Politcial Update Time
The Czar of Russia changes the government on the people behalf to a constitutional monarchy, and assembles a congress/parliament of law makers from different oblasts of Russia. The Czar aslo gives temporary full operational authority to a supreme commander as so that the military would not be disrupted by this.
Russia expands from Newfoundland to Canada.
Production sees another high point and many of these new "flintlocks" are produced, but not deployed.
Russia offers to send a regiment of riflemen to Scotland, subsequently breaking its treaty with England.
The rest of the Russian military has been rearmed and hand to hand weapons have been completely phased out of normal infantry.