Bratsk Communal Vanguard

The Bratsk Communal Vanguard is one of the many warlords arising in the wake of the collapse of the Holy Russian Empire, following the death of Sergey Taboritsky. Put in direct opposition to the rump Siberian Black Army, they fight one of the few canon wars in the new wasteland of Russia, declaring war on the Siberian Free Territory. Unlike their genuinely anarchist rivals, any sort of anarchist doctrine the Bratsk Communal Vanguard may seem to hold is merely a veneer for their banditry.

History

Already before getting conquered, either by Taboritsky or another warlord, anarchism in the Free Territory had been actively undermined by those sworn to protect it. Under the leadership of Ivan Stepanov, high ranking officers of the Black Army sought to bring an end to anarchism from within. One of their number was Androniy Mishurenko, the oldest of the generals of the Army yet still aiming his sights high.

With the myriad of genocidal campaigns of the Holy Russian Empire, not much remained of Russia nor the Siberian Black Army, yet two figures of importance remained: Yevgeniya Taratuta and Androniy Mishurenko, both at odds as to what anarchism still meant. Taratuta retaining the egalitarian philosophy the Free Territory originally espoused and an ultra-individualist reading of it espoused by Mishurenko. With clashes intensifying between the two warlords, soon the time for war would come.

Military

The Vanguard largely consists of those Black Army soldiers that survived the nightmare of Taboritsky's empire. In high spirits and intensely loyal to Mishurenko, they are a serious force to be reckoned with in the wasteland. Yet their small number, compared to Taratuta's forces, means that their victory is far from assured.

Politics

Mishurenko's interpretation of anarchism sees absolute freedom for himself and his men. To drink, plunder and kill as they please. In practice this means that despite their ostensible anarchist rhetoric and garb, the Vanguard operates as a de facto bandit state: the people being largely left to their own devices in their day to day lives, but the soldiers of the Vanguard being free to steal and plunder from the populace as they please. Even killing civilians should they get in the way of their robberies.

Albeit non-canon, the Vanguard is also the only post-Taboritsky warlord explicitly stated to be on the verge of collapse should the player re-unify Russia with them.

Flags

Flags
Flag	Country Name	Ideologies	Notes
	Bratsk Communal Vanguard	Vanguard Anarchism
	All-Russian Liberation Vanguard		Russian reunification