At the ripe old age of 70, the glorious leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, retires from office as General Secretary of the USSR. It is a sad day for the nation, but we must move on to a new era. An era of change, an era of increasing freedom and glory, is on the horizon. A new man takes the position of General Secretary - Nikita Khrushchev.
PoliticsOne of the two world superpowers (rivalling the United States), the Soviet Union is the largest country on the planet and leader of the communist world. It is a major influence in Eastern Europe and Asia. Internally, the Soviet Union is composed of a number of Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs), the major one being the Russian SFSR; it is a single-party state, headed the the Communist Party. Stalin, who recently retired and is on his deathbed, led the country into a cult of personality and repressed personal freedoms; however, Khrushchev plans on counteracting some of these features of the Soviet government. In addition, the USSR is tied to a series of 5-year plans representing the state's planned feature for the next, well, 5 years.
ResearchThe Soviets are the most technologically advanced nation on the planet (well, arguably...). The following techs are researched:
Infantry: Militia, Infantry, Marines
Tanks: Medium Tanks, Heavy Tanks
Artillery: Mortar
Aircraft: Jet Fighter, Bomber, Jet Bomber, Attack Plane
Navy: Frigate
The KGBThe KGB (Russian acronym for Committee for State Security) is the world's largest spy organization.
Espionage Tech:Stealth, Gather Intel, Improve Relations
Nuclear ProgramThe Soviet Union has
so many nukes you will not believe it. Or, they will. It'll be a while.
Fission (T1): Complete!
Fusion (T2): Complete!
Space ProgramThe Soviet Space Program is the best! We are soon to make comsats.
The Vostok Program (T1): Complete!
The Voskhod Program (T2): Up to "Improved Communications."
Warsaw PactThe Eastern European alliance of the Soviet Union!
Members:
- Soviet Union
- East Germany
- Poland
- Czechoslovakia
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Romania
- Albania
- Mongolia
Pravda, the Soviet Central NewspaperFall 1949- The Soviet Union has completed its first nuclear bomb test, the RDS-1 (Covert: the world does not yet know about this test)
- The Warsaw Pact is announced! Invited nations are:
- East Germany ✓
- Poland ✓
- Austria ?
- Czechoslovakia ✓
- Bulgaria ✓
- Hungary ✓
- Romania ✓
Yugoslavia ✕Greece ✕- Albania ✓
Finland ✕- Mongolia ✓
- Our glorious leader, Joseph Stalin, has retired. Nikita Khrushchev takes his place as General Secretary of the Communist Party. He has announced his desire to reform the Soviet Union and decrease repression, dubbed "De-Stalinization."
- The Soviet Union has announced its support of communist factions within Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, and Peru.
Spring 1950- The Soviet Union announced the Vostok program as part of its space agency. (T1 technology in OP, not T2)
- Soviet Union is researching Improve Relations.
- The Korean War begins! The Soviet Union supports the North.
Fall 1950- The Soviet Union finishes researching Improve Relations and begins researching Heavy Tanks.
- A diplomat is deployed to Turkey to improve relations.
Spring 1951- The Soviet Union finishes researching Heavy Tanks and begins researching Marines.
Fall 1951- The Soviet Union finishes researching Marines and begins researching the Hydrogen Bomb.
Spring 1952- The Soviet Union finishes researching the Hydrogen Bomb and begins researching Aerodynamics.
- A large trade of equipment and diamonds is made with Congo.
Fall 1952- The Soviet Union finishes researching Aerodynamics and begins researching Attack Plane.
Spring 1953- The Soviet Union finishes researching Attack Plane and begins researching Recovery.
Fall 1953- The Soviet Union finishes researching Recovery and begins researching Ballistics.
- A blockade is placed around Cuba to prevent an American invasion!
Spring 1954- The Soviet Union finishes researching Ballistics and begins researching Orbiting.
- The Cuban blockade is ended due to the Cuban Revolution.
- The Greek civil war is won!
Fall 1954 to Spring 1958- Fall 1954: Orbiting completed.
- Spring 1955: Additional Nuclear Research completed.
- Fall 1955: Nuclear Power Plants completed.
- Spring 1956: Satellites completed.
- Fall 1956: Successful Fission completed.
- Spring 1957: Voskhod program begins! Advanced Rocketry completed.
- Fall 1957: Solid Fuels completed.
- Fall 1958: Improved Coms completed.
Fall 1958- Vietnam summit proposed.
- Successful Fusion Strike completed.
- A comms satellite is placed in geostationary orbit over Moscow, ready to relay signals. We haven't thought of a use yet, but it's there!
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