Bukezia is my setting for games of Spectre Operations.
Location
Bukezia was part of the Soviet Union and like all the others, was Communist, but this all ended on the 26th December 1991 when the Soviet Union Collapsed, ending the Cold War.
Bukezia is a land locked country, it shares it's borders with five other countries,
-Poland to the West
-Ukraine to the South and South-East
-Belarus to the East
-Lithuania to the North-east
-Kaliningrad to the North
Bukezia is a land locked country, it shares it's borders with five other countries,
-Poland to the West
-Ukraine to the South and South-East
-Belarus to the East
-Lithuania to the North-east
-Kaliningrad to the North
Geography
Culture
Like many Baltic states the people of Bukezia mainly follow christianity, The main language they speak is russian but Polish is quite widely used in the west as a secondary language.
History
Blue: Political events
Green: Civil events
Red: Armed forces/Conflict events
-1991:
DEC: Collapse of Soviet Union, remains of government declare martial law in the capital of Govengrad.
DEC: Collapse of Soviet Union, remains of government declare martial law in the capital of Govengrad.
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| Bukezian troops on the streets |
-1992:
JAN: Minister Mikhael Glebov put into power.
FEB: In the north the Red Union forms, they want Communism to remain and close ties with Russia.
MAR: In the south the Peoples Republic form, they want a voice for the people and relations with western powers.
APR: The more extremist members of the Red Union forcefully take control of the group.
The Government forms an 'Unofficial' trade deal with the Ukraine.
JAN: Minister Mikhael Glebov put into power.
FEB: In the north the Red Union forms, they want Communism to remain and close ties with Russia.
MAR: In the south the Peoples Republic form, they want a voice for the people and relations with western powers.
APR: The more extremist members of the Red Union forcefully take control of the group.
The Government forms an 'Unofficial' trade deal with the Ukraine.
JUN: Communist supporters take to the streets of Govengrad, unhappy that the government is claiming Bukezia as an independent country.
AUG: Minister Glebov is declared Prime Minister, Bukezia is reconised as an independent country.
AUG: Minister Glebov is declared Prime Minister, Bukezia is reconised as an independent country.
SEP: Civil war erupts between the Red Union and government forces, the national army is still operating under a soviet structure but many of the units are under manned as they are were fragmented by the collapse of the Soviet Union.
While Red Union troops operate under the same structure they fully organised their forces.
The government troops were too disorganised to put up an effective fight.
OCT: With the army losing ground the government looked for help, at the end of October the "Non-aggression support act" is signed by the USA to help supply the national army with non-lethal equipment.
While Red Union troops operate under the same structure they fully organised their forces.
The government troops were too disorganised to put up an effective fight.
OCT: With the army losing ground the government looked for help, at the end of October the "Non-aggression support act" is signed by the USA to help supply the national army with non-lethal equipment.
Rumours spread that Red Union are getting supplies from Russia.
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| Bukezian troops fighting Red Union forces |
DEC: Government troops still losing ground, the army goes on the defensive hoping to slow Red Unions advance.
-1993:
JAN: People take the streets of Govengrad rioting, they want peace and a stronger leadership as their faith in the politicians is failing.
FEB: Red Union rockets hit Govengrad, civilian casualties are high.
MAR: Red Union troops had pushed the Army back and where within 10km of Govengrad, things were looking bad until the Peoples Republic Army counter attacked. Red Union forces were hit hard in the flanks and turned the tide.
APR: Public opinion favours the Peoples Republic.
JUN: Government forces led by Republican troops push Union forces northwards.
AUG: Red Union troops pushed back into the North and their last stronghold of Stolozikiy.
-1993:
JAN: People take the streets of Govengrad rioting, they want peace and a stronger leadership as their faith in the politicians is failing.
FEB: Red Union rockets hit Govengrad, civilian casualties are high.
MAR: Red Union troops had pushed the Army back and where within 10km of Govengrad, things were looking bad until the Peoples Republic Army counter attacked. Red Union forces were hit hard in the flanks and turned the tide.
APR: Public opinion favours the Peoples Republic.
JUN: Government forces led by Republican troops push Union forces northwards.
AUG: Red Union troops pushed back into the North and their last stronghold of Stolozikiy.
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| Republican sniper, outskirts of Stolozikiy |
OCT: Stolozikiy falls, what remains of the Red Union Surrender.
NOV: Public opinion is massively in favour of the Republicans.
DEC: The Peoples Republic merges with the government to form the Republic of Bukezia. The Republics leader, Yuri Mironov, is elected Prime Minister in the first ever public elections.
-1994:
JAN: Prime Minister Mironov starts a program to reorganise the National Military, ties with neighbouring countries are improved and a US embassy is established.
FEB: A failed assassination attempt is made on Prime Minister Mironov, the attack is claimed by a group calling itself the Red Revolutionaries.
MAR: The failed assassination of Mironov brings him more popularity among the people.
APR: The Red Revolutionaries start engaging the Army in small scale skirmishes and ambushes.
NOV: Public opinion is massively in favour of the Republicans.
DEC: The Peoples Republic merges with the government to form the Republic of Bukezia. The Republics leader, Yuri Mironov, is elected Prime Minister in the first ever public elections.
-1994:
JAN: Prime Minister Mironov starts a program to reorganise the National Military, ties with neighbouring countries are improved and a US embassy is established.
FEB: A failed assassination attempt is made on Prime Minister Mironov, the attack is claimed by a group calling itself the Red Revolutionaries.
MAR: The failed assassination of Mironov brings him more popularity among the people.
APR: The Red Revolutionaries start engaging the Army in small scale skirmishes and ambushes.
AUG: CIA advisors and US spec ops help the Bukezian Army reform their Spetznaz and help train them to modern standards.
SEP: Prime minister Miranov tours neighbouring countries to build better relations.
SEP: Prime minister Miranov tours neighbouring countries to build better relations.
OCT: Red Revolutionary activity increases, Special ops are put into play early.
-1995:
JAN: Spec Ops have continuing success and Red Revolutionary activity drops to zero.
MAR: The workers Union starts protests that many factories and steelworks are still out of action due to combat damage. People are not working and are losing their homes.
MAR: Mironov starts a 'Rebuild' commission, many builders suddenly find they have more work than they can handle but the war damage is repaired and many factories re-open. All this is government funded and the military suffer a sudden drop in their funds.
MAY: Red Revolutionary activity emerges again in the north.
JUN: Many civilians living in the north, fed up with conflict, move to southern regions and a few move to Kaliningrad.
AUG: The Red Party emerge, they are met with suspicion as they represent the northan area of the country.
SEP: The Red Party are accepted as a political party.
NOV: Protests directed at the Red Party erupt after the people who lived in the north demand their homes back and an end to conflict.
DEC: The Red Party do little to ease the peoples concerns, but the government decide to act and mobilise the armed forces.
-1996:
JAN: The Bukezian army invades the north and go to war with the Red Revolutionaries.
MAR: The people from the north once again protest but the demonstration escalates to two days of rioting.
APR: After months of fighting little is gained by either side and a ceasefire is put into effect. The Government attempt to initiate talks about the northan territory but it falls upon deaf ears.
MAY: The Red Revolution forces make a surprise attack, a huge armoured force heads south at speed crushing everything in its path. It is eventually stopped 23 miles later by dug in armour and air strikes.
JUN: Once again the Northan people take to the streets, they want their homes and lands back.
JUL: The protests escalate and violent outbreaks turn in into a full scale riot, armed police take to the streets to try and quell the situation. It is eventually stopped but many civilians lost their lives.
Sep: Prime Minister Mironov decides to declare the north a vessel state, part of Bukezia but not directly under its control.
Oct:
Nov:
Dec:
JAN: Spec Ops have continuing success and Red Revolutionary activity drops to zero.
MAR: The workers Union starts protests that many factories and steelworks are still out of action due to combat damage. People are not working and are losing their homes.
MAR: Mironov starts a 'Rebuild' commission, many builders suddenly find they have more work than they can handle but the war damage is repaired and many factories re-open. All this is government funded and the military suffer a sudden drop in their funds.
MAY: Red Revolutionary activity emerges again in the north.
JUN: Many civilians living in the north, fed up with conflict, move to southern regions and a few move to Kaliningrad.
AUG: The Red Party emerge, they are met with suspicion as they represent the northan area of the country.
SEP: The Red Party are accepted as a political party.
NOV: Protests directed at the Red Party erupt after the people who lived in the north demand their homes back and an end to conflict.
DEC: The Red Party do little to ease the peoples concerns, but the government decide to act and mobilise the armed forces.
-1996:
JAN: The Bukezian army invades the north and go to war with the Red Revolutionaries.
MAR: The people from the north once again protest but the demonstration escalates to two days of rioting.
APR: After months of fighting little is gained by either side and a ceasefire is put into effect. The Government attempt to initiate talks about the northan territory but it falls upon deaf ears.
MAY: The Red Revolution forces make a surprise attack, a huge armoured force heads south at speed crushing everything in its path. It is eventually stopped 23 miles later by dug in armour and air strikes.
JUN: Once again the Northan people take to the streets, they want their homes and lands back.
JUL: The protests escalate and violent outbreaks turn in into a full scale riot, armed police take to the streets to try and quell the situation. It is eventually stopped but many civilians lost their lives.
Sep: Prime Minister Mironov decides to declare the north a vessel state, part of Bukezia but not directly under its control.
Oct:
Nov:
Dec:
-1997:
OCT: Political Alliance with Poland formed.
NOV: Negotiations with Poland go well and the Bukezian Defense Ministry start to buy Polish equipment.
DEC: Elections attacked as a lorry breaks through a barricade and drives through the crowd killing over 80 people before triggering it's payload. The resulting explosion left hundreds dead and many more injured.
Mironov remains as Prime Minister.
-1998:
Nov: Red Revolution rears its head once again, this time with better tactics making it hard for Spec Ops and national army to hunt them down.
-1999:
-Jan: Prime Minister Mironov appeals for aid, the USA answer the call. Rangers along with Spec Ops work along side the national army.
-2000:
-Feb: Bukezia allows the USA to set up an airbase in country.
-2001:
DEC: Mironov's eight years as Prime Minister comes to an end in the elections, Filip Baikov elected as the new Prime Minister.
-2002:
-Oct: Many people are not happy with the US involvement, Mironov looses his seat and Filip Baikov becomes Prime Minister.
-2002-Dec: Baikov starts to invest heavily in the rebuilding of war damaged areas of Bukezia. He also starts building relations with NATO and signs a trade deal with Belarus.
-2003:
-Feb: Solid Evidence is found that Russia has been supporting the Red Revolution, all it supplies coming through Kaliningrad.
-2003-May: Military forces on the Bukezia/Kaliningrad border build up as tensions rise.
-2003-Sep: 'The Three day Border war', Russian and Bukezian forces clash for three days, no one commits any serious forces until a ceasefire is called.
-2003-Nov: Although relations with Russia have never been good, a Russian Embassy is allowed in country to hopefully prevent another clash of forces.
-2004:
-Aug: The senior Army commanders start to put together re-equipping program for the Armed Forces.
-2005:
-Jun: New equipment starts to arrive.
-Nov: First ever 'Wargames' in Bukezia involving, Polish, US and Lithuanian forces. Bukezian forces learn much from this exercise.
DEC: Baikov remains Prime Minister but the results were close with Luca Danilov coming a close second.
-2006:
APR: Prime Minister Baikov is assassinated, a sniper shot kills him as he tours the Dobrovgda art gallery.
MAY: Luca Danilov elected as Prime Minister, Baikovs killing being claimed by a faction called the Resurgent Red. Over the following months insurgent attacks once again plague the country.
-2006-sep: The 'Recognised Militia' Program is started, these 'new' forces start to free up army resources.
OCT: Political Alliance with Poland formed.
NOV: Negotiations with Poland go well and the Bukezian Defense Ministry start to buy Polish equipment.
DEC: Elections attacked as a lorry breaks through a barricade and drives through the crowd killing over 80 people before triggering it's payload. The resulting explosion left hundreds dead and many more injured.
Mironov remains as Prime Minister.
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| VBIED Detonation leaves a cloud above Govengrad |
Nov: Red Revolution rears its head once again, this time with better tactics making it hard for Spec Ops and national army to hunt them down.
-1999:
-Jan: Prime Minister Mironov appeals for aid, the USA answer the call. Rangers along with Spec Ops work along side the national army.
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| US Special Ops hunting Revolutionaries |
-2000:
-Feb: Bukezia allows the USA to set up an airbase in country.
-2001:
DEC: Mironov's eight years as Prime Minister comes to an end in the elections, Filip Baikov elected as the new Prime Minister.
-2002:
-Oct: Many people are not happy with the US involvement, Mironov looses his seat and Filip Baikov becomes Prime Minister.
-2002-Dec: Baikov starts to invest heavily in the rebuilding of war damaged areas of Bukezia. He also starts building relations with NATO and signs a trade deal with Belarus.
-2003:
-Feb: Solid Evidence is found that Russia has been supporting the Red Revolution, all it supplies coming through Kaliningrad.
-2003-May: Military forces on the Bukezia/Kaliningrad border build up as tensions rise.
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| Bukezian forces mobilised |
-2003-Nov: Although relations with Russia have never been good, a Russian Embassy is allowed in country to hopefully prevent another clash of forces.
-2004:
-Aug: The senior Army commanders start to put together re-equipping program for the Armed Forces.
-2005:
-Jun: New equipment starts to arrive.
-Nov: First ever 'Wargames' in Bukezia involving, Polish, US and Lithuanian forces. Bukezian forces learn much from this exercise.
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| Bukezian T-72Ms on manoeuvres |
DEC: Baikov remains Prime Minister but the results were close with Luca Danilov coming a close second.
-2006:
APR: Prime Minister Baikov is assassinated, a sniper shot kills him as he tours the Dobrovgda art gallery.
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| Baikov is killed |
-2006-sep: The 'Recognised Militia' Program is started, these 'new' forces start to free up army resources.
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| On patrol, Krygow battallion militia in Krygow |
-2007:
-Jan: Insurgent attacks increase dramatically, but the Resurgent Reds are not as careful as previous groups and take heavy casualties.
-2007-Jun: Rumours of Chechen mercs arriving in country spread, the RR's tactics change causing concern that they are training the insurgents.
-2007-Dec: A truck forcefully crosses into Bukezia, border guards end up in a firefight with the occupants and kill them all. They are all later identified as members of Al-Queda.
-2008:
-Feb: For quite some time Bukezia has wanted to join NATO but no offers have been made, so Danilov approaches them. NATO refuse, saying Bukezia must resolve it's internal problems before they could be considered to join.
-2008-April: The first surveillance drones are received and put to use, a number of RR camps and facilities are discovoured. And are quickly shut down by Spec Ops and airstrikes.
-2008-Oct: RR forces had taken a hammering over the following months, so they put everything into one big attack towards Govengrad. The outcome does not go well for them.
-2008-Dec: Many of the RR members have vanished but what is left surrenders.
-2009:
-Jan: Known as the start of the golden year, no war plagues the country, the economy blooms, unemployment drops.
-2010:
MAY: Danilov elected for a second term.
-2010-Jul: The whole military get funding to start upgrading their equipment.
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-2013:
-Nov: A convoy of trucks are seized by Army forces at a checkpoint after a brief firefight, they are found to contain explosives, firearms and some chemical weapons.
-2014:
-Mar: Ukraine-Russian war starts.
MAY: Danilov is succeeded as Prime Minister by ??????? who decides to aid the Ukrainians, Bukezia sends them weapons and spec ops help train Ukrainian forces.
-2014-Sep: Reports of suspicious activity in old insurgent areas reported but no evidence is found.
-2015:
-Feb:
-2015-Apr: Some low level militias start to gear up with more military style hardware.
-2015-Jul: Militias in the north start setting up training camps.
-2015-Oct: The Northan militias start recruiting, the activity in the north, and in recent months has drawn the attention of Bukezian military intelligence and the CIA.
-2016:
-Aug: The Red Front Movement emerges, they are highly active in the north and quickly take control of the region.
-2016-Sep: Civil war once again erupts.
-2017:
-Feb: A ceasefire is put into effect as neither side makes any gains in the war.
-2017-May: Skirmishing between the Army and the Red Front erupts.
-2017-Jul: Full scale war threatens to break out but another ceasefire is put into effect.
-Jan: Insurgent attacks increase dramatically, but the Resurgent Reds are not as careful as previous groups and take heavy casualties.
-2007-Jun: Rumours of Chechen mercs arriving in country spread, the RR's tactics change causing concern that they are training the insurgents.
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| Chechen Mercenaries |
-2008:
-Feb: For quite some time Bukezia has wanted to join NATO but no offers have been made, so Danilov approaches them. NATO refuse, saying Bukezia must resolve it's internal problems before they could be considered to join.
-2008-April: The first surveillance drones are received and put to use, a number of RR camps and facilities are discovoured. And are quickly shut down by Spec Ops and airstrikes.
-2008-Oct: RR forces had taken a hammering over the following months, so they put everything into one big attack towards Govengrad. The outcome does not go well for them.
-2008-Dec: Many of the RR members have vanished but what is left surrenders.
-2009:
-Jan: Known as the start of the golden year, no war plagues the country, the economy blooms, unemployment drops.
-2010:
MAY: Danilov elected for a second term.
-2010-Jul: The whole military get funding to start upgrading their equipment.
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-2013:
-Nov: A convoy of trucks are seized by Army forces at a checkpoint after a brief firefight, they are found to contain explosives, firearms and some chemical weapons.
-2014:
-Mar: Ukraine-Russian war starts.
MAY: Danilov is succeeded as Prime Minister by ??????? who decides to aid the Ukrainians, Bukezia sends them weapons and spec ops help train Ukrainian forces.
-2014-Sep: Reports of suspicious activity in old insurgent areas reported but no evidence is found.
-2015:
-Feb:
-2015-Apr: Some low level militias start to gear up with more military style hardware.
-2015-Jul: Militias in the north start setting up training camps.
-2015-Oct: The Northan militias start recruiting, the activity in the north, and in recent months has drawn the attention of Bukezian military intelligence and the CIA.
-2016:
-Aug: The Red Front Movement emerges, they are highly active in the north and quickly take control of the region.
-2016-Sep: Civil war once again erupts.
-2017:
-Feb: A ceasefire is put into effect as neither side makes any gains in the war.
-2017-May: Skirmishing between the Army and the Red Front erupts.
-2017-Jul: Full scale war threatens to break out but another ceasefire is put into effect.
Prime Ministers
Mikhael Glebov Jan 1992--Dec 1993
Yuri Mironov Dec 1993--Dec 2001
Filip Baikov Dec 2001--Apr 2006
Luca Danilov May 2006--May 2014
May 2014--
POLITICAL ACTS & AGREEMENTS
-1992-April (Ukraine): 'Unoffical' trade deal.
The Government were basically buying parts from the Ukraine and from black market dealers for weapons and ammunition but mainly to get their aircraft operational again.
-1992-October (USA): 'Non-Aggression Support Act'
The United States are supplying the bukezian armed forces with non-lethal equipment, such as ration packs, body armour, medical supplies, etc.
-1997-November (Poland): Trade deal.
Buying military gear from poland, mainly the Shilka biala and upgrading their SU-20's to the SU-22.
The Government were basically buying parts from the Ukraine and from black market dealers for weapons and ammunition but mainly to get their aircraft operational again.
-1992-October (USA): 'Non-Aggression Support Act'
The United States are supplying the bukezian armed forces with non-lethal equipment, such as ration packs, body armour, medical supplies, etc.
-1997-November (Poland): Trade deal.
Buying military gear from poland, mainly the Shilka biala and upgrading their SU-20's to the SU-22.
Insurgency forces
Red Union Feb 1992--Oct 1993
Red Revolution Feb 1994--
Resurgent Red
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