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A Throne of Bayonets

A late 20th century Russian timeline by Kaisermuffin.


Premise and POD

What if the 'Gang of Eight', the force behind the August Coup in 1991, went forth with their plans, leading the USSR into chaos.


Chapters

Part One

To Build A Throne of Bayonets

Calling in the Boys

Post-Communist Politics

A Phone Call or Three

Heading for the Door

Those Pesky Kids

An Evening Drive and an Action Movie

DisUnited Nations/S.O.S

A Television Appearance

The Chickens Come Home to Roost

A Question of Semantics

An Unkind Interruption

The Joker in the Pack of Lies

Honour Amongst Thieves

A Road Trip

A Rehearsal

Thunder in Ukraine

Something Lost

This is Radio Leningrad

BROMAL

Knowing Me, Knowing UN

The Ural Gambit

Echos of Yekaterinburg

The Radetzky March

TERRAKOTA

Endgame

End Game Political Map (SPOILERS)

Part Two

A Pack of Cigarettes

A Graveyard Scene

Moscow Metro

Crime and Punishment

The Greatest Geopolitical Catastrophe of the Century

Exclusion Zone

In God's Kingdom

Deja-vouz

A Sad Song

Coffee in Grozny

We should dream

Solovki Vacation

Time to say Goodbye

Truth in News

Odessa-Saratov line

It turned out like always

Once Upon A Time In A Dacha in the Woods

Heaven knows I'm Miserable Now

Another Day in Court

Free Drinks

A Day at the Beach

A City on a Loop in the Road

A Shot in Your Coffee

Parade Day

Gorbachev Speaks

Not with a bang, but a whimper

World Political Map as of End of Part Two

Interval Writings (between Parts Two and Three, In Universe One Offs or Short Sequences)

The Opportunist

Black Banners in Khorasan

Part Three

Доверя́й, но проверя́й. (Trust, but Verify)

You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB...

The last 6 pages of the Lada User's Manual

Potemkin Village


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