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Author: aurora369

Feb 26th 2013 at 4:53:59 AM

^^ It's because the Western Roman Empire had no successor faction, and the Russian Empire had one. Presence of such a faction can shorten a Long Night significantly, yet it still counts. Plus it's different ages; the XX century had everything happen way much faster than the antiquity.

Compare to the Mongol Yoke: the successor faction of that time, the Grand Principality of Moscow, had not yet formed when the Mongols invaded, and it only managed to form after a century of political chess with those same Mongols until it became bold enough to defy them. Hence, a really long Long Night. The Bolsheviks, however, were readily available right at the onset of the Long Night of this cycle (whether you count the start of WWI or the February Revolution as one). Hence, short Long Night.

If we count TheNewRussia as a Long Night (which requires hindsight to tell precisely if it is the case or not), the picture is more like the Mongol Yoke, with nary a successor faction in sight; that's why it is still there after 20 years from the fall of the Union. Or maybe it was resolved like the Time of Troubles, by trying to restore a likeness of the pre-crisis regime without truly revitalizing it. As I said, this needs hindsight.