got to 2000 after a few failed attempts as Romanov. Throughout the game I tried turning myself into a Stalinist/Social Patriot and at one point had 100+ points in both, revived the Cult of Stalin, etc, and then somehow a few months later moderates dominated the entire political scene by 200 points and I just couldn't get back.
Won the Afghan and the Nicaragua wars, invaded and split up Iran after they lost the war with Iraq. I was gearing up to invade China (which was embroiled in a civil war) when the game suddenly ended. Wish the whole thing was paced better to make it a proper lead-up into 2000. The second half of the game has a lot less content than the first.