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The Russian Empire won the Russo-Japanese War. In the Far East, large-scale construction is underway—there, too, they lay railways, build factories, mills, elevators, and housing for Russian settlers.
In the European part of Russia, industrial production continues to grow rapidly and agriculture rises. But Europe and the USA don’t fall behind either. Now it is known—not only by Alexey Korzhин, a former top manager from the 21st century, known in that time as the Grand Prince and general-admiral Alexey Romanov—that a world war cannot be avoided. The British have already built their "Dreadnought," and starting on September 7, 1907, all battleships instantly became obsolete. The main task is intensified preparation of Russia’s army and navy for war under the watchful gaze of the "allies" and opponents. The main intrigue is when and under what deployment of forces will the First World War begin…