Behold our great empire, Russia, is now ruled by me, Publius Aurelius.
To begin with I have to say sorry to you because most of my screenshots failed

Why? I do not know. At least the last few have worked.
Our goal is to conquer Greece. So what do we do? We build more military.
In 1120 Novgorod starts a Cat after building a Forge. Because it is a rather weak city we don't want to send precious military to, we start a Wall after the Courthouse in Furgalloregrad. Stalingrad builds Walls for the same reason.
In 1130 I start a Longbow in Vladikafkaz..
In 1140 another Cat is built in Novgorod, Catherinagrad starts on a War Elephant.
My first working image:
Civil Service comes in in 1150. We start on Machinery and switch to Bureaucracy (military will now be cranked out of Moscos) and Slavery (again, we've got a lot of food and should rather build more workers than waste our money on serfdom) and whip military. I do not start whipping though. But we should use it.
In 1160 Leningrad builds a Forge and starts on a War Elephant. Forgalloregrad builds its Wall and starts on a Longbow.
In 1180 thanks to Bureaucracy we finish to build the Heroic Epic! We instantly start on a War Elephant here. Novgorod builds another Cat. And Stalingrad starts Barracks after its Walls.
Finally, on my last IT (I pondered about playing 11 turns but let it be): this happens
There are two guys in my games with whom I'm always at war: Alex and Monty. Both are our neighbours. Both are weak. The first war is on.
Monty is technologically behind.
No one likes him... Except his stupid buddy Alex and ... well ... right. Our beloved neighbour...
I already captured a worker. But keep an eye at our workers to the north.
I moved some military. Just keep in mind that Alex is still alive in the north as well and don't expose us too much
This galley is the most dangerous threat Monty has to offer.
We improve in military but it is not enough. What's up? ... Build more military! [tm] Crush those stupid two!
And lead Russia to true glory!
Nastrovje, comrades!