soviet collapse

By December 12th 1991, every former Republic of the Soviet Union had pretty much declared its independence leaving Kazakhstan the only last remaining nation to not secede. So what if from there, it never declared its independence as it did 4 days later in December 16th? How would the...

Historically, the Soviet Union's fall, as dramatic as it was, was a surprisingly bloodless affair with the attempt by Chechnya to declare independence from Russia and the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan being notable exceptions. Your challenge is, with a POD after March 5, 1953, for the...