Eventually, he begins to raid areas around Tashkent. During this crisis, my protagonist takes over an oil refinery and slowly begins gaining control of factories and other industry. The remnants of the Soviet Union east of the Urals retreat to protect Omsk and Novosibirk. In my story, Tashkent initially emerges from the chaos and starts claiming independence from the USSR.
Only that no influence and/or help can come from west of the Urals.)Īfter the attack, what was left of the government and/or military on the east side of the Urals was waiting for some good news from the capital while weathering the crisis and the rising chaos. How it gets to this point is not relevant to the question. The consequences of the nuclear attack is that the USSR west of the Ural mountains is either destroyed or disrupted such that we can assume the area has been 'wiped out.' (Please accept this as a condition of the question.
Nukes start flying - but for the purpose of the question, let's just focus on the Eastern part of the conflict, the USSR. In an alternative universe the Cold War (circa 1975) turns hot after some satellite communications errors.
