Sablin's revolt has a chance to put the final nail in the coffin and end the Soviet Union for good. After the fall of Moscow, this rump USSR controlled most of the Russian Far East, but as time went on, many of Yagoda's lieutenants refused to follow his orders or turned to the reactionaries of the Harbin Three, leaving Yagoda only with his personal domain in Irkutsk. Vestigial Empire: Genrikh Yagoda's petty warlord state based in Irkutsk is the "official" Soviet Union, as it contains the remnants of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.Starter Villain: If playing as Buryatia, the player will first need to deal with Irkutsk and finish Sablin's mutiny before they can do anything else.Secret Police: The NKVD, already one of the most dreaded organizations in the pre-war Soviet Union, became even more omnipresent in Yagoda's Irkutsk, taking most of the state functions for themselves and helping their chief to eliminate any opposition to his tyrannical rule.Especially more appropriate considering the executions of everyone who stands in Yagoda's way during said unification. Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You: The image for the event announcing to the world that Irkutsk has united the Far East features a NKVD Executioner doing this.The Party faction represented by Bessonov argues that the state should be subordinate to the will of the Party, and is more idealistic, while the State faction led by Yagoda argues for the reverse and is more pragmatic. Right Hand Versus Left Hand: There is a power struggle within the Soviet remnants between the Party faction and the State faction (i.e.His government has the strongest claim to be the successor of the original Bukharin government in Moscow, as the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was evacuated to Irkutsk after the fall of the Union. The Remnant: Genrikh Yagoda leads a portion of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Irkutsk, after their defeat during the Second World War.The term is even used in the reaction quote when Irkutsk unifies the Russian Far East. Reign of Terror: Irkutsk's unification of the Russian Far East is unmistakably this, especially as the NKVD executes each leader of the defeated factions.After Irkutsk unites up to the regionals, Yagoda gradually downplays this by bringing civilian life back to normal, though his Securocracy still plays a heavy role in state control. Police State: The Soviet Union under Yagoda's rule has completely degenerated into a police state controlled by the NKVD.Kangaroo Court: As Irkutsk conquers the other Far Eastern warlords, they organize rigged trials against them, with the punishment usually concluding with death.Needless to say, this has left the Yagoda and the Presidium very bitter. In little over two decades, they've lost Moscow to Germany, splintered into numerous statelets after the disastrous Siberian War, and now face a Sablinite mutiny that threatens to wipe them off the map. Humiliation Conga: History has not been kind to the Soviet remnants in Irkutsk.
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Historical In-Joke: In real life, Yagoda and his cabinet were among the defendants in the Trial of the Twenty-One.Once the mutiny is finished, Yagoda learns from his mistakes and makes some token reforms to fix the Union's worst excesses, even if the general authoritarian atmosphere remains in place. Dystopia Is Hard: Yagoda's political repressions is what drove so many to join Sablin and start a mutiny that has a fair chance of defeating Irkutsk.However, Yagoda's disastrous war with the Central Siberian Republic collapsed his domain, and Valery Sablin's mutiny threatens to end the old Union for good. When Moscow fell, NKVD chief Genrikh Yagoda claimed the Chairmanship and evacuated the Presidium to Irkutsk, and maintained Soviet authority through harsh political repression. Irkutsk, the current seat of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, is the official remnant of Bukharin's Soviet Union.
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