Симъ побѣдиши! ("By this sign, conquer!") | ||||||||||||
| Anthem | "How Glorious is Our Lord in Zion" | |||||||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Moscow | |||||||||||
| Other cities | St. Petersburg Kiev Kazan | |||||||||||
| Language | Russian | |||||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy | |||||||||||
| Demonym | Russian | |||||||||||
| Government | Fascist one-party totalitarian dictatorship | |||||||||||
| Legislature | State Duma | |||||||||||
| Vozhd | Alexander Kolchak (1929–1947) | |||||||||||
| Chief of the Duma | Ivan Ilyin (1929–1947) | |||||||||||
| Area | 22,402,200 km² | |||||||||||
| Population | 170,548,000 (est. 1946) | |||||||||||
| Currency | Russian ruble (руб) | |||||||||||
Russia, officially the Russian State, was a totalitarian state between 1929 and 1947, when Alexander Kolchak and the All-Russian National Party controlled the country, transforming it in a dictatorship. During the Russian Civil War, Kolchak briefly served as the world's internationally recognized head of state until the White victory. Returning to power, Kolchak aimed to transform Russia into a totalitarian state, fomenting political paranoia and controlling the aspects of life in the country. The country is sometimes considered a continuation of the Russian Empire, although the claim isn't universally accepted by historiologists.
During the post-Civil War democratic era, Alexander Kolchak became increasingly more involved with Russian fascism and nationalism. In a coup d'état, the Russian Army, led by Kolchak, overthrew and replaced President Viktor Chernov under the claim of Bolshevik sympathies. As Supreme Ruler, and mentored by Ivan Ilyin, Alexander Kolchak aimed to centralize the government, suppress all political opposition, began the policy of Russification, and inaugurated a command mixed economy. As a result of this and the military spending, Russia underwent a period of rapid industrialization and restored economic stability. During this time, the construction of roads and the mass investment in the Armed Forces also helped to boost the regime's popularity.
Central features of the regime were Racism, Russian supremacy, Ultranationalism, and later, antisemitism. Other ethnic groups during Kolchak's regime were subject of persecution, genocide, mass murder, forced migration and labour, when the Gulag labour camp system was also expanded in this period. Russian citizens with mental or physical disabilities were murdered in hospitals and asylums. Paramilitary squads also accompanied and assisted the Army in the search and seizure of undesirable individuals, later known as the Holocaust. Throughout the war, Kolchak fomented political paranoia, seeking to eliminate all opposition to him inside the Party, conducting the Great Purge, removing actual and perceived opponents through mass arrests.
On 1940, Russia signed the Steinhoff–Konovalets Pact, then invading and dissolving the Intermarium and starting World War II. By early 1942, Russian and its allies controlled much of Europe, establishing puppet states in several areas. While the invasion of Germany was successful, the German and Western resurgence, as well as the Japanese raids and invasions in the East forced the Russian Army to retreat, being pushed back to the pre-1940 borders by 1946. After the Caucasus campaign and the invasion of Russia, Ivan Ilyin signed the surrendering terms on 30 March 1947. The victorious Allies initiated a policy of dekolchakification and put many of the surviving leadership on trial for war crimes at the Odessa trials.
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