This book enables gamemasters to design a GURPS campaign set in medieval Russia.

[1] In the 2014 book Designers & Dragons: the '80s, game historian Shannon Appelcline noted that after Steve Jackson Games published the unusual In Nomine in 1997, SJG decided to try experimenting with GURPS: "GURPS Russia (1998), which released on February 28, was the most controversial experiment.

As Jackson expected, the book did well, and it was later reprinted for release through the standard distribution network.

"[2]: 49 GURPS Russia is a 128-page book designed by S. John Ross, with additional material provided by Romas Buivydas, Graeme Davis, Steffan O'Sullivan, and Brian J. Underhill, with interior art by Heather Bruton, Eric Hotz, and Ramon Perez, and cover art by Gene Seabolt.

In the August 1998 edition of Dragon (Issue #250), Ray Winninger called this "quite a bit better than the average GURPS historical sourcebook."