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The success of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region in September 2022 also played a role in the fact that Russian troops are withdrawing from the cities of Izyum, Balakleya and Kupyansk to avoid encirclement and complete defeat. But how would the counter-offensive develop if...

Factions: (( This is part of my first post Garðaríki Saga: A Nordic Pagan Russia so go read that for context. These were originally the factions I made both for later use in any stories and to help entice people to make original characters.)) Commoners: Frigg's Hope Society Founded by...

Garðaríki Saga Timeline: Divergence, AD 945 Igor Rurikovich or as he's known as in this timeline Ingvarr Roriksen, the son Rurik the Varangian ((viking)) ruler of Garðaríki ((Norse colony of Russia in modern Novgorod)) survives his assassination attempt at the hands of the Drevlians. ((In our...

I’ve decided to ask the people of the forums this question. Seeing how little sources there are on this I was wondering if the alleged exchange between Alexander II and Johann II happened at all. I personally think if this happened it was merely a joke suggestion or two royals just talking and...

I'm kind of a newbie here, so I'm not sure if this is the right board to post this on (please tell me where if it isn't), but I have some ideas for a timeline that I would like feedback/more in-depth knowledge on, (ill admit my knowledge of history is pretty eurocentric unfortunately, so id...

Everybody knows about the Cyrillic script, the script used by the Orthodox Slavs in Eastern Europe, but few know that its position, although quite stable in the Balkans, was not as stable in... Russia? To illustrate the point I'll be making, I am going to get a generic central powers victory...

Novgorod and its surrounding regions had a distinct history from the rest of Russia until fairly recently in the grand scheme of things. Until the fall of the Republic of Novgorod in 1478 its political institutions were drastically different from the ones found further south, as a Merchant...

At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, Russian culture experienced its heyday, giving writers such as Tolostoy, Dostoyevsky, ballets such as Swan Lake and others, being defined as the best or at least one of the best in the world. but after the Bolshevik coup it declined, and to...

The Republic of Novgorod in present-day Northwestern Russia was closely related to Scandinavia and the Germanic peoples, was a member of the Hanseatic League, with Russian merchants being the most respected foreign of the Germans, and despite Orthodoxy there were two heresies that could have...

In the 1990s, in a number of Eastern European countries after the fall of communism, a severe crisis occurred - the economy collapsed, there was hyperinflation, rampant crime, agriculture and industry were greatly weakened, there was a moral collapse, population decline, ethnic conflicts...

Hey everyone, I've received permission from @Sorairo to create this chronological timeline from his work: The Death of Russia. https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-death-of-russia-tl.533392/page-999 I've put all the major and minor incidents that took place during The Death of...

In the real world Karl XI died of cancer leaving his young son, Karl XII, in charge of the soon to be at war empire. Based on what we know about Karl XI and Karl XII's respective styles, if the war still begins in roughly the same way, how do you think Karl XI would handle the war? What would...

What if Russia was removed from Europe in crimean war ? POD is Napoleon III and Palmerston convince Austria to join the Crimean war and that a panslavic Russia is more dangerous for them than independent Poland and Ukraine. They create rebellions in Finland, Belarus, Poland and Ukraine while...

The idea of a Hui "national homeland" sounds fascinating to me, especially after reading up on Tunganistan and the Panthay Rebellion. I would love to tackle the existence of such a state in a TL, but I'm not entirely sure how and why this state would form, nor in what time period. Hence why I...

I got inspired by this threads central topic: Link So apparently King Frederick William 1(The Soldier King) of Prussia was intended to marry Queen Ulrika Elenora of Sweden at the start of 1700, but on the verge of certification Charles XII pulled the plug on these plans for reasons unknown...

"So Evident A Danger" ~Or, How One Fort Led to War between Britain, Prussia and Russia ~ The HMS Victory, Vice-Admiral Samuel Hood's flagship during the Russian Armament of 1791 "I speak however of the event of our coming to extremes, as a case which never can exist; for it is absurd to...

I'm not an expert on the Soviet space program so I'll keep it short and simple. Let's say that the Soviets invest more into the space program and their Mars missions, and in 1984 General Secretary Chernenko declares that in the next decade the USSR would put a man on Mars. If we assume that...

The consensus of what would occur if the UK didn't enter the Great War is that France and Russia would get pummelled. Lets say, however, that near-ASB levels of luck befall the French and Russian war effort and victory is secured in 1915. I'd imagine such a scenario would involve France not...

The Fools Who Dream An Account of mid-18th Century Europe at War. The Seven Years’ War, French and Indian War, Third Silesian War, etc., whatever you want to call it, was undoubtedly a pivotal moment in history. It’s no wonder that it is (relatively) so often the subject of alt-history works...

Is it possible for a unified Russian state to emerge out of a Mongol Khanate gone native? How would this change Russia’s interactions with the West and Central Asia, whether it converts to Orthodoxy or Islam?