AH Challenge: Austro-Hungary falls to Communism

Alright, now you may view this as extremly Turtledovish but I'm a little bored and wonder if parralells from Vienna's multic-ethnic collapsing Empire with St. Petersburg's multi-ethnic collapsing Empire could see a similar Bolshevik revolution, which turns into a USSR style federal state (parts missing no doubt). There is no true POD I'm looking for, merely a chain of events both in and outside the Empire that could see this come about.

I see the United States of Greater Austria project as a nessecary starting point, in order to remove the dualist nature that would turn revolution into automatic secession, also a possible parrallel with the Kerensky Provo Government, sudden true democracy mixed with the events that caused the reform leading to the Reds seizing power in the chaos.

Civil War would not doubt appear, possibly with Hungarian nationalist teaming up with Federalists and Austrian Conservatives, all with different aims (return to Dualism, return to USGA, Hapsburg domination) ala the Whites.

Germany would have to be in the toilet not to intervene and the Reds would need major support in the military. Possible Italian intervention in Tyrolia and Dalmatia.

Any thoughts
 
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