Konstantin Rokossovsky

Konstantin Rokossovsky
Konstantin Rokossovsky in 1962
Leader of the Ural Military District Incumbent
Head of Government	Pavel Batov
Personal details
Native name	Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Date of birth	December 21st, 1896
Place of birth	Warsaw, Russian Empire
Age at start	65 years old
Nationality	Russian
Role	Starting leader of the Ural Military District
Political party	Ural Committee of State Salvation
Ideology	Military Junta

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович (Ксаверьевич) Рокоссовский; Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 is a Soviet and Polish officer who became rose to the rank of General.

The leader of the 3rd Soviet Army after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Rokossovsky would lead his army into West Siberia, ending up in the West Siberian People's Republic. As part of the West Russian War, Rokossovsky would lead West Siberian troops into battle.

However, due to the factionalism that arose from the West Russian War, Rokovssovky would find in conflict with Lazar Kaganovich, breaking away from the People's Republic with his 3rd Army and taking control of Sverdlovsk

It was here that a provisional military government would be founded. Despite his disdain towards his former leadership in Tyumen,Rokossovsky never lost his loyalty to the motherland, even if it was driven by a strong and impartial military, guided in the historical strengths of Russian and Soviet art of war, serving the workers of Russia. Despite the use of Soviet iconography and titles, the junta isn't awfully concerned with continuing socialist policies.

However, the harsh service and old age has taken its toll on Rokossovsky's health and he knows that he may not live long enough to see the Red Army marching through Moscow again, he can count on his close friends and military allies to continue his vision of reuniting the motherland. Pavel Batov, a close friend and military aide to Rokossovsky, is the individual who will assume leadership of the 3rd Army once Rokossovsky dies.

In Game Description

Unlike many other men, Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky stayed faithful to the Soviet Motherland no matter what, even to this very day. Being born in the days of the Tsar to a family of Polish gentry, he had to suffer a very poor life as a child. It was only logical that he turned to the Bolshevik Party, and soon became one of the most distinguished and well-known commanders of the Soviet Union, a distinguished gentleman and officer whose military record was nothing short of brilliant. After two decades of serving in the Red Army, the house of cards would crumble, the USSR would collapse, and Rokossovsky would have to adapt to a completely new environment. As his 3rd Army fled from the invading Germans and reached the Urals, he was welcomed with open arms by Lazar Kaganovich, and so he joined the West Siberian People's Republic. However, the alliance of Kaganovich and his generals, full of distrust and bitter competition, was a fragile one, and would inevitably fall apart. Western Siberia would battle for its survival, against all odds, as the Germans continued their relentless bombing raids and rifts between its top leaders and generals only grew and grew, to a point when they could not be mended. Seeing the People's Republic was a sinking ship as Karbyshev seized the city of Omsk and Kaganovich showing its disdain by his inaction, Rokossovsky would quickly gather his 3rd Army in the city of Sverdlovsk to form a provisional military government led by himself and backed by a formidable force. While disillusioned with his former party superiors in Tyumen, Rokossovsky has not abandoned his cause of the Soviet Union reunification, even if it will be driven by its loyal and impartial military, born and taught in the best traditions of the Russian and Soviet art of war and serving the working people above the bureaucrats. The harsh service and old age took a considerable toll on Marshal Rokossovsky's health, but his resolve remains persistent in the desperate times. Even if he won't live to see the Red Army marching in the Red Square once again, he can rely on the old friends and comrades to continue his mission with dignity.

Biography

Early Life

Konstanty Ksaweriewicz Rokossowski (Konstantin Ksaveryevich Rokossovsky) was born in Velikiye Luki; or in Warsaw, then part of Congress Poland under Russian rule; or in the village of Telekhany, Brest Region in modern Belarus (then the Russian Empire). His family had moved to Warsaw following the appointment of his father as the inspector of the Warsaw Railways. The Rokossovsky family were members of the Polish nobility (of the Oksza coat of arms), and over generations had produced many cavalry officers. But Konstantin's father, Ksawery Wojciech Rokossowski, worked as a civil railway official in the Russian Empire. His mother, Antonina Ovsyannikova, was Russian and a teacher.

Orphaned at 14, Rokossovsky started working in a stocking factory. In 1911, at age 15, he became an apprentice stonemason. When Rokossovsky enlisted in the Imperial Russian Army at the start of the First World War, his patronymic Ksaveryevich was Russified to Konstantinovich. This was easier for his fellow troops to pronounce who were in the 5th Kargopol Dragoon Regiment.