old dream of the Third Rome: the golden cross will shine again over Holy Sophia, victorious Andrew’s flags will flutter over the Bosporus, and the Russian shield—as a thousand years ago—will be fastened to the gates of Tsargrad!