The USSR not losing 27 million people will certainly radically change ittl demographics. I would expect the USSR's borders to have around at least nearly twice the population of otl. Ww2 absolutely wrecked the ussr's fertility.
Not with Lysenko running their Ag sector, they would still export, as they did during the man made famine of the '30sWith a larger population, less destruction of the Ukraine and Belarus, but the shaky OTL centralized agricultural planning, would the Soviets be food self-sufficient, or net importers?
It kinda depends. From 1938 to 1959 despite ww2 the USSR ran a net surplus but kruschevs bungling with his agricultural bungling allowed the user to become a net importer of some goods. So It depends on the ones in charge.With a larger population, less destruction of the Ukraine and Belarus, but the shaky OTL centralized agricultural planning, would the Soviets be food self-sufficient, or net importers?
"The German Wars" perhaps. France v Germany will be seen as the core struggle of the first half of the 20th century.I think the whole concept of world wars might not be commonplace in this timeline, with just the one example of the "Great War" and then this.
Unless, of course, the Soviets come west.
Hard to imagine the Soviets going west in TL: they didn't risk attacking Germany even while it was obviously losing in the west against the Anglo-French alliance, I don't think they would risk attacking a victorious alliance. Plus Japan is not occupied against the US, so is still a potential a threat.I think the whole concept of world wars might not be commonplace in this timeline, with just the one example of the "Great War" and then this.
Unless, of course, the Soviets come west.
1945 is a long way away. At the rate I'm writing at the moment, decades
Highly unlikely. However, the worst case is going to be vaguely similar to the 2002 Gujarat riots rather than the horrors that were seen during partition and subsequently (notably in Bangladesh in 1971).
No. But if you donate to a charity of pdf27's choice he'll send you a compilation document which I believe is complete to the end of 1941.Is there a story only thread for the og and this one? Hard to find posts through all the discussions
They were planning to but were pre-empted by the Entente blitz across Germany.Hard to imagine the Soviets going west in TL: they didn't risk attacking Germany even while it was obviously losing in the west against the Anglo-French alliance, I don't think they would risk attacking a victorious alliance. Plus Japan is not occupied against the US, so is still a potential a threat.
That would be an interesting ATL, How to get the Soviets to jump at some point between the Entente stopping for the fall and the Polish revolts.They were planning to but were pre-empted by the Entente blitz across Germany.
Nope, not literally. Soviet Relations with the Mongolian People's Republic are good and its relationship with Afghanistan is OK. Persia is iffy.It will be interesting to see whether the USSR is more, or less paranoid ITTL. On the one hand they haven’t endured the brunt of the most brutal war in history but on the other they haven’t proved their mettle and are surrounded on literally all sides by hostile states. With the possible exception of China but they are hardly on good terms either.
Nope, not literally. Soviet Relations with the Mongolian People's Republic are good and its relationship with Afghanistan is OK. Persia is iffy.
So difficult to imagine the USSR without the Great Patriotic War, both in terms of the enormous casualties it suffered, and the ideological importance the regime attached to victory. Now the official view point might focus on the wisdom of party in keeping the Soviet (and some newly Soviet) people out of the second great European slaughter, unlike that Tsar.It will be interesting to see whether the USSR is more, or less paranoid ITTL. On the one hand they haven’t endured the brunt of the most brutal war in history but on the other they haven’t proved their mettle and are surrounded on literally all sides by hostile states. With the possible exception of China but they are hardly on good terms either.