1942
Imperial cabinet in 1942:
Political leadership: His Imperial Majesty Pyotr IV Wrangel, effective supreme leader of imperial state, excercising great influence in internal and external affairs, military, security aparatus and even economy. Prime Minister Vlasov is a mere deputy and confidant of supreme leader, parliament is a paper institution, with Wrangel's circle being the real origin of Russian legislation. Ministry of economic development strictly follows Wrangel's conception of corporativist state, with Wrangel often directly interfering in ministry work with his wishes and ideas concerning ambitious plans about massive industrialization, agrarian reforms, infrastructural projects and electrification. Foreign policy is formally headed by Lev Gumilov, one of most visible representatives of Eurasianist movement. In spite of Wrangel having the first and final word in foreign policy also, the Eurasianist face of Russian foreign policy clearly shows that Wrangel's ambitions abroad are well synchronized with fundamental Eurasianist concepts.
Military, intelligence and security structures: Army and security aparatus are backbone of Wrangel's empire. Notorious Okhrana was restored and its strong hand prevents internal opposition even from breathing too loud. Flamboyant aristocrat Felix Yusupov, serving as prime minister in time of pre-Tsarist Wrangel's Autocracy before, is now coordinating work of intelligence services. Coups and assassinations are his favorite fields of professional interest. Military is divided among two competing factions: Old and young guard. War minister Field Marshal Anton Denikin is leading the first group. While also representing military influence in state politics, he pursues traditional ideals in military affairs, prefering brutal quality of enourmous quantity, supported by superior firepower, over modern experiments. Yong guard faction is gathered around Chief of Staff, General Sergei Markov, and commander of ground forces, General Jevgenij von Rommel. Those proponents of fast operations, performed by powerful armored spearheads, have many supporters and even more opponents of their doctrines. Such ballance in military structures is also result of Wrangel's interfering. The meaning of another in series of such autocrat's attempts is wish to create constructive rivalry inside military that would merge the best of both concepts. Navy and air forces are somehow still left in the rear, with navy still undergoing great reconstruction with focuss on strong open seas fleet while air force is serving more or less for support roles, usually operating as mere army or naval aviation force.
Economy: Russian economic policy is based on strict corporatist concepts. Agrarian sector raised from famine and ruins of civil war with goverment-promoted and funded massive agrarisation of countryside. New technologies were implemented with great care and surpluses of agrarian products ensure both Russian agrarian autarky and strong export of agrarian goods. Industrialization process is not that successful, but significant industrial growth can be detected. Predominant industrial central planning is mix of direct goverment control and indirect implementation of economic plans via means of crony private enterprise, with big private business with strong connections to regime following the game with various success. This brings along a lot of corruption and inefficiency, what makes industrialization less successful as it should be according to plans. More luck is present with infrastructural projects that are linked and reinforced with reconquests of infrastructural sites of great importance that were out of Russian reach before, like once Mongol-occupied and now liberated portion of trans-Siberian railroad, and Pacific port of Vladivostok that was held by Transamurese Russian collaborators of Tokyo until reconquest in recent Russo-Japanese conflict.
Foreign relations: Russian relations with the other world are mix of some old and many new factors. Russian Empire preserves traditionally good relations with Entente powers, with National France being closest Russian partner from that club. Relations with Germans are cold and warm at the same time, what is result from strong Russo-German lobby in Russia, good commercial ties with Mitteleuropa, German intervention in favor of White Forces during 1st Russian Civil War, but on the other hand also bitterness about German domination of Central Eastern Europe and strong rivalry between two great powers. Relations with Ottomans have improved recently as non-aggression pact was forged between two empires after Russian reconquest of entire Caucasus region, but this situation is uncertain in long-term predictions. Relations with Japanese were never good and are now on lowest level due to Russian success in Far East campaign. Due to strong loyalty to Eurasianist concepts and also due to sheer knowing of realistic capacities, Russia has not much interest anywhere outside Eurasian landmass. This pretty much marks the boundaries of general Russian ambitions.
Military, intelligence and security structures: Army and security aparatus are backbone of Wrangel's empire. Notorious Okhrana was restored and its strong hand prevents internal opposition even from breathing too loud. Flamboyant aristocrat Felix Yusupov, serving as prime minister in time of pre-Tsarist Wrangel's Autocracy before, is now coordinating work of intelligence services. Coups and assassinations are his favorite fields of professional interest. Military is divided among two competing factions: Old and young guard. War minister Field Marshal Anton Denikin is leading the first group. While also representing military influence in state politics, he pursues traditional ideals in military affairs, prefering brutal quality of enourmous quantity, supported by superior firepower, over modern experiments. Yong guard faction is gathered around Chief of Staff, General Sergei Markov, and commander of ground forces, General Jevgenij von Rommel. Those proponents of fast operations, performed by powerful armored spearheads, have many supporters and even more opponents of their doctrines. Such ballance in military structures is also result of Wrangel's interfering. The meaning of another in series of such autocrat's attempts is wish to create constructive rivalry inside military that would merge the best of both concepts. Navy and air forces are somehow still left in the rear, with navy still undergoing great reconstruction with focuss on strong open seas fleet while air force is serving more or less for support roles, usually operating as mere army or naval aviation force.
Economy: Russian economic policy is based on strict corporatist concepts. Agrarian sector raised from famine and ruins of civil war with goverment-promoted and funded massive agrarisation of countryside. New technologies were implemented with great care and surpluses of agrarian products ensure both Russian agrarian autarky and strong export of agrarian goods. Industrialization process is not that successful, but significant industrial growth can be detected. Predominant industrial central planning is mix of direct goverment control and indirect implementation of economic plans via means of crony private enterprise, with big private business with strong connections to regime following the game with various success. This brings along a lot of corruption and inefficiency, what makes industrialization less successful as it should be according to plans. More luck is present with infrastructural projects that are linked and reinforced with reconquests of infrastructural sites of great importance that were out of Russian reach before, like once Mongol-occupied and now liberated portion of trans-Siberian railroad, and Pacific port of Vladivostok that was held by Transamurese Russian collaborators of Tokyo until reconquest in recent Russo-Japanese conflict.
Foreign relations: Russian relations with the other world are mix of some old and many new factors. Russian Empire preserves traditionally good relations with Entente powers, with National France being closest Russian partner from that club. Relations with Germans are cold and warm at the same time, what is result from strong Russo-German lobby in Russia, good commercial ties with Mitteleuropa, German intervention in favor of White Forces during 1st Russian Civil War, but on the other hand also bitterness about German domination of Central Eastern Europe and strong rivalry between two great powers. Relations with Ottomans have improved recently as non-aggression pact was forged between two empires after Russian reconquest of entire Caucasus region, but this situation is uncertain in long-term predictions. Relations with Japanese were never good and are now on lowest level due to Russian success in Far East campaign. Due to strong loyalty to Eurasianist concepts and also due to sheer knowing of realistic capacities, Russia has not much interest anywhere outside Eurasian landmass. This pretty much marks the boundaries of general Russian ambitions.
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