Soviet Union

Moscow

Communist, Stalinist

Comintern (Leader)

The Soviet Union (officially “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” or “USSR”) is a major country and the leader of the Comintern faction. It is rich in both natural and human resources and has decent technology. It controls almost the entire northern third of Asia as well as the eastern edges of Europe.

Geography[edit | edit source]

The Soviet Union is a massive country, stretching from the barren wastelands of Kamchatka to the warm, fertile fields of Ukraine. Much of the north and east is forest, with polar regions of Siberia marshlands and plains. There is little mountains or hills besides the Caucasus and Ural ranges. The south is primarily plains, with a few urban provinces dispersed throughout the country.

Events[edit | edit source]

Main article: Soviet events

National focus[edit | edit source]

Soviet national focus tree.

The Focus Tree is outdated as of Barbarossa Update 1.10

Main article: Soviet national focus tree

Soviet Union, as one of the seven major powers, has a unique national focus tree.

Technology[edit | edit source]

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
SVT-38/40 (Infantry Eq. I) ZIS-5 (Motorized) Mountain Infantry I Paratroopers I Engineer Company I Recon Company I Military Police I T-26 (Light Tank I) M1936 76 mm (Towed Artillery I) M1939 37 mm AA (Towed Anti-Air I)	1936 Destroyer Hull B-1 Depth Charge Rack (Depth Charges I) Early Cruiser Hull Early Heavy Ship Hull 1936 Submarine Hull Triple 450mm TTs (Torpedo I) 130mm/50 B13 Ptn 1936 (Light Battery II) 180mm/60 B-1-K 1931 (Medium Battery I) 130mm/55 Pattern 1913 (Light Cruiser Battery I) 305mm/52 Pattern 1907 (Heavy Battery I) 120mm/50 Pattern 1905 (Secondary Battery I) Contact Mine Minelaying Submarine Transport Ship	Polikarpov I-16 (Fighter I) Ilyushin Il-4 (Naval Bomber I) Ilyushin DB-3 (Interwar Bomber) Petlyakov Pe-8 (Strategic Bomber I)	Fuel Storage Fuel Refining I
Doctrines
Mass Assault	Fleet in Being	None

Without Man the Guns
Orfey Class (Destroyer I) Krasniy Krym Class (Light Cruiser I) Upgraded Leningrad & Minsk Class Krasniy Kavkaz Class (Heavy Cruiser I) Borodino Class (Battlecruiser I) Marat Class (Battleship I) Series V Shchuka (Submarine II) Upgraded Series IX Srednyaya Transport Ship

Research and production[edit | edit source]

These are the choices of design companies and theorists for the Soviet Union.

Tank designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Morozov Design Bureau	Mobile Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15 % Armor: Max Speed: +5 % Reliability: +10 % By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Astrov Design Bureau	Medium Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15 % Armor: Reliability: +5 % Soft attack: +5 % By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
OKMO	Heavy Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15 % Armor: Armor: +5 % Hard attack: +5 % By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Ship designers
Icon	Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
	Nevskoye Design Bureau	Ship Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15 %	150

Aircraft designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
MiG Design Bureau	Light aircraft designer	Air Research Speed: +15 % Fighter: Agility: +10 % Max Speed: +10 % Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10 % Max Speed: +10 % By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Ilyushin Design Bureau	Medium aircraft designer	Air Research Speed: +15 % Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20 % Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20 % By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Tupolev Design Bureau	Heavy aircraft designer	Air Research Speed: +15 % Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10 % By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Yakovlev Design Bureau	Naval aircraft designer	Air Research Speed: +15 % Naval Bomber: Range: +10 % Naval Attack: +10 % CV Naval Bomber: Range: +10 % Naval Attack: +10 % Carrier Fighter: Range: +10 % Agility: +10 % Carrier CAS: Range: +10 % Naval Attack: +10 % By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Materiel designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
GAZ	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Speed: +15 % Motorized Rocket Artillery Research Speed: +50 %	150
Tula Arms Plant	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15 %	150
Grabin Design Bureau	Artillery Equipment Designer	Artillery Research Speed: +15 %	150

Industrial concerns
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Stalingrad Tractor Factory	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Speed: +10% Completing the focus 'National Specialists' will improve this designer. Industrial Research Speed: +10% Consumer Goods Factories: -2.0%	150
Leningrad Industrial Institute	Electronics Concern	Electronics Research Speed: +10% Completing the focus 'National Specialists' will improve this designer. Electronics Research Speed: +10% Supply Consumption: -2.0%	150
Soviet Railways	Railway Company	Has completed focus: 'Improve Railway Network' Trains and Railways Research Speed: +10% Train: Production Cost: -25.00% Reliability: +10% Supply Hub construction speed: +15.00% Railway construction speed: +15.00% Completing the focus 'National Specialists' will improve this designer. Trains and Railways Research Speed: +10% Mobilization speed: +2.0%	150
Gosproyektstroy	Construction Company	Has completed focus: 'Foreign Experts' Infrastructure construction speed: +10.00% Railway construction speed: +10.00% Military Factory construction speed: +5.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: +5.00% Dockyard construction speed: +5.00% This Designer can be upgraded to add new bonuses and improve existent ones.	100

Theorists
Theorist	Type	Conditions ( Purged?, etc ) + Effects	Cost ()
Georgy Zhukov	Mass Assault Expert	Not: Purged by: Trotsky Has completed focus Positive Heroism Mass Assault Doctrine Cost: -15%	150
Sergey Gorshkov	Naval Theorist	Not: Purged by: Trotsky Naval Doctrine Cost: -10%	100
Sergei Rudenko	Close Air Support Proponent	Not: Purged by: Trotsky Battlefield Support Doctrine Cost: -15%	150
Mikhail Tukhachevsky	Mass Assault Expert	Not: Purged by Stalin Mass Assault Doctrine Cost: -15%	150
Vladimir Tributs	Grand Fleet Proponent	Fleet in Being Doctrine Cost: -15%	150
Alexander Golovanov	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Doctrine Cost: -10%	100
Boris Shaposhnikov	Military Theorist	Land Doctrine Cost: -10%	100
Sergei Korolev	Rocket Scientist	Rocket Research Speed: +15%	100
Igor Kurchatov	Nuclear Scientist	Nuclear Research Speed: +15%	100

Cosmetic names[edit | edit source]

The USSR has a number of unique names and appearances for various technologies and equipment, listed here. Note that generic names are not listed.

Infantry & motorized techs
Type	1918	1936	1938	1939	1940	1942	1943	1944
Support Weapons	PM M1910 & 9 cm GR		DP & RM-38		DS-39 & 82-PM-41	SG-43 Goryunov & 120-PM-43
Infantry Equipment	M-N 1891/30	SVT-38/40		PPSh-41		PPS-43
Infantry Anti-Tank						PTRD	RPG-43
Motorized		ZIS-5
Motorized Rocket Artillery				Katyusha
Mechanized					BTR M1941	BTR M1943		BTR-152

Armor techs
Tech year	Light (TD/SPG/AA)	Medium (TD/SPG/AA)	Modern (TD/SPG/AA)	Heavy (TD/SPG/AA)	Super-Heavy (TD/SPG/AA)
1918	T-18
1934	T-26 (SU-37 / SU-76-26 / ZSU-12.7)			T-35 (SMK / SU-14 / ZSU-12.7-4)
1936	BT-7 (SU-45 / SU-76-7 / ZSU-12.2)
1939		A-32 (SU-85-32 / SU-76-32 / ZSU-37-32)
1941	T-60 (ZiS-30 / SU-76-26 / ZSU-37)	T-34 (SU-85 / SU-122 / ZSU-37-34)		KV-1 (SU-100-Y / SU-152 / ZSU-37-Y)
1943		T-44 (SU-100 / SU-152-44 / ZSU-57-44)		IS (ISU-122 / ISU-152 / ISU-57-2)	IS-7
1945			T-54 (SU-122-54 / SU-152-54 / ZSU-57-2)

Artillery techs
Tech year	Anti-Air	Artillery	Rocket Artillery	Anti-Tank
1934		M1936 76 mm
1936	M1939 37 mm AA			M1930
1939		M1940 107 mm
1940	M1940 25 mm AA		M-8-6	M 42 45 mm
1942		M1943 152 mm
1943	KS-19 100 mm		M-20-4	76.2 mm ZiS-3

Aircraft techs
Tech year	Close Air Support (Carrier)	Fighter (Carrier)	Naval Bomber (Carrier)	Heavy Fighter	Tactical Bomber	Strategic Bomber
1933		I-15 "Chaika"			ANT-40/SB
1936	R-10	I-16 "Ishak"	DB-3	Pe-2	SB-2M	Pe-8
1940	Il-2 Sturmovik	LaGG-3 (Yak-1M)	Il-4	Pe-3	Tu-2	Pe-10
1944	IL-10	Yak-3 (Yak-9T)	Il-6	Tu-2Sch	Tu-10	Tu-4
Jet Engine Technology
1945		MiG-9			Il-28
1950		MiG-15			Il-30	Tu-16

Politics[edit | edit source]

National spirits[edit | edit source]

Home of the Revolution

Ideology drift defense: +50.0%
Can create factions

Comrades, with the defeat of the vile Trotskyite counter revolutionaries we were able to focus on defending the revolution. Our goal, our hope, our slogan is Socialism in One Country. We will build a bountiful socialist utopia here in the Soviet Union and the rest of the world will inevitably embrace it.

Trotskyite Plot?

Political Power gain: -15%
Stability: −20.00%

Paranoia and pathological distrust stemming from old power struggles impact the leadership of this nation.

Politicized Military

Division Defense on core territory: +3.0%
Ideology drift defense: +10.0%
Commander Abilities Cost: +10.00%
Air Doctrine Cost: +20.00%
Land Doctrine Cost: +20.00%
Naval Doctrine Cost: +20.00%

Military commissars often hold fervent ideological speeches and political discussions among the ranks, but in many cases they also engage in excessive administration, overzealous scrutiny of military officers, and even obstruction of the orders of unit commanders.

Five Year Plan

Consumer Goods Factories: +5.0%
Production Efficiency Cap: +5%
Production Efficiency Growth: -15%
Civilian factory construction speed: +5%

Available only when current ruling party is Communist

Soviet Airforce

Air Wing Experience loss when killed: +30%
Ace generation chance: -50.00%
Air Wing Training Experience Gain: -10%
Air Accidents Chance: +75.0%
Night Operations Penalty: +30.00%
Bad Weather Penalty: +30.00%
Air Wing Mission Experience Gain: +10%

Available only when current ruling party is Communist

The Red Army

Army experience Gain: -10.0%
Division Organization: -15.0%
Experienced soldier losses: +25.0%
Conscription Laws Cost: -10%

Available only when current ruling party is Communist

New Project for National Industrialization

Consumer Goods Factories: +5.0%
Production Efficiency Cap: +5%
Production Efficiency Growth: -15%
Civilian factory construction speed: +5%

Available only when current ruling party *is not Communist

Russian Airforce

Air Wing Experience loss when killed: +30%
Ace generation chance: -50.00%
Air Wing Training Experience Gain: -10%
Air Accidents Chance: +75.0%
Night Operations Penalty: +30.00%
Bad Weather Penalty: +30.00%
Air Wing Mission Experience Gain: +10%

Available only when current ruling party *is not Communist

The Russian Army

Army experience Gain: -10.0%
Division Organization: -15.0%
Experienced soldier losses: +25.0%
Conscription Laws Cost: -10%

Available only when current ruling party *is not Communist

Diplomacy[edit | edit source]

As the premier communist nation in 1936, the Soviet Union is the head of the Comintern, consisting of Tannu Tuva and Mongolia. Communist China, Sinkiang and Paraguay are the only other countries that have a favorable view.

Should Republican Spain prevail in the Spanish Civil War, it may be amenable to joining, as would a communist-aligned France.

If Leon Trotsky becomes leader of the USSR and Permanent Revolution and NKVD Primacy are taken, then the USSR can start Communist civil wars in countries without having to spend any Political Power.

Political parties[edit | edit source]

Political party	Ideology	Popularity	Party leader	Country name	Is ruling?
Vsesoyuznaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya (Bolshevikov)	Communist	88%	Iosif Stalin	Soviet Union	Yes
Trudoviks	Democratic	10%	Aleksandr Kerensky	Russian Federation	No
Vserossyskaya Fashistskaya Partiya	Fascist	2%	Konstantin Rodzaevsky	Russian Empire	No
Non-Aligned	Non-Aligned	0%	The Provisional Goverment	Russia	No

Political advisors[edit | edit source]

Icon	Advisor	Type	Requirements	Cost()
	Metropolitan Meletius	The Masses' Opium Required garrisons: −20% Garrison penetration chance: −25% Weekly manpower: +1000	Has completed the focus Beaten, but not Defeated Has completed the focus ...The Hands Do Has not completed the focus The Third Rome	150
	Mikhail Kalinin	Popular Figurehead Stability: +15%	Mikhail Kalinin is not purged by Remove the Counter-Revolutionaries. Mikhail Kalinin is not in exile.	150
	Nikita Khrushchyov	Political Commissar Daily communism support: +0.10 Political power gain: +5% Maximum command power increase: +30	Nikita Khrushchyov is not purged by Remove the Counter-Revolutionaries. Nikita Khrushchyov is not in exile. Is not a Supervised State	150
	Nikolay Voznesensky	Captain of Industry Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	Nikolay Voznesensky is not purged.	150
	Lazar Kaganovich	Iron Lazar Train: Production cost: +5% Reliability: +15% Railway construction speed: +5% Supply Hub construction speed: +5% Fuel gain per oil: +5%	Has completed the focus: Finish the Five Year Plan Lazar Kaganovich is not purged.	150
	Genrikh Yagoda	Head of the NKVD Stability: −5% Enemy operative detection chance offset: +5% Enemy operative capture chance: +5% Civilian intelligence to others: −5% If the paranoia system is active then: Political Paranoia increases by an extra 1 weekly. The Head of the NKVD cannot be manually replaced or removed from post until the Great Purge has concluded.	Genrikh Yagoda is not purged.	150
	Nikolay Yezhov	Head of the NKVD Stability: −10% Enemy operative detection chance offset: +5% Enemy operative capture chance: +10% Civilian intelligence to others: −10% Agency upgrade time: −10% If the paranoia system is active then: Political Paranoia increases by an extra 2 weekly. The Head of the NKVD cannot be manually replaced or removed from post until the Great Purge has concluded.	Does not have Genrikh Yagoda as political advisor Does not have Lavrenty Beriya as political advisor	150
	Lavrenty Beriya	Head of the NKVD Stability: −5 % Enemy operative detection chance offset: +5 % Enemy operative capture chance: +15 % Civilian intelligence to others: −10 % Intel network strength gain factor: +10 % If the paranoia system is active then: Political Paranoia increases by an extra 2 weekly. The Head of the NKVD cannot be manually replaced or removed from post until the Great Purge has concluded.	Lavrenty Beriya is not purged. Does not have Nikolay Yezhov as political advisor Does not have Genrikh Yagoda as political advisor Lavrenty Beriya is not the country leader	150
	Vsevolod Merkulov	Illusive Gentleman Operative slots: +1 Agency upgrade time: −15%	The ‘La Résistance’ expansion is enabled. Vsevolod Merkulov is not purged by Remove the Counter-Revolutionaries. Vsevolod Merkulov is not in exile. Has created an Intelligence Agency	150
	Vyacheslav Molotov	People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Trade deal opinion factor: +10% Justify war goal time: −10% Acceptance of Fascist Diplomacy: +40	Has completed focus Policy of Individual Security Vyacheslav Molotov is not purged.	150
	Maksim Litvinov	People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Improve relations opinion: +15% Justify war goal time on us: +15% Lend-lease request tension limit: −20% Acceptance of Democratic Diplomacy: +40	Maksim Litvinov is not purged. Has completed focus Policy of Collective Security	150
	Lev Trotsky	Commissar for Military and Navy Resistance growth speed: −10% Division organization: +10% Army experience gain: +10% Naval experience gain: +10% Party popularity stability modifier: −10%	The ‘Soviet Civil War’ has started or is over. Has completed focus Integrate Smirnov's Bloc or Return Democracy to the Party Lev Trotsky is not dead Lev Trotsky is not the country leader Lev Trotsky is not in exile Lev Trotsky is not the country leader of Mexico	150
	Ivan Smirnov	Head of Directorate of New Buildings Construction speed: +10% Factory output: +5% Dockyard output: +5%	The ‘Soviet Civil War’ has started or is over. Has completed focus Integrate Smirnov's Bloc or Return Democracy to the Party Ivan Smirnov is not the country leader Ivan Smirnov is not in exile Ivan Smirnov is not in prison Ivan Smirnov is not purged.	150
	Ivar Smilga	Soviet Economist Consumer goods factories: −2% War support: +5% Synthetic refinery construction speed: +15% Subversive activities cost: −5%	Has completed focus Integrate Smirnov's Bloc or Return Democracy to the Party Ivar Smilga is not in exile Ivar Smilga is not in prison Ivar Smilga is not purged.	150
	Karl Radek	International Revolutionary Subversive activities cost: −10% Intel network strength gain factor: +10% Boost Ideology mission effects: +10% Diplomatic Pressure mission effects: +10%	Has completed foci The Left Opposition and Bring Old Trotskyists Back or has completed foci The Right Opposition and Cooperation Against Stalin Karl Radek is not in exile Karl Radek is not purged	150
	Yevgeni Preobrazhensky	Economist and Publicist Production efficiency cap: +5% Political power gain: +5% Party popularity stability modifier: +10%	Has completed foci The Left Opposition and Bring Old Trotskyists Back or has completed foci The Right Opposition and Cooperation Against Stalin Yevgeni Preobrazhensky is not in exile Yevgeni Preobrazhensky is not purged	150
	Aleksandr Shlyapnikov	Left Wing Trade Unionist Political power gain: −10% Ideology drift defense: +10% Research speed: +10% Resources to market: −10%	Has completed focus The Left Opposition or Return Democracy to the Party Aleksandr Shlyapnikov is not in prison Aleksandr Shlyapnikov is not in exile Aleksandr Shlyapnikov is not purged	150
	Nikolay Bukharin	Reformer of Economy Research speed: +5% Stability: +5% Political power gain: +5%	Has completed foci The Left Opposition and Cooperation Against Stalin or has completed focus The Right Opposition Nikolay Bukharin is not the country leader Nikolay Bukharin is not in exile Nikolay Bukharin is not purged	150
	Aleksey Rykov	Commissar for Posts and Telegraphs Political power gain: +5% Reinforce rate: +2%	Has completed focus The Right Opposition or has completed foci The Left Opposition and Cooperation Against Stalin Aleksey Rykov is not the country leader Aleksey Rykov is not in exile Aleksey Rykov is not purged	150
	Mikhail Tomsky	Right Wing Trade Unionist Factory output: +10% Production efficiency cap: +10% Production efficiency retention: +10% Production efficiency growth: −5%	Has completed focus The Right Opposition or Return Democracy to the Party Mikhail Tomsky is not in exile Mikhail Tomsky is not purged	150
Icon	Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost()
	Grigory Sokolnikov	People's Commissar of Finance	Construction Speed: -5 % Factory Output: +15 % Dockyard Output: +15 % Factory Repair Speed: -5 % One of the following must be true: Has completed the focus The Need for Policy Changes Has completed the focus Return Democracy to the Party	150
	Grigory Zinovyev	Communist Theorist	Political Power Gain: +15 % Ideology drift defense: +10 % Has completed focus Align the Zinovyevites One of the following must be true: The Civil War has started The Civil War is over All of the following must be true: Has completed focus Plan for the Coup Has completed focus Coup d'etat Grigory Zinovyev is NOT currently in prison.	150
	Lev Kamenev	Appeasing Technocrat	Political Power Gain: +15 % Stability: +10 % Ideology Drift Defense: -10 % Daily Compliance Gain: +0.10 % Has completed focus Align the Zinovyevites One of the following must be true: The Civil War has started The Civil War is over Lev Kamenev is NOT currently in prison.	150
	Martemyan Ryutin	Anti-Stalinist Propagandist	Subversive activities cost: -15 % Resistance Decay Speed in our states occupied by the enemy: -10 % Intelligence gained from Operatives and Infiltrated Assets: +10 % Strengthen Resistance efficiency: +10 % Has completed focus Liberate Ryutin One of the following must be true: The Civil War has started The Civil War is over Martemyan Ryutin is NOT currently in prison.	150
	Patriarch Sergy	Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia	Division Recovery Rate: +10 % Stability: +10 % Compliance Growth Speed in our states occupied by the enemy: -15 % One of the following must be true: Has completed focus Patriarch of All Russia Has completed focus The Declaration	150
	Konstantin Rodzayevsky	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.1 Is not Supervised State Konstantin Rodzayevsky is NOT currently in exile	150
	Aleksandr Kerensky	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.1 Is not Supervised State Aleksandr Kerensky is NOT currently in exile	150

Economy[edit | edit source]

A brief summary of the state of the nations economy in 1936.

Laws[edit | edit source]

Conscription Law	Economy Law	Trade Law
Volunteer Only 1.5% Recruitable population	Civilian Economy 35% Consumer Goods factories –30% Factory construction speed +30% Factory (type) conversion cost -40% Fuel Gain per Oil -25% Fuel Capacity	Export Focus 50% Resources to market +5% Research speed +10% Factory/Dockyard output +10% Construction speed +20% Civilian intelligence to others +10% Navy intelligence to others

Industry[edit | edit source]

Factories 1936
32 Military Factories	6 Naval Dockyards	44 Civilian Factories

Resources[edit | edit source]

Total resources 1936
Oil	Rubber	Steel	Aluminum	Tungsten	Chromium
193	0	543	133	67	353

These numbers represent the available resources, depending on trade law a certain amount may be traded away.

Military[edit | edit source]

1936 Scenario The player starts the game with 1.25M in manpower available and the monthly gain for manpower is 2.95k. The player starts with the Volunteer Only conscription law, providing 1.50% of the player's core population as manpower, totaling 2.42M. 1.13M of this manpower at game start is tied up in the army, 30.68k in the air force and 33.25k in the navy. The Soviet Union has a population of 161.43 million.

Army[edit | edit source]

Army 1936 Scenario

91Infantry Divisions	11Light Tank Divisions	1Motorized Division	22Cavalry Division	13Mountaineer Division

1936 Scenario: The player begins the game with 91 Infantry divisions, of which 18 are Reserve NKVD Divisions with Military Police. Additionally, the player has 22 Cavalry divisions, 13 Mountaineer divisions, 11 light tank divisions and 1 Motorized Infantry division. The player begins the game producing Infantry Equipment I at 36.19/day with 7 factories; Support Equipment I at 1.29/day on 2 factories; Towed Artillery at 5.17/week on 1 factory; Light Tank I at 6.78/week on 3 factories; and Motorized at 3.04/day on 3 factories. However, Motorized units lack rubber and have a penalty to production speed. The player has 14 additional military factories that can be allotted to production. The army is fairly average in the beginning, but the Soviet doctrine tree gives them a higher reinforce chance as well as either Large Front Operations or People's Army. It is up to the player upon reaching those decision points as to which line to pursue.

Examples of alternative division template names for the Soviet Union include:

Mountaineers - Gornostrelkovaya Diviziya
Marines - Morskaya Pekhota
Paratroopers - Vozdushno-Desantnaya Diviziya
Motorized - Motostrelkovaya Diviziya
Mechanized - Mekhanizirovanaya Diviziya
Armor - Tankovaya Diviziya or Tankovyj Korpus

Navy[edit | edit source]

Without Man the Guns

Capital ships 1936 Scenario
3 Battleships

Screens and Submarines 1936 Scenario
4 Light Cruisers	17 Destroyers	43 Submarines

1936 Scenario: The player starts the game with only 3 Battleships, 4 Light Cruisers, 17 Destroyers and 43 Submarines. For production, the player only has 6 naval dockyards to begin with. The players dockyards are initially producing 4 Leningrad & Minsk Class 1936 Destroyers and 31 Series IX Srednyaya Submarines, the latter across four separate production lines. While the player can cancel these productions, the first of the four destroyers is set to be completed by April 19th, 1936 and two of the Submarine lines are set to complete another sub by February 8th, 1936, so to avoid any loss of time and production, simply finish these in production before canceling or changing the lines to a different ship class. Naval technology at game start in 1936 includes all of the early ship classes except for carriers, but only one 1936 ship class. The Soviets also start with the Naval Doctrine Fleet in Being, providing +10 organization to Battleships, Battlecruisers, and Heavy Cruisers.

Ship classes of the Red Fleet without Man the Guns
Type	Class	Amount	In Production	Tech
BB	Marat Class	3		Battleship I
BC	Borodino Class			Battlecruiser I
CA	Krasniy Kavkaz Class			Heavy Cruiser I
CL	Krasniy Krym Class	4		Light Cruiser I
DD	Leningrad & Minsk Class		4	Destroyer I*
DD	Orfey Class	17		Destroyer I
SS	O/P/R Class	21		Submarine I*
SS	Series IX Srednyaya		31	Submarine II*
SS	Series V Shchuka			Submarine II
SS	Series I Debakrist			Submarine I*
SS	AG Class	43		Submarine I
	Convoy	38
* marks a variant with increased base stats to symbolize ships that are not modern enough to warrant a full 1936 tech level but too modern to fit into the 1922 tech level.

Man the Guns

Capital ships 1936 Scenario
3 Battleships

Screens and Submarines 1936 Scenario
5 Light Cruisers	18 Destroyers	59 Submarines

1936 Scenario: The player starts the game with only 3 Battleships, 5 Light Cruisers, 18 Destroyers and 59 Submarines. For production, the player only has 6 naval dockyards to begin with. The players dockyards are initially producing 4 Leningrad & Minsk Class 1936 Destroyers, 2 Kirov Class Early Heavy Cruisers, and 35 Submarines of various types, the latter across four separate production lines. While the player can cancel these productions, the first of the four destroyers is set to be completed by May 8th, 1936 and two of the Submarine lines are set to complete another sub by February 1st, 1936, so to avoid any loss of time and production, simply finish these in production before canceling or changing the lines to a different ship class. The Soviets also start with the Naval Doctrine Fleet in Being, providing +10 organization to Battleships, Battlecruisers, and Heavy Cruisers.

Ship classes of the Red Fleet
Name	Type	Count	Production	Techyear	Design note
BB	Marat Class	3		Early Heavy Ship Hull	2xBB I battery, 1xAA I, BB Armor I, 1xSecondary I
CA	Kirov Class		2	Early Cruiser Hull	Plane catapult, 2xCA I battery, 2xAA I, Armor I
CL	Marti Class	1		Early Cruiser Hull	Minelayer, 1xCL I battery, 1xAA I
CL	Chervona Ukraina Class	3		Early Cruiser Hull	Minelayer, 2xCL I battery, 1x AA I, 1xTT I
CL	Komintern Class*	1		Early Cruiser Hull	Minelayer, 2x CL I battery
DD	Leningrad & Minsk Class		4	1936 Destroyer Hull	1xDC I, 1xDD II battery, 1xAA I, 1xTT I
DD	Bug Class	1		Early Destroyer Hull	2xMinelayer, 1xDD I battery
DD	Fidonisi Class*	6		Early Destroyer Hull	2xTT I, 1xDC I, 1xDD I battery
DD	Orfey Class*	11		Early Destroyer Hull	2xTT I, 1xDD I battery
SS	Series IX Srednyaya		5	1936 Submarine Hull	1xTT II
SS	Series II Leninets	9		1936 Submarine Hull	1xTT I, Minelayer
SS	Series X Shchuka		24	Early Submarine Hull	1xTT II
SS	Series V Shchuka*	37	6	Early Submarine Hull	1xTT II
SS	Series I Debakrist	8		Early Submarine Hull	2xTT I
SS	AG Class*	5		Early Submarine Hull	1xTT I
	Convoy	38
* marks a variant as "obsolescent".

Air force[edit | edit source]

Air Force 1936 Scenario
658 Fighters	108 Naval Bombers	240 Tactical Bombers	72 Strategic Bombers

1936 Scenario: The player begins in 1936 with 0 Close Air Support, 658 Fighters, 108 Naval Bombers, 0 Heavy Fighters, 240 Tactical Bombers, 72 Strategic Bombers and 0 Transport Planes. However, more than half of the fighter fleet are I-15s, with fewer than 200 I-16s in service. For production, the Soviet Union is only producing fighters with a single factory for 3.14/month and strategic bombers for 1.23/month on a single factory. The player lacks rubber, which reduces production speed. Obtaining rubber via trade should be one of the player's first priorities. For technology, the Soviets begin with 1936 Fighters, Naval Bombers and Strategic Bombers. Tactical Bombers are outdated 1933 models. The player lacks the technology for Heavy Fighters and Close Air Support. The player does not begin with any air doctrine in 1936 and has full choice over any of the three branches.

Military staff[edit | edit source]

These are the Military Staff candidates for appointment of the Soviet Union.

Chief of Army
Candidate	Type	Effects + Conditions ( Purged? )	Cost ()
Semyon Timoshenko	Army Reformer (Expert)	Army Experience Gain: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150
Kliment Voroshilov	Army Drill (Specialist)	Division training time: −5% Not purged by Stalin	150
Aleksandr Yegorov	Army Defense (Expert)	Division Defense: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150
Vasily Blücher	Army Maneuver (Expert)	Division speed: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150

Chief of Navy
Candidate	Type	Effects + Conditions ( Purged? )	Cost ()
Pyotr Smirnov	Naval Aviation (Specialist)	Naval Air Attacks from Carriers: +3% Naval Air Targeting from Carriers: +3% Naval Air Agility from Carriers: +4% Not purged by Stalin	150
Mikhail Frinovsky	Commerce Raiding (Specialist)	Convoy Raiding Efficiency: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150
Nikolay Kuznetsov	Naval Reformer (Expert)	Naval Experience Gain: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150
Ivan Yumashev	Decisive Battle (Expert)	Capital Ship Attack: +10% Capital Ship Armor: +10% Screen Attack: +10% Screen Defense: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150

Chief of the Air force
Candidate	Type	Effects + Conditions ( Purged? )	Cost ()
Aleksandr Novikov	Air Reformer (Genius)	Air Experience Gain: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150
Konstatin Vershinin	Ground Support (Expert)	Air Superiority: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150
Yakov Smushkevich	Air Safety (Expert)	Air Accidents Chance: −10% Not purged by Stalin	150
Pavel Rychagov	All-Weather (Expert)	Bad Weather Penalty: −20% Not purged by Stalin	150

Military High Command
Candidate	Type	Effects + Conditions ( Purged?, etc )	Cost ()
Ivan Konev	Concealment (Expert)	Enemy Air Support: −10% Not purged by Trotsky Konev is not supporting a civil war against the Soviet Union.	150
Aleksandr Vasilevsky	Army Regrouping (Expert)	Division Recovery Rate: +8% Not purged by Stalin	150
Konstatin Rokossovsky	Armor (Genius)	Armor Division Attack: +15% Armor Division Defense: +15% Not purged by Stalin Has completed focus Positive Heroism	150
Arseniy Golovko	Amphibious Assault (Expert)	Amphibious invasion speed: +10% Not purged by Trotsky	150
Pavel Zhigarev	Airborne Assault (Specialist)	Paradrop Attack: +1% Paradrop Defense: +3% Paradrop Agility: +3% Not purged by Trotsky	150
Sergei Khudyakov	Close Air Support (Expert)	Close Air Support Attack: +3% Close Air Support Defense: +3% Close Air Support Agility: +3% Not purged by Stalin	150
Stepan Krasovsky	Air Combat Training (Expert)	Ace generation chance: +10% Not purged by Trotsky	150
Vladimir Kasatonov	Submarines (Expert)	Submarine Attack: +15% Submarine Defense: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150
Gordey Levchenko	Capital Ships (Expert)	Capital Ship Attack: +10% Capital Ship Armor: +10% Not purged by Stalin	150

Strategies and guides[edit | edit source]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Soviet Union. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Overthrowing Stalin and putting Bukharin in charge[edit | edit source]

With No Step Back released, one notable option available to players who stay communist is the ability to get rid of Stalin without a civil war if they go down the Right Opposition Path. However, this is very risky, since you need to assassinate Stalin before Beria becomes head of the NKVD, and should Paranoia get above 90, the civil war will fire. But if you want Russia to avoid another civil war, read on.

First, one should decide one thing: if they want to be cooperative with the Left Opposition, or if they wish to save the generals Stalin historically purges. This will determine focus order. Regardless, the first 3 focuses one should take are The Path of Marx-Leninism, Right Opposition, and The Need for Policy Changes - for the political power you get, either hire Mikhail Kalinin or take Improved Worker Conditions for a much needed stability boost (note that until Bukharin is in charge, you will not be able to earn much political power - although you can somewhat offset this by infiltrating the civilian governments of other countries; if playing on ahistorical, there's a chance Turkey might back down when you mobilize the armed forces in response to them remilitarizing the Bosporus, thus giving you some stability and political power). After that, take Infiltrate the NKVD and Gain Support from Party Members, then go up to Partial Mobilization, and round it off with Divert Attention Towards the Military - while you might think that Eliminate the Left is a good idea if not working with the Left Opposition, doing so will boost Paranoia, so it's best avoided. However, if you want to attack another country, consider holding off to see if you can go for War Economy instead of Partial Mobilization after justifying.

While this may seem like you will not finish the latter before the Zinovyevite Terror Center finishes, the game will prioritize the player's focus as long as it completes on the same day (and both of the latter focuses will bypass the Terror Center). Additionally, if we take the focus that bypasses the aforementioned Center focus before, Stalin will merely speed up his focuses, whereas if we let it play out but not finish, he'll be on the same track but we'll be closer. While it might seem ideal to purge army officers because of how many you have, if you need to lower paranoia, focus on purging the navy - while you have more generals, the navy is not as important to the Soviet Union as it is to the British or Japanese. Generate new admirals as needed, and also forge production reports if you don't have the option to purge an admiral. Only purge officers if you have no other choice.

It should be noted that while Beria will be the one who can lock off the bloodless coup, if Yagoda is purged, he will be replaced with Nikolay Yezhov - this is both good and bad, since while doing so will significantly lower paranoia, Yezhov will generate more paranoia on a weekly basis than Yagoda does (and he also lowers Stability more). The best case scenario would be Yagoda getting purged late (if he gets purged at all), but as long as you can attempt to eliminate Stalin before Yezhov is purged, you're in the clear. Note that you can decline to purge Yezhov, but doing so will boost paranoia and cost you some political power.

Anyways, what happens next also depends on who you want to save.

If you are going to save the generals who get purged, rush towards Plan for the Coup.
If you are planning on saving the advisors, take Cooperation against Stalin, and either Align the Zinovyevites or Liberate Ryuten - you hypothetically have time for both, but the more time you waste, the more chance you risk of Stalin purging advisors who you otherwise would save. Afterwards, rush Plan for the Coup.

Regardless, as soon as Plan for the Coup is finished, immediately click the decision to sway the head of the NKVD to your cause, and take Dissent in the Party. It should finish before the NKVD head is swayed to your cause, so go straight for Coup 'etat, and clicking the decision to eliminate Stalin. You have an 80% chance of Stalin dying this way - consider disbanding the entire army beforehand if he survives, since you'll likely get a civil war afterwards. However, if he does die, congrats! But you're not out of the woods just yet - Latverinty Beria, who will replace Stalin, will continue down the Centre path, and should he finish Secure the Administration, the Bloodless coup option will be locked out, in which case, all your work will have been for naught. Afterwards, all that's left is to take either Return Democracy to the Party or The Enemies of the State to remove the Trotskyite Plot debuff.

Achievements[edit | edit source]

The Revolution Triumphant

Have Germany as a puppet of Soviet.

The Pope? How many Divisions does he have?

As the USSR take Rome.

Not a step back!

As the Soviet Union never lose 1 core territory to anyone before 1945.

One Step Forward

As Soviet Union declare a war on Poland and Germany before Germany attacks Poland.

The Soviet Onion

As the Soviet Union, have only puppets as neighbors.

The Romanovs laugh last

Restore the Romanovs to the throne and conquer Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia,Turkey, and Bulgaria.

We don't really like statistics

As the Soviet Union under Stalin, conquer Germany while suffering less than 1 million casualties total.

Race for Germany

As the Soviet union, capitulate Germany after the fall of France before the allies control one German core state.

Just proper gander

As the Soviet Union, activate 30 propaganda campaigns before 1945.

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