AHChallenge: Soviet Capital City in the East

The challenge is to have the capital of USSR towards Transcaucasus, Ural, or beyond.
PODs are up to you, but earlier is better.

Thanks in advance!
 

Sumeragi

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The revolution is crushed by the Allies, and the remaining Party Members go beyond the Urals to establish the USSR.
 
Someone crushes western Russia be it the Allies during the Revolution or the Nazis and they set up shop there.
 
The Soviet Leadership, either worried as a result of the ease in which the Nazi's invaded the Westerns SSRs or feeling more threatened by the Allies/NATO right after the war (quicker and/or more nasty parting of ways), decides that keeping the capital in the West is simply to dangerous, and perhaps it also dawns on them that the seat of power and authority being in one of the most populated parts of the Union could be dangerous in the case of future revolt, thus making them decide the best idea is to relocate the capital East, most likely to a large, purpose built city.

If Japan falls to the Soviets and China's less of a problem their's a slight chance they might just relocate to Vladivostok, but given its position I figure even then they'd go with a purpose built city far away from any threats.
 
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There were plans to move Stalin and the Party apparatus east if the Germans actually made it into Moscow. They set up an alternate capital at Kuibichev in 1941. Had the lines of battle moved a bit differently the apparat would have moved there.

The question becomes "once the capital is moved from Moscow, how do you keep it in Kuibichev after the war?"

The easiest way might be to have Stalin angry at Moscow for cooperating with German invaders while under occupation; it was more than enough for other groups to get on his bad side.
 
There were plans to move Stalin and the Party apparatus east if the Germans actually made it into Moscow. They set up an alternate capital at Kuibichev in 1941. Had the lines of battle moved a bit differently the apparat would have moved there.

The question becomes "once the capital is moved from Moscow, how do you keep it in Kuibichev after the war?"

The easiest way might be to have Stalin angry at Moscow for cooperating with German invaders while under occupation; it was more than enough for other groups to get on his bad side.
Maybe the Nazis themselves decide to burn Moscow to the ground.
 
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