soviet union

How could the Soviet Union survive to the modern day, without doing Deng style reforms? Rules -No PODs pre-1945 -No Republics are allowed to break away -The Soviet Union must economically at least remain hardline communist. No privatization, no free markets, and no special economic zones. The...

So just like the title asks, what if Hungary was split in two after WW2? The division would be along the Danube river, with Transdanubia( with Buda) being occupied by the Western Allies, while the rest( with Pest) would be occupied by the Soviets. How would this affect the cold war, Europe and...

What happens if Siberia became independent from Russia? This set after the civil following the collapse of the Russian Empire. How long you think an independent Siberian state will lasts in 20th century? How would this impact on the region? Well, from what I've researched, it's not easy for...

Historians routinely fault Alexander Kerensky for not withdrawing from WWI. Russia wasn't just losing badly, the war crippled the economy and millions of Russians were killed. When Kerensky kept Russia in the war and his offensive failed, popular support for his democracy evaporated and within...

Now, the most generic way for people to have a Germany win WWII scenario is by having the soviet union to get in some kind of peace treaty with the Third reich and thus making the allies lose the willpower to continue the war, however what if the following scenario happens: The Third Reich does...

I had this a bit of odd idea, but let's say the Soviet Union lasts 20 years more and ends up collapsing in 2011? First off, how can you make the Soviet Union long laster up until the early 2010's and what is the result? What would our current state of the world be if it happened?

In the late 1970's, the Carter administration gave covert military aid and arms to the Afghan mujahedeen to support it's fight against Communism. What if Carter decided not to aid the Mujahedeen - which later morphed into the Taliban? How would Afghanistan and the Cold War turn out differently...

Following the fall of the Soviet Union, what if European Russia and Asian Russia divided, into two different countries of Siberia and Eurossiya (Placeholder name)? The reason that obviously didn't happen in our timeline is because Post-Soviet Borders were determined by the SSR and SFSR borders...

We all know that the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991; however for some reason I feel like it would've made more since if it collapsed in 2000. What do you guys think?

It's just as the title says. What if at the dissolution of Soviet Union, Russia manages to retained OTL territories of Belarus, Eastern Ukraine (the Russophone parts), Crimea and Kazakhstan? How would it impact on the region and the world?

Like the title says, what could possible be the alternate borders of Post-Soviet Central Asia for better or worse? The whole borders set-up is arranged by Stalin in his divide and rule policies of the Soviet Union, basing on their nationalities/ethnicity of these mostly nomadic people...

Like the title says, what happens if Russia managed to keep Central Asia (namely Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan) under Moscow's rule? This sets after the dissolution of Soviet Union. How would it turned out and impact on the region?

As the title states, is there a way to have a continuing Soviet government in exile á la Taiwan? This could any during any time period. What would be the logistics of this? Where would the government in exile be located?

Your Challenge to have a Soviet Union Company (possibly called Sovik because it stands for Soviet union, Get it?) Make a Video Game in 1972 (Sorry I know nothing about 1970s because I was born in 1990s). But yeah... How do Soviet Version of Video Games work in general?

Every new state formed following the collapse of the Soviet Union was previously a designated SSR. There was another SSR (Karelo-Finnish SSR I think), but it was demoted sometime later to ASSr Status. However, what other SSRs could’ve existed under the Soviet Union, and then proceeded to gain...

Like the title says. Russia after the collapse of Soviet Union became a democracy only to suffer years of mismanagement, corruption with the rule of oligarchs and mafias, separatism in the Caucasus region, emigrations and failing economy. Until Putin came to power and Russia had gotten slightly...

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Would it be possible for De Gaulle or another French leader to ally the Soviets, openly or secretly. I know they left NATO for a brief time and that De Gaulle referred to the Soviet Union as Russia to evoke ww1 memories of fighting alongside one another, what would have to happen for this to be...

I was trying to envision a Soviet victory in the Cold War, and the following (broad) scenario came to mind: With a post-WWII P.O.D. (or a pre-WWII P.O.D. that avoids any major pre-1945 butterflies), the U.S.A. needs to somehow not only alienate their allies, but find themselves hampered with...