History Main / PostSovietReunion

* The ''Literature/ZhirinovskysRussianEmpire'' timeline in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom has the eponymous RealLife eccentric, nationalist politician become President of Russia and later the whole post-Soviet Union after a cascade of events including Yeltsin's assassination during the 1991 coup attempt, and remain in power until he is overthrown by a popular revolution in 2003. The Soviet Union (minus the Baltic republics) is recreated as a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName fascist-esque]] federation known as the Union of Independent States, that launches or gets involved in wars in the dissolving Yugoslavia, Romania, Estonia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan besides doing its best to discourage its member republics from breaking away.

* ''VideoGame/FrontMission'' series: Wracked with economic hardships and internal conflicts after the dissolution of the USSR, the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States united in 2015 into the Republic of Zaftra, which went on to serve as a recurrent villainous faction as butted heads with the setting's other [[SpaceFillingEmpire space-filling empires]]. Belarus supposedly broke away from the CIS before the creation of Zaftra (per a [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental artbook]] for ''Front Mission 3''), but this is later contradicted by ''Front Mission 4'' (which is set 16 years earlier) showing it as Zaftran territory, implying that it seceded. By the time of ''Left Alive'' (2127), Zaftra has more or less descended into civil war, although ''Front Mission Evolved'' (2171) sees it completely unmentioned, leaving its fate ambiguous.

Sort of TruthInTelevision: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States Commonwealth of Independent States]] and the three organizations that sprung from it -- the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization Collective Security Treaty Organization]] (military alliance), [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union Eurasian Economic Union]] (economic bloc), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_State Union State]] (confederal political union) -- are a few attempts that have been made by Russia to restore the unity of the post-Soviet states in some shape or form, making them obvious choices for how to implement this trope in fiction. That said, a number of the post-Soviet states are '''not''' on board with the idea [[note]]and nobody, including Russia, is seriously considering bringing back socialism, with all the successor states committed to free market economics with limited state control (barring Belarus, which still has a high degree of centralized control) with varying degrees of kleptocracy[[/note]], and how it turned out to be is quite controversial to say the least, so it should go without saying that [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease real-life examples are not allowed with regards to this trope]].

Sort of TruthInTelevision: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States Commonwealth of Independent States]] and the three organizations that sprung from it -- the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization Collective Security Treaty Organization]] (military alliance), [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union Eurasian Economic Union]] (economic bloc), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_State Union State]] (confederal political union) -- are a few attempts that have been made by Russia to restore the unity of the post-Soviet states in some shape or form, making them obvious choices for how to implement this trope in fiction. That said, a number of the post-Soviet states are '''not''' on board with the idea [[note]]and nobody, including Russia, is seriously considering bringing back socialism, with all the successor states committed to free market economics with limited state control (barring Belarus, which still has a high degree of centralized control) with varying degrees of kleptocracy[[/note]], and how it turned out to be is quite controversial to say the least, so it should go without saying that [[{{Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease}} real-life examples are not allowed with regards to this trope]].

* The ''WebOriginal/ZhirinovskysRussianEmpire'' timeline in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom has the eponymous RealLife eccentric, nationalist politician become President of Russia and later the whole post-Soviet Union after a cascade of events including Yeltsin's assassination during the 1991 coup attempt, and remain in power until he is overthrown by a popular revolution in 2003. The Soviet Union (minus the Baltic republics) is recreated as a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName fascist-esque]] federation known as the Union of Independent States, that launches or gets involved in wars in the dissolving Yugoslavia, Romania, Estonia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan besides doing its best to discourage its member republics from breaking away.

* In the first ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'' game, the government of the Russian Federation is overthrown by an Ultranationalist coup, which accuses the former of betraying the Russian people by [[RussiaIsWestern siding with the Western countries]], and glorify the Soviet Union. They then spend the next few years securing control over Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan through mostly foul means, rebranding the resulting alliance as the Russian [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Democratic Union]], before going on a war of conquest against the rest of the former Soviet states with the aim of forcibly annexing them into the second coming of the USSR (whether they kept communism or not is not expanded upon).

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the world had only the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates as its single surviving superpower, with the closest contenders -- [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia post-Soviet Russia]] and the [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious People's Republic of China]] -- arguably not qualifying as true peers, especially in the earliest years following the dissolution. [[WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell This left many writers annoyed]], as they were now without an obvious choice for a country that could stand toe to toe with the US on the global stage, even if not necessarily as an enemy. Some try to argue that the modern Russia can fill in for the Soviet Union, especially as an [[MakeTheBearAngryAgain aggressive and neo-imperialist force]]. Others who are critical of such an idea for one reason or another turn to a [[UnitedEurope European superstate]], or making [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China]] or [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan]] grow into the leader of a huge Asian bloc.

* In the first ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'' game, the government of the Russian Federation is overthrown by an Ultranationalist coup, which accuses the former of betraying the Russian people by [[RussiaIsWestern siding with the Western countries]], and glorify the Soviet Union. They then spend the next few years securing control over Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan through mostly foul means, rebranding the resulting alliance as the Russian [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Democratic Union]], before going on a war of conquest against the rest of the former Soviet states with the aim of forcibly annexing them into the seconding coming of the USSR.

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the world had only the United States as its single surviving superpower, with the closest contenders -- [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia post-Soviet Russia]] and the [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious People's Republic of China]] -- arguably not qualifying as true peers, especially in the earliest years following the dissolution. [[WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell This left many writers annoyed]], as they were now without an obvious choice for a country that could stand toe to toe with the US on the global stage, even if not necessarily as an enemy. Some try to argue that the modern Russia can fill in for the Soviet Union, especially as an [[MakeTheBearAngryAgain aggressive and neo-imperialist force]]. Others who are critical of such an idea for one reason or another turn to a [[UnitedEurope European superstate]], or making [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China]] or [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan]] grow into the leader of a huge Asian bloc.

* ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'': In the aftermath of World War III, the Russian Federation had reabsorbed '''at least''' Belarus and Ukraine and became the New Soviet Union[[note]]Yes, the "New" is canonically part of the official name.[[/note]], one of the four superpowers of the post-[=WW3=] world order.