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Start Year: 1936 Five-Year Plan: The Soviet Union's industrialization plan. NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs): The Soviet counter-intelligence agency that kills anyone the Union finds undesirable (think of them as the Soviet Praetorian Guard). Red Army: The term for the Soviet Army. Due to political officers (who hold equal command authority and exist to crush any officers or generals with dissenting thoughts), human wave tactics are a major issue, and charging blindly is the basic tactic. Left Opposition: A faction created by Trotsky (exiled to Mexico) that opposes Soviet bureaucracy and is based on workers' democracy (targets for purge). Right Opposition: A faction created by Bukharin that advocates for the New Economic Policy, incorporating capitalist elements (not currently, but eventually targets for purge). Center: Simply the Soviet mainstream faction.