Absolute most that Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg could conquer?

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As one of the most bizarre and ambitious characters in history, what the largest plausible area that Baron Roman von Ungern Sternberg could have conquered? Would he always have been the "power behind the throne" of Mongolia or any other potential conquests, or could Roman have been coronated with a hereditary title had he fought off the Bolsheviks and other opposing forces?
 

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How plausible is Kaiserreich's interpretation of an alternate Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg?
 
IIRC, in Kaiserreich he becomes a crazy hyper-expansionist Khan of Mongolia? Yeah, that's pretty implausible.

For one, Ungern-Sternberg greatly respected the Bogd Khan and his authority; he will certainly not be seizing the Mongolian throne for himself. He did become a member of the Mongolian nobility as some kind of hereditary grand duke; but that is the only remotely plausible hereditary title in his future.

Also, Ungern-Sternberg was (much) less crazy and (somewhat) less violent than he is depicted by scores of popular historians (and even the occasional dedicated historian).
 

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Also, Ungern-Sternberg was (much) less crazy and (somewhat) less violent than he is depicted by scores of popular historians (and even the occasional dedicated historian).

oh bollocks. *runs off to retcon a large chunk of my timeline*
 
oh bollocks. *runs off to retcon a large chunk of my timeline*

Huh. Well, my condolences then.

If it helps, he was still a semi-crazy and semi-violent monarchist warlord. Just a lot less insane, brutal and evil than he's usually presented to be.
 
Well, he could always conquer huge tracts of land in service to the Tsar or the Khan, without becoming Tsar or Khan himself. So, without his personal respect for monarchs being the limiting factor, what's the maximal amount of land in the period that a cavalry officer could have conquered?
 
OTL, not a whole lot. While he can push south into China, he'd be fighting a plethora of warlords, some of whom were pretty competent. The Ma clique and Yan Xishan come to mind. For him to be more successful, the Whites need to first win the Russian Civil War, and then lose the peace. First part would require a great amount of good fortune where the White armies coordinate their offensive to nullify Trotsky's 'defeat them one at a time' strategy. The latter, however, is very likely. Without the Bolsheviks as a unifying factor, the white movement will fragment into Social Revolutionaries, republicans, monarchists, etc.

A world where both Russia and China are reduced to warlord states is a state where Ungern-Sternberg can thrive. I can see him bringing the Buryat, Tuvan and Altai lands under his rule, and then some.
 
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Could Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg become the "supreme commander" of the White Russian armies?
 
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