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Looters in Toronto during the initial Imperial invasion, 2006-9 BBY. Crime waves were rampant in the four month period of the Empire's campaign to subdue Earth by force. A British resistance fighter in London during the assassination of a local Imperial official, April 2012-3 BBY. Russian...

What if Kievan Rus decides against importing the Orthodox faith but instead opts to create its own ‘brand’ of heavily Russified/Slavified Christianity incorporating many indigenous pagan ideas? In other words a centralized but indigenous ‘Christianity’ with its roots deep in ‘Slavdom’ as...

U.S. presidents throughout the history had a lot of influence from their foreign born parents. lot of them were second-generation immigrants and were shown by their surnames. But how possible could the U.S. have a Russian descent president? I'm not talking about like person that has very far...

As the title suggests, make Russia as an Eastern Orthodox Theocracy, rather than turned into OTL Soviet Union. The POD is from 1900s.

A weird scenario that recently came to my mind. So, Assume that Persia either manages to beat Byzantium into submission (or at least complacence) at the culmination of the Byzantine-Sassanian Wars in the early 7th century, thus attaining the top dog position in western and middle Asia for the...

For the sake of simplicity let's reference the Tsar in the 1900s and the Soviets in the 1930s, how similar were they institutionally and ideologically? I admit that I'm just getting into Russian history but there seems to be so many similarities between the two. Sure the Tsar claimed divine...

What if the Cossack revolt led by Stenka Razin in early 1670's Russia had been much more successful in its scope? I don't think Razin could have succeeded in utterly destroying the tsarist government -- the boyars, the tsar and the patriarchate were against him for the entirety of the rebellion...

Okay, so, in our timeline, as far as I know, Britain was the United States' primary partner and cultural influence for much of the 20th century, due to their alliance in both world wars, good relations afterwards, and, of course, their similar cultures and shared language. In many timelines...

IOTL, it seems that there were negotiations between Napoleon Bonaparte and Alexander I of Russia for a marriage alliance that would involve Napoleon getting a Russian princess. The first proposal, involving Ekaterina Pavlovna, was made at the Congress of Erfurt in 1808. It was rejected, and...

A fun story, Šćepan Mali took control of Montenegro and united the various tribes bu claiming to be Tsar Peter III of Russia. While ruling from 1767 to 1773 he managed to reform the army and defeated the Ottomans (1768) and Venetians (1770). He received recognition from Russia after admitting...

So, the challenge here is to have the Kingdom of Sweden and the Tsardom of Russia or Muscovy get into a personal union, with a PoD after 1500 and before 1900. Seeming that Russia, for a time, had amicable relations with the Protestant duchy of Holstein-Gottorp, religion wouldn't be that big an...

Lets assume, that before or with 1st January 1917 there's a peace treaty signed between the german empire and the russian empire. Conditions : 1 billion Goldmarks reparations (or however named) to be payed over a 10 years period Payment in "goods" as well as "assets" (i.e...

Most people have heard of the St. Petersburg Rebellion, when Tsar Nichols II was very nearly ousted in an attempted insurrection. Students of history know it only failed because Nicholas had reluctantly accepted two things: Russia could not be modernized while remaining an autocracy, and his son...

Your challenge is to make the following possible: By 2017 all of Europe, Asia, the Southeast Asian islands up until the coast of Australia, the Middle East, and North Africa up until the Congo are united as the largest country of the world, Eurasia. Nuuk, Tokyo, Mogadishu, and Murmansk belong...

IOTL, Tsar Alexander II Romanov of Russia was assassinated by anarchists in 1881. He was planning to turn Russia into a constitutional monarchy. After his death, his successor Alexander III curbed any further plans for democratization. Alexander II's Russia was in an uneasily friendly...

As the Panther tank was introduced on the eastern front, its reliability was horrendous as it would often break down or just catch fire. How would have the western front looked like if the Panther tank would have been so easy to use, produce and reliable that it would make the Russian's T-34s...

With a POD no later than 1900, how effective could Russian Empire/Soviet Union (whichever one works for the scenario) agriculture become? With what reforms? What maximum population could be supported by a Soviet Union with highly developed agriculture? What should have changed to prevent the...

With a POD of 882, have Russia become as large as possible. Bonus points if it becomes the largest nation in history and spans more than three continents.

Let's say this at the beginning, I do not ask here that how could the swedes defeat the russians take Saint Petersburg. My question revolves arund, if the swedes achieve a major or more like crushing victory over the russians, maybe as a member of an anti-russian coalition, and they take the...

What if a sort of inverse Varangian Guard occurred, with advanced Byzantine infantry and cavalry being permanently recruited by the Grand Prince of Kiev as a palace guard?