Moscow

From Turtledove

Moscow is the capital of the Soviet Union and the country's principal political, economic, financial, educational, and transportation centre. It is located on the Moskva River in the European part of Russia. Historically, its position was central in the Russian homeland. It was the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the pre-Imperial Russian state. It is the site of the famous Kremlin.

[edit] Moscow in Worldwar

As the nation's capital, Moscow was the target of the German invasion of 1941 and a the Race's offensive in 1943 but neither invader reached the city on either occasion. The first human atomic bomb derailed the Lizard offensive outside Kaluga.

The Germans and Lizards signed an armistice ending the Race-German War of 1965 in Moscow.

[edit] Moscow in "The Phantom Tolbukhin"

Moscow fell to the German invasion during World War II. Nonetheless, Soviet partisans continued fighting German occupiers throughout the decade.

[edit] Moscow in "Les Mortes d'Arthur"

The People's Republic of Moscow was the Communist nation formed from the western portion of the former Soviet Union when Siberia successfully revolted. The two countries remained hostile and fought several minor wars subsequent to the revolt. Not all dealings were so difficult, with the athletes of both countries being more or less amiable if not friendly during the Sixty-sixth Winter Games. The athletes' space suits were painted in the national colors of red and gold.

Dmitri Shepilov, a Moscow compeditor in the five-kilometer ski jump, was one of the three athletes murdered by the Second Irgun during the Winter Games.