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  1. Is it true that the Soviets were seriously considering abolishing the Red Army after the RCW?

    Yes, it was discussed but never fully implemented. Although interwar RKKA was partly based on territorial-militia principle. You may find more here (in Russian)...

  2. Suggestions for media with time-travelers from the past?

    "Aviator" by Evgeniy Vodolazkin. A novel about a Russian man who was frozen during some scientific experiment in Solovki prison camp in early 1930s and then brought back to life in 1999. The Visitors (1993) - a medieval French knight and his idiotic servant are magically transported to 1990s...

  3. Good Political Simulation Games?

    "Republic: The Revolution" was an interesting game with a great concept and several ways to achieve victory, although somewhat flawed in execution.

  4. Zhirinovsky's Russian Empire

    Pellegrino, Thanks for your great work. I must say, your knowledge of Russian politics of the 90s is most impressive. By the way, have you seen this youtube channel? http://www.youtube.com/user/ZAHINHO/videos It has some of the more recent speeches by Zhirinovsky with English...

  5. Soviets produce atomic bomb(s) during World War II

    Petlyakov Pe-8 was a 4-engine bomber that could carry a single 5000 kg high-explosive bomb (FAB-5000) which was larger and heavier than both "Little Boy" (4000 kg) and "Fat Man" (4500 kg). Pe-8 probably woudn't reach Berlin with an atomic bomb on board, but Konigsberg for example could be reached.

  6. Post-apocalyptic Soviet Union?

    They have a post-soviet POD, I think.

  7. Post-apocalyptic Soviet Union?

    A game with such a premise was in developement for some time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Union It got canceled, unfortunately. :(

  8. AHC: Russians defeat Ottomans in WWI

    There was a plan of naval attack on Bosphorus straights in april of 1917 (never carried out due to February Revolution). Admiral Kolchak:

  9. How would Imperial Russia survive?

    In Russian AH community, there are several extremely detailed timelines about surviving Empire, with Mikhail Romanov as a ruler. Those timilines are collectively known as MTsM (МЦМ), or "World of Tsar Michael". ( here's one example (in russian)) Nicholas II is killed in 1905. Grand Duke...

  10. Entente loses in the West, wins in the East

    I think, that would require a PoD earlier than 1914. Perhaps a couple of years or even decades earlier - to significantly improve Russian Imperial Army (and more importantly - it's military-industrial complex that was several steps behind both Germany and other Entente powers). Even in case...

  11. WI: Rasputin stays in Siberia

    Reputation of the Imperial Court would be slightly better - but not much, considering that the rumors about corruption and depravity in those circles were widespread already (no matter how blown out of proportion those rumors were). One odious figure less, one scandal less, and that's it. Not...
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