Another Freedom: The New Iron Curtain is an Hearts of Iron IV mod in progress which assumes the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1953 after the death of Stalin and the fall of Beria.
It's 1962, and 17 years have passed since World War II. In 1953, Joseph Stalin died, and the struggle for power had disastrous consequences for the Soviet Union, which, after a failed communist coup, finally lost to the new management of former NKVD officials. After the departure of gang of four: Kruglov, Meshik, Ryasnoy and Merkulov, power was transferred to Alexander Pokryshkin, who strengthens the positions of oligarchs and corporations, including creating a new, modernized army of the Russian Federation. The Soviet bloc collapsed, most of Moscow's satellites turned to NATO to avoid being absorbed back into the Soviet sphere of influence.
- Alternate History: In this timeline, the Soviet Union does not continue after Stalin's death and collapses a few months after that.
- The Alliance: In this timeline in 1962, NATO is much stronger than its OTL counterpart at the time.
- Dirty Communists: Despite the collapse of the USSR and the fall of the Soviet Union, communism is still very popular in the Russian Federation and dominates in South-east Asia.
- Allohistorical Allusion: The presented events that take place in 1953 are very similar to those from the period 1989-1991 OTL.
- America Takes Overthe World: Although the Dulles-Kruglov Agreement officially ended the Cold War, many claim that the US emerged victorious.
- The Dictatorship: Many post-Soviet countries have problems with democratization, which has resulted in the creation of dictatorships in Belarus, Russia and Central Asia.
- Balkanize Me: The Soviet Union collapsed, which means that 14 Soviet republics declared independence.
