Manos Nikolopoulos
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Manos Nikolopoulos, President of the Soviet Union and Marshal of the Soviet Army. He was born in 1960 in Greece, and entered the USSR in his late teens.
In the 1991-1992 civil war of the USSR he already was a General. He joined the rest communist commanders and played a decisive role in the conflict. M. Gorbachev named him Marshal in 1992, and he won the Presidential Elections in August 1992.
In 1993 he made radical changes to the Soviet System, turning it more open to the people, and in late December 1993 the second political party of the Soviet Union, the Socialist party of the Soviet Union (S.P.S.U.). In 1994 the first governmental elections were proclaimed, with 3 participant parties: Communist Party (CPSU), Socialist Party (SPSU), and Islamic Party (IPSU). The Communist Party won with 0.7% difference from the SPSU, which is currently the second largest party on the USSR. More parties were founded in all political scales.
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Early life
Early life is marked with the 1967-1974 junta in Greece, which greatly affected Manos' political beliefs. When he was 7, he lost his mother (who was Ukrainian) a few weeks before the junta fell. Since then he has not forgiven the facists.
In his mid-teens he joined the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) and when he was 17 he left Greece for the Soviet Union.
Joining the Army
Lover of martial arts and the army, he entered the Red Army when he was 19 years old, and quickly became a lieutainant. In Afghanistan war, he served near Kabul, and quickly gained the rank of Colonel for his services. In 1985, when Mikhail Gorbachev came in power, he was recalled from Afghanistan and served for 2 years in the KGB. After revealing some CIA agents plotting to assassinate Gorbachev, he became a General.
Civil War
In 1989 he already was a General of the Red Army, in the age of 29. Manos lived the collapse of the Soviet Bloc and the Berlin Wall, and was one of the last soviet military commanders to leave Eastern Europe. Times were hard, but in 1990 he married Sofyia Smirnova, old friend of him from the Army.
By the time he returned in the USSR, in 1991, a crisis had emrged. Various nationalist groups were seeking independance, with its height in August, when only Russia and Kazakhstan had not proclaimed independance, and a coup took place in Moscow. Boris Yeltsin saved the situation, however it was later that his plans for domination over the Union were revealed. When Yeltsin signed an agreement of dissolution of the USSR, signed by Russia, Belorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine, the Armed Forces resulted in havoc.
In 30 December 1991, the Russian Nationalist Front took over the Kremlin and Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, officially proclaiming the U.S.S.R. defunct. Generals Dimitrov, Nikolopoulos, and Kalashnikov formed the People's Liberation Front, based in Omsk, whose goal was to recapture Moscow from the rebels and pursue peace in the shaking giant.
With the bulk of the armed forces theirs, the PLF marched towards Moscow from all dimensions. Local uprisings in Lithuania, Estonia, Uzbekistan, and other Soviet Republics were crushed, and the Nationalists lost a major battle in Kubinka, 50 km over Moscow. Yeltsin fled for the United States soon after that, and order was restored, however Gorbachev's rule was greatly damaged.
For his services, Manos was named Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1 July 1992 by M. Gorbachev.
President of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev, under popular pressure, declared elections for the Presidency in 10 July 1992. Nikolopoulos, Gorbachev, and Dimitrov run for the position. With 59% of the votes, the already famous Marshal was named President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 15 August 1992. He was leading the largest country in the world.
His actions were criticised by CPSU hardliners, due to their increased liberalism. With the legalisation of all political parties, including the Nazi one, and the increase of personal freedoms, Manos quickly became even more famous to the people. In 1994, a citizen from Yakutsk, Yuri Sverdlov, proposed naming him President for Life. The Supreme Soviet liked the idea and a referendum was set.
In 31 December 1994, the 34 year old Manos was named by the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, President for Life, with approximately 79% of the votes in favor of him.
