The USSR

Federal Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state under a Stalinist totalitarian dictatorship

* 1943-1944:

Provisional Government

### **Established**

* 1922–1927:

Federal Leninist one-party socialist republic

* 1927–1943:

Federal Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state under a Stalinist totalitarian dictatorship

* 1943-1944:

Provisional Government

### **Population (core territory)**

196,716,000 (c.1940-43)

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a socialist state that spanned most of Europe and Asia during its existence from 1922 to 1943. It was nominally a federal union of multiple national republics; in practice its government and economy were highly centralized until its last days and into the Provisional Government. For a majority of it's existence, Joseph Stalin ruled the USSR as it's dictator and died defending the Motherland against the Imperium.

The USSR itself fell after Stalin's Death and the Loss of Moscow. A Provisional Government was formed to reorganise the Soviet Forces and reach a peace deal with the Imperium and Union of East Asian Soviets. The Modern Day Successor of The USSR is the Russian Neutral Zone.

## History

### **Formation**

The Soviet Union had its roots in the October Revolution of 1917 when the Bolsheviks, headed by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Provisional Government (1917) that had earlier replaced the monarchy of the Russian Empire. They established the Russian Soviet Republic, beginning a civil war between the Bolshevik Red Army and many anti-Bolshevik forces across the former Empire, among whom the largest faction was the White Guard, which engaged in violent anti-communist repression against the Bolsheviks and their worker and peasant supporters known as the White Terror. The Red Army expanded and helped local Bolsheviks take power, establishing soviets, repressing their political opponents and rebellious peasants through Red Terror. By 1922, the Bolsheviks had emerged victorious, forming the Soviet Union with the unification of the Russian, Transcaucasian, Ukrainian and Byelorussian republics.

### **Birth of Stalinism**

Following Lenin's death in 1924, Joseph Stalin came to power. Stalin suppressed all political opposition to his rule inside the Communist Party and inaugurated a command economy. As a result, the country underwent a period of rapid industrialization and forced collectivization, which led to significant economic growth, but also led to a man-made famine in 1932–1933 and expanded the Gulag labour camp system originally established in 1918. Stalin also fomented political paranoia and conducted the Great Purge to remove his actual and perceived opponents from the Party through mass arrests of military leaders, Communist Party members, and ordinary citizens alike, who were then sent to correctional labour camps or sentenced to death.

Due to Heavy Purges on the Red Army, many of the best officers in the Red Army were either executed or Imprisoned which would have catastrophic effects on their ability to fight.

### **War of Liberation**

The USSR sat on the side-lines in the War of Liberation but did invade and occupy Eastern Poland due to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed by Germany and The USSR. The formally neutral Soviets invaded and annexed territories of several Eastern European states, including eastern Poland and the Baltic states.

### **Invasion of The USSR**

With the Imperiumist Takeover in Germany and proclamation of The Imperium, so came The Emperor with a great ambition. He wished to be the first ever foreign power to Conquer Russia. He realised his Imperial Army would need to attack from either side and in numbers. For this, he signed the Treaty of Imperia with the UEAS. Joseph Stalin saw this Treaty of Imperia as a Threat to Invade. The UEAS already had bad relations with the Soviet Union and had a large force constantly on the Border. By April, They had 6 Million Conscripts on the Border. In the USSR, Joseph Stalin believed the Imperium wouldn't invade The Soviet Union and instead the UEAS would. As such, he heavily fortified The Eastern Border with Elite Cold-Weather Soldiers and Forts. He had around 5 Million Soldiers on the East and 2 Million in the West.

This was a poor decision however. On the 3rd of April 1943, 5 Million Imperial Soldiers crossed into Soviet Occupied Poland and Ukraine. The Soviet Soldiers on the West were completely taken by surprise. On the First Day of the War, 10,000 Soviet Soldiers would be Killed and a Further 5,000 Captured. Around Midday, Joseph Stalin would be informed about the Invasion by Superior Officers and Stalin retired to his room for 3 Days. Field Marshall Zhukov took command of the West and organised a Withdrawal to Defensive Lines with the Molotov Line being completely collapsed.

By the End of April, Poland was lost. Stalin eventually returned and sent a call for 10 Million Men to come to Defence of The Motherland. He ordered the Retreating Soviet Armies to burn all Crops and destroy Infrastructure they find to slow the Imperial Advance. Then crushing news came. On the 1st of May, Kyuichi Tokuda formally declared War on the USSR. Reports states that 6 Million Union Soldiers were now crossing into Far Eastern Russia.

The East would see some of the Bloodiest Fighting in the War. and around 1 Million UEAS Conscripts would die in Freezing Conditions against a Well Prepared Enemy. The Siege of Vladivostok was a tremendous defeat for Either Side as they both lost considerable amounts of Men. In the end, The UEAS would seize Vladivostok. On the West, The Tide was firmly in Imperial Hands. On the 5th of July, The First Imperial Soldiers reached the Volga River. It took longer than expected due to the Soviet Scorched Earth Tactic. The Volga River Line was now Heavily Fortified. Especially in the South around Stalingrad protecting the Caucuses Oil Fields. Model's Southern Army reached The City of Stalingrad and prepared to attack. The Battle of Stalingrad was a complete slaughter on either side.

Eventually the Imperial Army reached Moscow. A Bloody Battle began starting on the 5th November lasting until The End of December. The Soviet Defenders fought hard and fiercely but were no match for The Imperial Soldiers bolstered by 2 Imperial Storm Divisions. Joseph Stalin would die in the Fighting and The Central Communist Government fell apart. Remaining Government Officials and Several Generals led by Andrey Vlasov fled to The Ural Mountains. Here, Vlasov and Other Officials formed a Provisional Government to reorganise a defence and request a Peace Deal.

### **Provisional Government**

The Soviet Socialist Provisional Government saw the War as far from over. Over 10 Million Men were still fighting on either front and were ready to die for The Motherland. Leningrad was still under siege and holding out. However, around 10 Million Soldiers had been killed in a Few Months of Fighting and The Imperium had captured vital war resources and supplies. The Provisional Government was faced with a crossroads, surrender and bear the peace deal or continue fighting and lose even more men. Vlasov and The Russian Non-Alligned Front saw the War as over and unnecessary and if they surrendered now they would keep a degree of sovereignty. Zhukov and The Remainder of the All-Union Communist Party wanted to fight until every inch of The USSR was under Imperian or UEAS Occupation and until every man, woman and child had died fighting the invaders. Eventually Vlasov won and the War was ended.

### **Collapse of The USSR**

In the Treaty of Imperia, The Imperians and Asians agreed to divide The USSR between the two states with a Neutral Buffer State, separating the two powers in the Urals. This was what the Invaders offered The Provisional Government or Hellfire. The Provisional Government was forced to accept and with the stroke of a pen, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was no more. Instead a Russian Non-Aligned Buffer State in the Urals under Vlasov who was the country's new dictator. The Red Army was disbanded and humiliated. Millions of Men had died fighting for their homeland which had now been surrendered by a Neutral General with no Care for Communism. Zhukov and The Communists are the Last Bastions of The USSR in the RNZ and have been fighting Vlasov's Government at every turn. Lavrentiy Beria's Nazi Party , The Russian Aryan Front, formed believing Russia should be controlled by a Strong Russo-Germanic Race and reconquer their lost lands.

## Legacy

The Only Legacy of the USSR exists in the remaining Communists within the Russian Neutral Zone. For nearly two decades, they have been opposing Vlasov and his Government and trying to start a 2nd Communist Revolution. Followed by a World Wide Revolution in the Name of Karl Marx and Joseph Stalin!