History Characters / RedFloodRussia

* MeetTheNewBoss: In the end of the day, no matter how modern and wealthy the Novy Kurs has made it, this new Russia forged from Drozdovsky's ambitions will still be the same; being led by a military strongman as its regent and a monarch (if there even is one) delegating their authority to the Imperial Army.

* MythologyGag: The Liberal Reformist Kolchak's superevent music is another [[https://youtu.be/UBgQcj-9f8Q?feature=shared theme]] of the mod's former front-end [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGf_gR_yVX8&t=0s version]]

* MythologyGag: The Liberal Reformist Kolchak's superevent music is another [[https://youtu.be/UBgQcj-9f8Q?feature=shared theme]] of the mod's former front-end [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGf_gR_yVX8&t=0s theme]]

-->''"The smoke went up the chimney just the same."''

* VastBureaucracy: Drozdovsky "streamlines"and consolidates the Russian government bureaucracy in order to facilitate his reforms and to divest power from the military, a source of opportunists like him, from getting similar ideas of couping the Regent.

* MythologyGag: The Liberal Reformist Kolchak's superevent music is another [[https://youtu.be/UBgQcj-9f8Q?feature=shared theme]] of the mod's former front-end [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGf_gR_yVX8&t=0s Gibel Steregushchego theme]]

StatusQuoIsGod: Unlike his fellow unifiers, or even his usurpers, Kolchak does not offer anything new to the table regarding the many unique ideologies that Russia can potentially adopt; either only reforming to a Stolypinist constitutional monarchy or regressing to a reactionary regime at worst.
-->''The Alexiad continues; All in Safety Lasts...''

* CoolTrain: Drozdovsky will build more modern locomotives and a railroad system to in order to improve infrastructure of the Empire.

* MythologyGag: The Liberal Reformist Kolchak's superevent music is another [[version https://youtu.be/UBgQcj-9f8Q?feature=shared]] of the mod's former front-end [[theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGf_gR_yVX8&t=0s Gibel Steregushchego]]

* CoolTrain: Drozdovsky will build more modern locomotives and a railroad system to in order to improve infrasracture of the Empire.

->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Election)

->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Election)

* PresidentForLife: If Päts wins the first election after Estonia secures independence following the Baltic Governorate-General's collapse, he'll crush political opponents and turn himself into a dictator in the veins of the old Roman Republic.

->'''Ruling Party:''' Lineytsy

->'''Party:''' Lineytsy

->'''Party:''' Lineytsy

->'''Party:''' Chernomortsy

* PleaseSelectNewCityName: When the Kavkaz Society under Mayakovsky, Khlebnikov or Stalin reunifies Russia, it changes the names of several cities, with some names being those given by the Soviet Union in OTL[[note]]Ekaterinodar becomes Krasnodar, Tsaritsyn becomes Stalingrad, Novonikolayevsk becomes Novosibirsk, Petrograd becomes Krasnograd[[/note]].

->'''Role:''' Country Leader

->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Election)

->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Election)

->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Election)

* CorruptPolitician: To guide the Kavkaz Society's economic liberalisation, Severyanin inserts his cronies into core positions in the government, where they could furnish a suitable new dynamic 'class' of men and women worthy of the Future that lies ahead, whilst also conveniently being firmly in Severyanin's pocket.

->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Head of Military Intelligence (Mayakovsky or Mirsky cabinet), Country Leader (Successful coup against Severyanin)

%%*TheCoup:

!!''Vsevolod I/Andrei I''

[[caption-width-right:156:Despotist Vsevolod I]]

%%Puppet whose in-game ideology matches that of the regent

* PuppetKing: Tsar Vsevolod or Andrei is but a puppet for either Kolchak, Drozdovsky or Diterikhs after they take over Western Russia.

->'''Ruling Party:''' Otdel'naya Svodnaya Atamana Annenkova Armiya[[note]]Separate Consolidated Ataman Annenkov Army[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Otdel'naya Svodnaya Atamana Annenkova Armiya[[note]]Separate Consolidated Ataman Annenkov Army[[/note]]

* TheTheocracy: Bukhara is ruled by the Mujahideen whose allegiance is only to God Omnipotent and to the visible head of the Ummah, the Caliph in Constantinople. This holy brotherhood is an Army of Islam, whose creed is that given to us by Allah and preached by Muhammad, and not only seeks to invade the invaders, but also to restore the Caliph to his rightful position in Turkestan and the world, as he struggles to break the European shackles back in Anatolia.

->'''Role:''' Country Leader

->'''Role:''' Country Leader

!!''Boris Savinkov''[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/32_20240109134144.png]]

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!!''Boris Savinkov''
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Savinkov seeks to create a socialist Union of Sovereign Republics where everyone is equal through liberal use of terrorism, which he justifies by saying that he's only retaliating against misdeeds of others and fighting for the greater good.
* WesternTerrorists: Savinkov is the most wanted terrorist in Russia's recent history, and recruits many terrorist Socialist Revolutionaries against the Russian Empire after he takes power.

* BalkanizeMe: If the nationalists defeat Avalov during the anti-partisan operations in Vitebsk Governorate, the Baltic General-Governorate dissolves as Latvia and Estonia secure their independence, while the Slavic majority territories are annexed by the victor of the Summer Coup War in Central Russia.

* ActionPolitician: With the exception of Gorgulov, the possible leaders of the South-Eastern Union are Ataman, holding political and military leadership over the Cossacks and leading their army themselves.
* BornInTheSaddle: The South-Eastern Union is politically dominated by Cossacks, whose way of life revolves around horse riding.
* TheFederation: The South-Eastern Union is a confederation of Cossack hosts and non-Cossack regional polities, led by the respected old ataman Alexei Kaledin.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Ryabovil is the least authoritarian leader of the South-Eastern Union.

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Garegin Nzhdeh is a controversial figure in Armenia, being seen as an extreme ultra-nationalist and violent chauvinist by many of the socialist political estabilishment, and as a national hero by his Tseghakronists, who believe in a strict social hierarchy based on devotion to the Armenian nation. While this is a state secret, his birth name is Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan. Nzdeh was born to a poor family in the village of Kznut, in Nakchivan, born to a family of four of a local priest. Nzhdeh received his education through a Russian school in Nakhchievan City, and then continued his higher education in Georgia. During the Russian Revolution, he fled from Bulgaria and went back to his Armenian homeland, he led militias to liberate Western Armenia from Turkish rule according to the Wilsonian Treaty of Sevrés. Now he sits at the top of the Armenian political world after decades of intrigue, rallies, and denouncings of the socialist Government of Armenia. What future he shall bring to Armenia is up in the air.[[/labelnote]]

->'''Ruling Party:''' Otdel'naya Svodnaya Atamana Annenkova Armiya

->'''Party:''' Otdel'naya Svodnaya Atamana Annenkova Armiya

* TheFederation: Autonomist Siberia can be structured akin to Switzerland or akin to the old French Republic. In case Siberia decides to seek unity with other European polities in North Asia, it can form a faction called "European Union" as an alternative to joining the League of Nations.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Flag of the Commonwealth of the Soviets]]

* BalkanizeMe: If Zheltorossiya collapses, Harbin will fall into anarchy, while the rest of the Republic gets divided between 7 successor states[[note]]Harbin, Autonomous Army Territory, Free Creatorium, National Restoration Council, All-Russian People's Crusade, Priamurye, Republic of Green Ukraine[[/note]].

* ShoutOut: Gastev's "One State" path is a direct reference to the novel We.
* StateSec: In the "We" path, Gastev establishes the Bureau of Guardians, which purges any and all resistance / dissent to his rule.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Gastev seeks to create a socialist utopia with no poverty, no disease, and no hunger, at the cost of all freedom.

->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Chief of Army, Country Leader (Military coup)

->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Chief of Army, Country Leader (Military coup)

* PleaseSelectNewCityName: Saint-Petersburg was renamed Nevsk.

->'''Ideology:''' National Rejuvenatism[[note]]Accelerationism[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Intermarium victory)

* TheFundamentalist: Brastiņš is a neo-pagan who cleanses Latvia of the Christian plague and strengthens it with the Commandments of Power.

->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Intermarium victory)

* EvilReactionary: Rodzaevsky leads an ultra-reactionary army with the mission to free Manchuria, and eventually the whole of Russia, from all those who have led Russia astray--the Communists, the Freemasons, and the Jews.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: All of the leaders of the Kavkaz Society have a futurist vision of society where beneficial technology and egalitarian ideals go hand to hand, while advocating ruthless and uncompromising politics against those willing to stand in the way of their views. Notably, all of the reunification news events for the Kavkaz Society describe the fantastical advancements made in Russia alongside the darker side of their revolution, such as Mayakovsky's agressive rethoric, Mirsky's plans for world conquest and Khlebnikov's quase-insane experiments.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Flag of the Russian Republic of Labour]]