Borders in Eastern Europe are in need of major update. I really hope that patch 1.10 "Barbarossa" is about the USSR and the Eastern Front, and not like 1.9 "Husky" without Italy. So, if you want to rework the Eastern Front, I have a couple of complaints about the current state of the regions there and I'm not sure if you will do everything right, like, for example, with the Balkans (no offense to whoever did it)
So, let's start at the very first - standard borders. After the partition of Poland, the eastern part is taken over by the USSR. However, in life the boundaries were not as smooth and perfect as in the game. For example, Suwalki was occupied by Germany and played a large role in the offensive against the USSR, because it was thanks to this protrusion that the Wehrmacht managed to encircle the USSR troops in Bialystok.
Next comes Vilnius, which was transferred to Lithuania on October 10, 1939. But in the game there is no decision for the USSR to transfer these territories.
The next part is the Reichskommissariat. In Hoi4 they are absolutely terrible. It would be better if they were not, than they were as they are.
Let's start with Ostland. In the game, it occupies the entire territory of Belarus and the Baltic States, but if you look at the map, it becomes clear that it was only a small piece of Belarus in the south. To help the developers find errors, I will attach a map of the territories of the Reichskommissariat so that you can determine which territories were under their control. Grodno, Bialystok, Brest, Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Mozyr and Polesie were not part of Ostland. I tried to roughly repeat the territory of Ostland in the game. It worked out or not for you to decide.
The next and last commissariat is Ukraine. In the game, it occupies the entire territory of Ukraine, even Southern Bessarabia and Lviv. Let's start with the border with Romania:
Ukraine occupied the territory east of Odessa. The border between the Governorate of Transinistria (the territory occupied by Romania) ran along the Bug River. Vinnytsia was not part of the Transinistria, but was divided in half between Ukraine and Romania.
Lvov and Stanislavov in the west were also not part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine. These territories were transferred to the control of the General Government, which is not in the game (why, developers?).
Here I could not figure out exactly how these territories were allocated, so here the
developers will think for themselves. Now the most interesting thing is the eastern part. As I said, the present Belarusian cities of Mozyr and Pinsk were not part of Ostland. Instead, they were placed under Ukrainian control. So the northern border of the Reichskommissariat began on the Belarusian territory - Brest-Litovsk, Pinsk and Mozyr. After Mozyr, the territory went a little to the east and went down, almost parallel to the Dnieper River. Reaching and crossing Kiev, the borders began to deviate to the east. After reaching Poltava, the territory went down again, leaving Kharkov and the southeastern territories outside the borders. I also tried to repeat the borders, and I did it very well.
I also want to say a few words about Soviet cities. There are several cities in the game that are called modern. In the 1930s, they had completely different names. Here is a list of them:
Ganja - Kirovabad
Gyumri - Leninakan
Stavropol - Voroshilovsk (renamed on 1935 until 1943)
Soligorsk was founded on 1958, but it appears in 1936 and 1939
Golmud also was founded on 1960.
(All in-game screenshots were taken on 1.10.1)
(By the way, it would be nice to add new Reichskommissariats like Moscow, Turkestan, Dov-Volga, Caucasus)
So, let's start at the very first - standard borders. After the partition of Poland, the eastern part is taken over by the USSR. However, in life the boundaries were not as smooth and perfect as in the game. For example, Suwalki was occupied by Germany and played a large role in the offensive against the USSR, because it was thanks to this protrusion that the Wehrmacht managed to encircle the USSR troops in Bialystok.
Next comes Vilnius, which was transferred to Lithuania on October 10, 1939. But in the game there is no decision for the USSR to transfer these territories.
The next part is the Reichskommissariat. In Hoi4 they are absolutely terrible. It would be better if they were not, than they were as they are.
Let's start with Ostland. In the game, it occupies the entire territory of Belarus and the Baltic States, but if you look at the map, it becomes clear that it was only a small piece of Belarus in the south. To help the developers find errors, I will attach a map of the territories of the Reichskommissariat so that you can determine which territories were under their control. Grodno, Bialystok, Brest, Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Mozyr and Polesie were not part of Ostland. I tried to roughly repeat the territory of Ostland in the game. It worked out or not for you to decide.
The next and last commissariat is Ukraine. In the game, it occupies the entire territory of Ukraine, even Southern Bessarabia and Lviv. Let's start with the border with Romania:
Ukraine occupied the territory east of Odessa. The border between the Governorate of Transinistria (the territory occupied by Romania) ran along the Bug River. Vinnytsia was not part of the Transinistria, but was divided in half between Ukraine and Romania.
Lvov and Stanislavov in the west were also not part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine. These territories were transferred to the control of the General Government, which is not in the game (why, developers?).
Here I could not figure out exactly how these territories were allocated, so here the
I also want to say a few words about Soviet cities. There are several cities in the game that are called modern. In the 1930s, they had completely different names. Here is a list of them:
Ganja - Kirovabad
Gyumri - Leninakan
Stavropol - Voroshilovsk (renamed on 1935 until 1943)
Soligorsk was founded on 1958, but it appears in 1936 and 1939
Golmud also was founded on 1960.
(All in-game screenshots were taken on 1.10.1)
(By the way, it would be nice to add new Reichskommissariats like Moscow, Turkestan, Dov-Volga, Caucasus)
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