Adeimantus
Banned
Nice timeline! One of the aspects I find most interesting about a Russian ww1 victory or non communist russia in general is the impact it would have on demographics. In OTL the population was decimated by the civil war and famines after ww1, losing tens of millions people when including the affects of civil war, war communism induced famines, and dekulakisation induced famines. Also the sudden intensive urbanisation and socialist policies are credited with dramatically reducing the russian birth rate.
In a world where none of these calamities occur, what would the russian empire's population be? I have heard some estimates of having ~400 million people by 1950, with the vast majority being east slavs. This is due to a lack of famines and a continuation of peasant life as normal (or relatively normal considering reforms) when the fertility rate of peasants was about 6, 7 or 8 per family. If this continues what would happen?? Surely Russia would become just as powerful as the USA by the 1950s.
In a world where none of these calamities occur, what would the russian empire's population be? I have heard some estimates of having ~400 million people by 1950, with the vast majority being east slavs. This is due to a lack of famines and a continuation of peasant life as normal (or relatively normal considering reforms) when the fertility rate of peasants was about 6, 7 or 8 per family. If this continues what would happen?? Surely Russia would become just as powerful as the USA by the 1950s.