Revolution!: A 1917 Russia Game (Gameplay Thread)

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Alexander Kerensky speaks in front of a crowd in Petrograd

My friends,

Great things are happening in Russia as we speak. The cries of the masses are not being suppressed and silenced by a government that forgot that its only authority comes from the people. Now, you, my friends, are just as free to speak your mind as the people who lead you are. There shall be no more oppression, no more abuse of power, no more rule with an iron fist in free Russia created by our revolution!

As you may be aware, I am the only member of the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies who is also a member of the provisional government. And that is an honour for me. For I am the first of a long list of representatives of workers and soldiers who will get to govern in order to protect the interests of his people. For I will make sure of this - never shall a government which I am a member of ignore the demands of the workers and soldiers who are the backbone of our country. Nor should we ever ignore the cries out of the peasants who have been viewed as slaves and then as disposable lives by the upper class. But they were wrong. No life is disposable! Every life deserves to be cheerished, respected and protected! And that is the principle of which I will conduct myself in government, my friends. There is no noble more important than a peasant, no minister more important than a worker, no Emperor more important than a soldier. And that, my friends, we should never forget. Thank you.

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Alexander Kerensky's letter to the public

My friends,

The government has made significant progress in reforming the Russian society. However, one area in which the progress is stagnating is land reform. We can not allow some to starve while others have enough food for 100 years! The landowners can not continue to rule uncontested over the peasantry. The Soviet of Petrograd has many proposals to bring fairness to the countryside, which is why I ask the Provisional Government to form a joint committee with the representatives of the oppressed in order to draft legislation with urgency with the goal of ensuring that no peasants will starve to death anymore. Fairness above all!

Yours truly,
Alexander Kerensky

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Alexander Kerensky speaks in front of a crowd in Moscow

My friends,

Rejoice, for the chains have been shattered. No longer can anyone be arrested for their political views, no longer can the government suppress political movements, and the voice and every single citizen is being heard! Rejoice, for this is a moment of tremendous victory. But only the first of many victories to come.

From now on, my goal will be to further the progress in economic and social areas. I say to the farmers, who have spent the last decades worrying about their children starving, I say to the workers, who lived on misery wages for so long while their bosses profited, I say to the soldiers, who have all nearly died because of the incompetence of the former regime, I am with you. As the only socialist in the provisional government, I will fight for your interest and yours alone. For without my people, I have nothing. And without those who work and fight the hardest, this country has nothing.