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From the Office of the Minister of Gas Industries
The following is classified​

First Budget of the Year 1986
First Draft​


Budget
Total Spending: 148,000 million
Total Income: 151,000 million
Total Balance +1000 million

Production
Agriculture: 18345 million
Manufacturing: 9075 million
Construction: 3780 million
Transportation: 12155 million
Raw Materials: 10575 million
Service: 6335 million
Total: 60,265 million

Trade
Import: 4060 million
Export: 4385 million
Balance: 325 million

Military
Troops: 5719 million
Weapons: 19718 million
Total: 25437 million

Economic Aid
Republics: 1798 million
Eastern Bloc: 3181 million
Economic Aid: 500 million
Total: 4979 million

Credit
Debt Payments: 480 million

Research & Development
Civil: 690 million
Military: 635 million
Space: 465 million
Total: 1790 million

Government
Administration: 4085 million
Civil Police: 1525 million
Security Police: 1650 million
Health: 1835 million
Education: 3395 million
Public Works: 2035 million
Unemployment/Pensions: 11445 million
Leisure/Entertainment: 434 million
Total: 24904 million

Signed: Viktor S. Chernomyrdin, Minister of Gas Industry
 
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Name: Gottschalk Sauber
Date of Birth: October 4th, 1950
Faction: Nationalist
Soviet Republic: Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

Biography:

Born into a family of Volga Germans who had been deported from their homes to Kazakhstan alongside tens of millions of others, Gottschalk Sauber has long fought to keep the unique identity of the Volga Germans alive even as a persecuted minority; remembering and teaching the German language to those Wolgadeutsche born in Kazakhstan. The idea of an autonomous state for the Volga Germans within Kazakhstan was crushed by a wary Communist Party in 1979, and since then the national aspirations of the Volga Germans remained dormant. With the rise of nationalism and the seeming slow collapse of the USSR Gottschalk and a handful of others formed the Volga German Liberty League (Ger: Wolgadeutschen Freiheitsliga) dedicated to the establishment of a Wolgadeutsche homeland as a successor to the Wolga ASSR; although obviously not communist. Although his back-to-home approach is often at loggerheads with those who wish to see an autonomous republic in Kazakhstan; Gottschalk is willing to work with the opposition. Gottschalk would prefer non-violence but is not above getting his hands dirty to see that his people return to their true home.

((Yes, I know that the picture is actually Anatoly Lunacharsky >.>))
 
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Военно-морской флот СССР
Military Maritime Fleet of the USSR

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL ​


After receiving authorization from Comrade General Secretary, I order that naval units of the Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet are to be immediately deployed to the coast of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. Their orders are to establish a 10 kilometers deep zone from the coast to sea; inside the Soviet Territorial Waters. All shipping in this zone will be boarded and inspected, as we have reasons to believe that the counterrevolutionaries are receiving smuggled weapons. These boarding operations will be coordinated with officials from the KGB and Internal Forces. I also announce that detachments of 336th Guards 'Białystok' Naval Infantry Brigade in Baltiysk will immediately be put on full alert and prepared to board ships to be landed at Klaipeda and Palanga, to secure the port facilities from counterrevolutionary and hitlerite aggression.

~ Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Marko Ramius, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, Hero of the Soviet Union
 
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Chairman of the Committee for State Security
Order to all agents and soldiers operating in the Lithuanian SSR​

All captured counterrevolutionary insurgents are to handed over to the execution squads and are to executed as soon as possible. All those suspected of harboring counterrevolutionary insurgents are to be arrested and detained. All those suspected of sympathizing with counterrevolutionary forces are to arrested and detained. If a foreign agent is captured immediately bring him to a superior officer so that he may be taken to Moscow for questioning. These orders are absolute, anyone disobeying these orders will detained by the KGB.

~Konstantin Vladimirovich Nikogerov

I also would like to announce my support for Comrade Chernomyrdin's purposed budget and encourage my fellow members of the Politburo to do the same.

~Konstantin Vladimirovich Nikogerov, Chairman for the Committee of State Security
 
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General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union​

Comrades, I am disheartened by the continued riots in the Baltics and urge those actively participating in it and or otherwise fanning the flames to stop, they are only hurting our great Union and leading us into further devastation.

In regards to Comrade Sakharov and his demands that we allow his wife to travel to the West for surgery I, and the rest of the Politburo, have come to agreement that she be allowed to go, accompanied by government officials, and receive such. I must express to Comrade Sakharov that the government is open to providing for the surgery as is our duty and service to all people of our great Union. Nevertheless, I leave judgement up to him and his wife.

Vitaly Mikhailovich Bakatin
 
From the Office of the Minister of Gas Industries
The following is classified​

Budget of the Year 1986
Second Draft​


Budget
Total Spending: 150,458 million
Total Income: 148,058 million
Total Balance -2400 million

Production
Agriculture: 18345 million
Manufacturing: 9075 million
Construction: 3780 million
Transportation: 12155 million
Raw Materials: 10575 million
Service: 6335 million
Total: 60,265 million

Trade
Import: 4060 million
Export: 4385 million
Balance: 325 million

Military
Troops: 5719 million
Weapons: 19718 million
Total: 25437 million

Economic Aid
Republics: 1798 million
Eastern Bloc: 3181 million
Economic Aid: 300 million
Total: 4779 million

Credit
Debt Payments: 280 million

Research & Development
Civil: 590 million
Military: 735 million
Space: 465 million
Total: 1790 million

Government
Administration: 4085 million
Civil Police: 1525 million
Security Police: 1650 million
Health: 1835 million
Education: 3395 million
Public Works: 2035 million
Unemployment/Pensions: 17445 million
Leisure/Entertainment: 234 million
Total: 30704 million

Signed: Viktor S. Chernomyrdin, Minister of Gas Industry
 
I would agree with Comrade Chernomyrdin's latest budget draft, but I deem the cuts to military equipment budget too large. On other aspects the proposed budget seems good.

~ Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Marko Ramius, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, Hero of the Soviet Union
 
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A brief Recap of January to August of 1986​


Москва - What could be called one of the Communist Party's greatest disasters unfolded during the early months of 1986. Determined to balance the budget by any means necessary, the Politburo allowed the Minister for the Gas Industry to draft the budget. As it would be, he didn't seem to know how to add numbers correctly, and the budget that he proposed showed a negative balance, when in reality, it was to post a very large surplus of money. However, in order to achieve these cuts, massive cuts were made to Unemployment provisions, and more importantly, welfare rolls. Of the thousands upon thousands of people who relied on meager government funds to live on, were suddenly told that they could no longer get such benefits. This, along with the working class of people who say this as the telltale sign that they would not get any pensions, and would not be able to live past their prime working age.

Even while police presence was ramped up, it was of no use to the Politburo. The same frenzy that stuck Russia during the Russian Revolution flared across the country, as thousands simply threw down their work tools, and refused to work. The country seemed to grind to a halt, while the Soviet Military seemed unsure of what actions to take.

General Secretary Bakatin ordered, at all costs, that Bulgaria be invaded and a new government put in power that was friendly to Moscow. Soviet Soldiers and Tanks charged across the border, and before reaching Sofia, were confronted with soldiers and tanks of the United States Army. A public warning was issued by President Reagan that if the Soviet Union advanced one more foot, it would become a war between the two powers. General Secretary Bakatin was advocating for a first strike against the United States in order to try and win against them

Finally, on March 19th, 1986, the Soviet Army stated a Coup d'état against General Secretary Bakatin, removing him from power, and placing Konstantin Nikolaievitch Berezin as the new General Secretary of the Soviet Union, confident that he would be able to try and bring stability to the country. While in power, however, the Military was able to make quick reforms, bringing the military budget to new heights, and restoring the pensions and unemployment from before.

The Bulgaria Crisis was ended when the new General Secretary ordered all soldiers out of Bulgaria, while free elections took place, crushing the Communists there. Bulgaria was quickly admitted as a member nation of NATO, due to the highly belligerent nature of the Soviet Union.

One of the more striking aspects after the coup, was a small amount of reforms that came out of the new government, who many thought was being guided by the military, and Gottschalk Sauber quickly rose through the ranks in Kazakhstan, where he began to advocate for an autonomous German Republic to be recreated along the Volga River. Many thought, even, that he wanted an independent, German, state along the Volga River. Many of his actions were backed up by a trickle of migration back to the old Volga ASSR, where the small minority quickly began to grow.

In Chechnya, fighters seemed to have disappeared into the mountains after killing several Soviet soldiers on garrison duties. This did not compare to the continued slaughter in Afghanistan, where soldiers were killed more and more each day with American-made weapons. Whispers were heard within the Politburo that a withdrawal at this point would be the best for the nation.

In the Ukrainian SSR, riots against the Soviet Government began anew, as they disliked the current working conditions, and general mistrust of rule from Moscow. They demanded their own, independent nation, free from the Soviet Union. While Soviet Police and Military Units stood by, none of them fired, and it was not known if this was due to lack of orders, or solidarity with the protestors.

However, the military was on the move in Lithuania, as protests against the Soviet Government were crushed, and any semblance of a "Lithuanian Liberation Army", armed by the United States, never materalised. Tensions remained higher, however, as the entire SSR was placed under military occupation.

 
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1986 Mid-Year Budget and Soviet Economy​
State of the Soviet Union
Gross Domestic Product: 1,867,753 million
National Bank: -3095.692078 million
Population: 279,893 million
Food: 3 /9
Health: 3 /9
Housing: 3 /9
Employment: 5 /9
Personal Income: 2 /9
Consumer Goods: 2 /9
Public Services: 2 /9
Law and Order: 6 /9
Civil Rights: 1 /9
Education: 5 /9
Budget
Total Spending: 160,970 million
Total Income: 137,796 million
Total Balance -23174 million
Production
Agriculture: 18345 million
Manufacturing: 9075 million
Construction: 3780 million
Transportation: 12155 million
Raw Materials: 10575 million
Service: 6335 million
Total: 60,265 million
Trade
Import: 4060 million
Export: 4385 million
Military
Troops: 9781 million
Weapons: 25791 million
Total: 35572 million
Economic Aid
Republics: 1798 million
Eastern Bloc: 3181 million
Foreign Aid: 300 million
Total: 5279 million
Credit
Debt Payments: 201.2199851 million
Research & Development
Civil: 590 million
Military: 735 million
Space: 465 million
Total: 1790 million
Government
Adminstration: 4085 million
Civil Police: 1525 million
Security Police: 1650 million
Health: 1835 million
Education: 3395 million
Public Works: 2035 million
Unemployment/Pensions: 38945 million
Leisure/Entertainment: 534 million
Total: 54004 million
 
((Your budgeting makes no sense to me, unless you have hidden numbers I have no clue how you are coming to your conclusions. That said, we're boned))
 
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Name: Kirill Feodorovich Govorov
Born: June 8th, 1913 (73)
Birthplace: Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Faction: Hardliner
Position: Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defence Industry
Bio: Born in Moscow in 1913 to peasants who had just moved from the countryside to the city to find work the factories. Kirill and his family lived in great poverty until the October Revolution of 1917, when his father actively took part in the uprisings and gained a secretarial position in the Moscow Soviet. By 1930, Kirill's father had risen to prominence in Moscow and was a rising star in the Communist Party, with this influence he secured Kirill a chance to study at the 1st Revolutionary High Composite School, where he proved to be an able military mind and somewhat skilled leader of men. He graduated in 1936 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant and placed in a Ukrainian military installation. He went on to participate in the Soviet invasion of Poland and received a promotion to Major for his decisive leadership. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union two years later, Kirill immediately transferred back to the front lines to fight the German invaders and once more proved his leadership skills. He went on to participate in the Liberation of Stalingrad and the push into Germany and was noted for his tactical skills during the attack on Berlin. With the end of the war he was promoted to Major General and awarded 'Hero of the Soviet Union' for his actions. After the war he served in the General Staff and worked closely with Marshal Zhukov. He was once more promoted to Colonel General in 1952 and posted to the People's Republic of Hungary to aid in training their army and as a emissary from Moscow. In 1955 he was made Deputy Minister of Defence by Zhukov and served in this capacity until 1956, when he was given command of a portion of the Soviet forces that entered Hungary to suppress the Revolution. He resumed his advisory status to the Hungarian Army until 1963 when he was once more called to serve in the General Staff. He was party to the removal of Khrushchev and formed a friendship with Leonid Brezhnev which culminated in his promotion to General of the Army. He was instrumental in stopping the Prague Spring in 1968 and was noted for brutality in ending the uprising. He was made Minister of Defence in 1974 and received the ultimate honor of being promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1976. He retired from his position as Minister of Defence in 1979 and was made a candidate member of the Politburo before receiving full membership the following year. With Brezhnev's death in 1982 he found himself without a powerful friend to latch on. He nonetheless found himself being made Minister of the Defence Industry by Andropov and proved himself diligent and capable in this task. He went on to back Chernenko's bid for leadership, which was successful, but lasted for only a year. Kirill remained largely quiet during Bakatin's brief tenure, but was one of the officers who was instrumental in deposing him and bringing Berezin to the forefront.
 
Memorandum on the conduct of war in Afghanistan
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
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Comrades, as we have noticed the Afghanistan war is growing more and more disastrous for us, our casualties are mounting day by day, and every day the enemy Mujahedeen receives more and more advanced weaponry from the west – in high quantities. Thus I have deemed it vital to write this memorandum dealing on possible changes to our general strategy in Afghanistan. I have several recommended operations we could pursue:

OPERATION MAGISTRAL:
This operation is to be launched along the Gardez-Khost highway, to relieve the besieged Afghan Army forces there. The operation is to be conducted with great urgency, and Special Forces are to pave way for the offensive. Use of heavy rocket artillery and aerial bombardment to clear out the mountain passes is recommended. Spetsnaz-GRU, VDV and Afghan Special Forces are to be used in aerial assault operations against the Mujahedeen forces retreating and to capture the vital mountain pass of Satukandav .

OPERATION KINGFISHER:
The goal of this operation is that all unnecessary offensive actions against the Mujahedeen forces in the periphery are to be ceased, and all available forces from those distant areas are to be moved to secure the following vital supply routes and to establish a safe perimeter along them: Kabul-Termez; Kabul-Kandahar; Herat-Kandahar; Kabul-Jalalabad; Chulm-Kunduz-Faizabad. Negotiations are to be immediately made with less radical groups and tribes in areas along this routes – to persuade them to cease attacks on Soviet convoys and to offer them to join in with the Afghan government’s army as paramilitaries.

OPERATION CRIMSON-1:
Spetsnaz-GRU, Spetsnaz and VDV forces are to start an immediate campaign to destroy as many Mujahedeen camps as possible in the mountain regions. Aerial transportation and aerial assaults by helicopters are to be used. Use of heavy weaponry including fuel-air weapons, rocket artillery and helicopter gunships against suspected camps spotted by the Special Forces are to be committed at once. If separately agreed, Scud missiles are to be also used to crush the Mujahedeen strongholds.

OPERATION CRIMSON-2:
Extension to previous Operation Crimson-1. Spetsnaz, GRU and VDV operatives from the Moslem Republics of Central Asia are to be utilized in campaigns against the Mujahedeen training camps on Pakistani territories neighboring Afghanistan. The troops are to be disguised as either Afghan or Mujahedeen and are to strike the enemy supply routes across the mountains and their camps in the region. The following Mujahedeen leaders identified by the GRU are to be eliminated in these special raids: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar; Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi; Jalaluddin Haqqani; as well as the Saudi national responsible for the creation of the Arab Mujahedeen fighting against us, Osama bin Laden.

OPERATION COMPASS:
In this operation Soviet Army personnel are to establish camps to train Afghan Democratic Republic soldiers and to create special, anti-insurgency groups to be equipped with surplus Soviet heavy weaponry. The loyalty of this groups must however be tested throughout by the GRU. KGB operatives are also to be sent to Afghanistan to train Afghan security forces.

OPERATION DIVIDER:
In the areas of Nimruz and Helmand the Soviet forces are to equip and train militias loyal to the Soviet Union from the local ethnic tribes. In the East (Asadabad) and in several Western areas Shiite groups are also to be trained and equipped to combat the primarily Sunni Mujahedeen. Surplus weapons are to be also given to these groups, and it must be underlined that these groups are to be secured as loyal to the Soviet Union primarily, and not to the Afghan Regime.

~ Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Marko Ramius, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, Hero of the Soviet Union
 
((Can we declare a new coup and put someone else in charge, like me?))
 
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