Second Soviet Civil War

Bloody civil war in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from the assassination of Premier Oleg Tikonov, November 2011 until ended by NATO forces March 2014.

History

Upon the assassination of Oleg Tikonov, Premier of the Soviet Union, power struggles for control started a chain of events that led to the Second Soviet Civil War.

Member nations of the Warsaw Pact saw their opportunity to rebel against the Soviet Union while USSR leaders were distracted by the power vacuum. Kiev was the starting point when it was seized by a coalition of ethnic and nationalist groups that then formed the Ukraine Peoples Republic. Two weeks later, Czechoslovakia and East Germany left the Warsaw Pact. Director of the KGB, Admiral Sergei Tarantoff, instituted martial law and assumed command of the Soviet military.

The Second Soviet Civil War began with one side loyal to Tikonov's liberal policies and the other to conservative Communism.

Shortly after the declaration of martial law, the Soviet Army collapsed, resulting in escalated bloodshed. In the resulting confusion, some Soviet military commanders launched nuclear warheads (ICBM's) at western targets. This caused NATO to intervene militarily to prevent massive casualties on both sides of the conflict. The Crippen Station, part of the Western Orbital Defense Network (WODeN), played a pivotal rule in destroying the ICBMs as part of the western nations satellite defenses.

NATO first liberated Czechoslovakia and Poland, then invaded the Soviet Union through the newly independent Latvian port of Riga. Riga was ultimately destroyed by a Conservative Soviet Army division using chemical weapons. Fanaticism like this led the liberal Soviet faction to become allies with NATO forces.

Western forces continued their intervention until the war ended with the surrender of the last Old Guard-controlled ICBM site to Loyalist forces in March 2014.

Aftermath

Meeting in Kiev, leaders of various Soviet political and ethnic groups dissolved the USSR. Seven independent Russian States were created in a loose confederation.

Meeting in newly reunited Berlin, leaders of the various Western powers, led by the British Prime Minister, merged NATO and the European Common Market into the Western Alliance.

Notable Dates

2011, Start of Second Soviet Civil War.

2013, Battle of Moscow. Brigadier Arthur Davion created a Baron.

2014, End of Second Soviet Civil War.

2014, Formation of the Western Alliance.

2014, Formation of the Democratic Republic of European Russia.

2014, Formation of the People's Union of Kazakh.

2014, Formation of the Islamic Republic or Turkmen.

2014, Formation of the Soviet Socialist Republic.

2014, Formation of the Democracy of Yakut.

2014, Formation of the Magadan Socialist Republic.

2014, Formation of the Confederation of Free Orient Peoples.

References

• DropShips and JumpShips - pp 6
• The Star League - pg. 7-9