Challenge and Consquences: Successful Perestroika

Sinclair

Successful Perestroika like Deng Xiaoping reform? What will happen? Will Soviet Union finally surpass the 'capitalist' world by becoming capitalist? :)
 

aktarian

Soviet Union has a problem of large minorities who will use attempts at reforms to break away. Not all but most western ones will. Are they allowed to leave or are their leaders sent to place of heavenly peace? The former will weaken SU, the alter will show Gorby is not serious about reforms.
 

Urban fox

aktarian said:
Soviet Union has a problem of large minorities who will use attempts at reforms to break away. Not all but most western ones will. Are they allowed to leave or are their leaders sent to place of heavenly peace? The former will weaken SU, the alter will show Gorby is not serious about reforms.
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The Baltic States yes if they get the chance and are allowed to organize a mass-movement, everyone else it depends for example the idea that the other republics abandoned Mommy Russia is BS despite the propaganda they (Ukraine for one) spout nowadays. Yeltsin pulled Russia out of the USSR first (utterly stupid move) after that everone else had little choice.

If the reforms are successful and the Soviet population sees economic improvement and a rise in living standards, and maybe a fall in political corruption things would remain stable. Remember it was only after Gorby buggered up the Soviet economy and at same time gave all the nutters & malcontents a chance to openly oppose the central government that things started to go badly wrong.

It was avoidable with more prudent leadership.
 

aktarian

Urban fox said:
The Baltic States yes if they get the chance and are allowed to organize a mass-movement, everyone else it depends for example the idea that the other republics abandoned Mommy Russia is BS despite the propaganda they (Ukraine for one) spout nowadays. Yeltsin pulled Russia out of the USSR first (utterly stupid move) after that everone else had little choice.

If the reforms are successful and the Soviet population sees economic improvement and a rise in living standards, and maybe a fall in political corruption things would remain stable. Remember it was only after Gorby buggered up the Soviet economy and at same time gave all the nutters & malcontents a chance to openly oppose the central government that things started to go badly wrong.

It was avoidable with more prudent leadership.
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yes, that's what I ment. I can believe Stans would wish to remain in the Union, provided some concessions are given. Ukraine might as well. Balts would take first chance to get out, IMO.

what later became frozen conflicts would be interesting. If SU survives I can't see Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova going up in flames as they did, however if republics are given more power and start to form some sort of ethnic based policy these conflicts could come up. Not as violent as IOTL but still.
 
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