Russian Liberation Army

The Russian Liberation Army, also known as the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, is a Russian warlord state based in the city of Samara. It is controlled by the eponymous Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, a political organisation led by former Soviet general Andrey Vlasov that seeks to unite Russia under an anti-communist government. It borders the Republic of Tatarstan to the north, the Military Control Commission in Gorky to the north-west, the Vyatka Governorate to the north-east, the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic to the south, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Orenburg Communes to the east; and Reichskommissariat Moskowien to the west.

History

The Russian Liberation Army (ROA) was formed by the Greater Germanic Reich from Soviet World War II prisoners of war and deserters under the leadership of General Andrey Vlasov, who agreed to collaborate after he was captured. In propaganda, the ROA was depicted as a proud Russian army fighting the Bolshevik menace. Reality was much less flattering to the ROA: Instead of being welcomed as liberators by their countrymen, the ROA was often greeted with rocks and insults.

After the Great Patriotic War ended in victory for Germany, the ROA was formally established as a collaborator organisation to bolster the newly-formed Reichskommissariat Moskowien. However, with the great Bolshevik threat convulsing and tearing at itself, rival collaborationist groups could no longer reconcile their differences, and the ROA was not a favourite of the Reich.

With the West Russian Revolutionary Front preparing another strike from the east, Vlasov realised that this was the perfect opportunity to save his men, and himself, from the bleak fate that inevitably waited for them under the wings of the Reich's eagle. He came to an agreement with the leadership of the Russian All-Military Union, who also decided that they could stay under the shadow of the jackboot no longer; the German was their enemy just as much as the Bolshevik.

When the WRRF struck in 1956, in what would be known as the West Russian War, Vlasov volunteered to lead the charge of collaborationist forces towards the east, an endeavour that the Germans perceived as an old collaborator seeking to prove his usefulness. He also established the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (KONR), the embryo of a future anti-communist Russian Republic. In 1957, as the tide of the war started turning against the WRRF, the ROA marched onto the gates of the Front's capital, Samara.

After months of bitter and brutal fighting over the fortified city, Samara fell to the Russian Liberation Army, becoming the new bastion of anti-communism in West Russia and forcing the Front to retreat. As German troops marched eastward to secure the A-A line once more, they expected the collaborators to be loyal but were ambushed by ROA and ROVS troops, who seized the eastern parts of RK Moskowien as their own fiefdoms, from which they would try to reunify Russia under their vision.

Military

Army

The officers area are a disjointed mix of Red Army POWs who chose to join during the West Russian War rather than be sent to a POW camp, and white emigres who joined on a great crusade against Communism. The common soldiers were forced to join, originally being drafted at gunpoint by the Germans.

They fought with desperation and managed to help turn the tide of the West-Russian War in the sector around Samara. Today, they are feared across Russia as an army of veterans with iron discipline who were forged in the fires of the war.

Air force

Samara is one of the few Russian warlord factions to have an air force at their disposal, consisting of Soviet fighters dating back to WW2.

Foreign relations

While the ROA originated as German collaborators, they're also acclaimed for their betrayal against the Reich in the West Russian War, which marked the first Russian victory against Germany in the 20th century.

They have a poor relationship with the Germans, who have labeled them as mutineers and now have made it impossible for them to ever return west.

Cabinet

Starting cabinet

Cabinet member	Role	Ideology	Trait(s) and effects
Andrey Vlasov	Head of state	Military Junta	No Traits
Mikhail Meandrov	Head of government	Military Junta	No Traits
Vladimir Artsezo	Foreign minister	Naturalised National Socialism	No Traits
Dmitry Zakutnyy	Economy minister	Civilian Dictatorship	No Traits
Fyodor Trukhin	Security minister	Military Junta	No Traits

Bunyachenko cabinet

Cabinet member	Role	Ideology	Trait(s) and effects
Sergei Bunyachenko	Head of state	Civilian Dictatorship	No Traits
Georgy Zhilenkov	Head of government	Civilian Dictatorship	No Traits
Nikolay Sokolovsky	Foreign minister	Civilian Dictatorship	No Traits
Dmitry Zakutnyy	Economy minister	Civilian Dictatorship	No Traits
Fyodor Trukhin	Security minister	Military Junta	No Traits

Zykov cabinet

Cabinet member	Role	Ideology	Trait(s) and effects
Miletiy Zykov	Head of state	Anocracy	No Traits
Nikolay Trotisky	Head of government	Anocracy	No Traits
Fedir Bohatyrchuk	Foreign minister	Anocracy	No Traits
Leonid Samutin	Economy minister	Anocracy	No Traits
Vladimir Bayersky	Security minister	Anocracy	No Traits

Artsezo cabinet

Cabinet member	Role	Ideology	Trait(s) and effects
Vladimir Artsezo	Head of state	Naturalised National Socialism	No Traits
Vladimir Samarin	Head of government	National Socialism	No Traits
Vasily Malyshkin	Foreign minister	National Socialism	No Traits
Evgeny Sadovsky	Economy minister	National Socialism	No Traits
Alexander Albov	Security minister	National Socialism	No Traits

Unification

Quote upon Reunification:

Bunyachenko: "Do not drop from your hands the arms you have received, fight with the enemies of the people. You are being expected by the tortured peoples of Russia. Liberate them!" - Andrey Vlasov

Zykov: "The world thinks the Russian Revolution is at an end. Do not be mistaken. The Russian Revolution is just beginning" - Alexander Kerensky

Artsezo: "Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find nothing" - Aesop