Russian Rite of the Templar Order

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The '''Russian Rite of the Templar Order''' were a group of like-minded individuals who swore allegiance to the [[Templars|Templar]] ideals and operated throughout [[Russia]] during the [[Russian Revolution]] period of the early 20th century.

==History==
===Tsardom of Russia===
In the 16th century, the Templars were affiliated with [[Ivan Ivanovich of Russia|Ivan Ivanovich]], the son and heir apparent of Tsar [[Ivan IV of Russia|Ivan the Terrible]]. This affiliation resulting in Ivan's death at the hands of the [[Russian Assassins]] in 1581.<ref name="Glyphs">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs]]</ref>

===Modern times===
====Russian Revolution====
During the late 19th century, the Templars started gaining strong influence over the [[Russia|Russian Empire]] and the ruling {{Wiki|House of Romanov}}. Both [[Alexander II of Russia|Tsar Alexander II]] and [[Alexander III of Russia|Tsar Alexander III]] became strong allies of the Templar Order, and supported their goals. As a result, the Russian Assassins and its left-wing terrorist offspring, the [[Narodnaya Volya]], targeted the Romanovs, eventually managing to kill Tsar Alexander II in 1881. The Assassin [[Nikolai Orelov]] made an attempt on the life of Tsar Alexander III, in which he was unsuccessful due to the Tsar's surprising strength, stamina and his possession of a Staff of Eden, and the event eventually turned into the [[Borki train disaster]].<ref name="The Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>

Tsar Alexander III died in 1894 of kidney failure. His son [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]], who was not an ally to the Templars, gained control over the Empire, and the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] infiltrated Nicholas' close circle by "miraculously" healing his son. After being close enough, Rasputin replaced the Staff of Eden with a replica,<ref name="The Fall"/> taking the real artifact to a Templar research station in Tunguska.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png|thumb|250px|The Tunguska explosion]]

In 1908, Orelov obtained the station's location and, together with a group of other Assassins, was sent to destroy the artifact. While the Assassins killed the Templars inside and secured the station, their ally Nikola Tesla sent a bolt of electricity from the USA, causing the station to explode and the Staff to be scattered into pieces; known commonly as the [[Tunguska explosion]].<ref name="The Fall"/> Rasputin somehow managed to obtain one of those pieces and used it to hypnotize and control the Imperial family.<ref name="The Fall"/> Rasputin himself was later killed by the Assassins, and the Templars lost control over Russia.<ref name="AC2"/>

The Russian Imperial family was overthrown during the [[Russian Revolution]], and power shifted to [[Vladimir Lenin]], an ally of the Assassins and leader of the newly formed [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Modern Times">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Modern Times</ref>

====Controlling the Soviet Union====
After Lenin's death in 1924, [[Joseph Stalin]], his subordinate, who was secretly controlled by the Templars, took over control of the Soviet Union.<ref name="Modern Times"/> Under his rule, the Soviet Union became a totalitarian, corrupt and decrepit state,<ref name="Glyphs"/> presenting the capitalistic economies of the Western powers – a system created by the Templars – in a more positive light.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - [[Rifts]]</ref>

After the Templars infiltrated the {{Wiki|Politburo}}, Soviet party functionary and Templar [[Yuri Petrovich Figatner]] was assigned to head a special government commission in 1928 to investigate the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] and purge it of "counter-revolutionaries", turning the Academy into a Stalinist organization.<ref name="ACI ASC">''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Modern Times: "Assassin Science Cities"</ref> Many Assassins, who were allowed to make use of the Academy's facilities under Lenin's regime, and scientists loyal to the Assassin cause were subsequently killed or forced into hiding.<ref name="ACI FH">''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Modern Times: "Fading Hope"</ref>

During [[World War II]], the Templars influenced Stalin into taking a leading role in the war and, alongside [[Adolf Hitler]], bring on the turmoil and fear necessary for [[Abstergo Industries]] to take control over the working population.<ref name="ACB"/> The Templars planned to take advantage of the peace that would succeed the war and establish their ultimate goal of a [[New World Order]].<ref name="Glyphs"/>

====Dissolution of the Soviet Union====
After World War II ended, the Russian Academy of Sciences was able to reorganize and rid itself of Templar influence.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' - Modern Times: "Post-War Science"</ref>

On 5 March 1953, Joseph Stalin was eventually killed by the Assassins, ending his thirty-one year rule.<ref name="Modern Times"/>

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the head of state of the Soviet Union, [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], wanted to reform the country through his policy of "{{Wiki|perestroika}}". [[Abstergo Industries]], the primary public front of the modern-day Templar Order, realized that Gorbachev did not share their interests, so they had the British Prime Minister, [[Margaret Thatcher]], contact [[Boris Yeltsin]], after which Yeltsin began to stand up to communism and gain popularity. In December 1991, the Templars called a secret meeting in Belavezhskaya Forest, and later that month, Gorbachev was unseated and Yeltsin became the head of the newly-formed Russian Federation.<ref name="ACB"/>

In September 1999, Abstergo secretly orchestrated {{Wiki|Chechens|Chechen}} terrorists {{Wiki|Russian apartment bombings|bombing apartment buildings}} in the Russian cities of {{Wiki|Buynaksk}}, [[Moscow]], and {{Wiki|Volgodonsk}} in order to boost the popularity of presidential candidate [[Vladimir Putin]], Yeltsin's friend and political pupil, who continued capitalizing Russia.<ref name="ACB"/>

====The Prophet's Codex====
[[File:ACTC-Daniel Bolshoi.png|thumb|250px|Cross watching the Bolshoi Theatre]]
In 19 October 2002, [[Daniel Cross]] infiltrated the [[library of Ivan the Terrible]] by attending a play but quietly made his way through it and found the hidden door, which lead to the library hidden beneath the {{Wiki|Bolshoi Theatre}} in Moscow. He had posed as a replacement for the Assassin guarding it, and following this, he opened the [[Prophet's Codex]], written by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] and read [[Minerva]]'s speech to [[Warren Vidic]] via his earpiece, noticing the name "[[Desmond Miles|Desmond]]". Afterwards, Daniel took the box holding the codex with him and killed the sentry, before calling in the clean-up team and leaving the library.<ref name="TC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref><ref name="S4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Subject Four]]''</ref>

==Members==
*[[Dolinsky]]
*[[Yuri Dolinsky]]
*[[Yuri Petrovich Figatner]]
*[[Grigori Rasputin]]
*[[Yakov Yurovsky]]

===Allies and puppets===
'''[[Renaissance]]'''
*[[Ivan IV of Russia]]
*[[Ivan Ivanovich of Russia]]

'''[[Russian Revolution]] and 20th Century'''
*[[Alexander II of Russia]]
*[[Alexander III of Russia]]
*[[Joseph Stalin]]
*[[Leon Trotsky]]
*[[Yakov Sverdlov]]
*[[Boris Yeltsin]]

'''21st Century'''
*[[Daniel Cross]] {{C|[[Colonial Rite of the Templar Order|American Rite]]}}
*[[Vladimir Putin]]

==References==
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[[Category:Templar Rites]]

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