The former Soviet engineer San Sanych Smolyaninov, and now His Imperial Majesty Alexander IV, thought for some time that the inertia of history had been broken and the bifurcation point had been passed. After all, the demonstration by the military attaches of the leading countries of the world of Russian attack aircraft and submarines managed to delay Japan’s attack on the Far Eastern borders. But after such an obvious application for entry into the “Superpower Club”, very large players became interested in Russia... And the Russo-Japanese War now seems to be just a rehearsal for the First world...