Siberia breaks away during the Russian Civil War. There you go.
Rek, how 'bout giving us some POD guidelines?
De facto is not the same as de jure, and being aligned is not the same thing as not being indepedent. Oh, of course their independence would be quite limited, but they could still be an independent state, as such, as long as they don't stray too far.Siberia would not be independent for long. It's too poor and too damn cold to survive as a state. It would sooner or later (rather sooner) align with some major power, no longer being independent.
Siberia would not be independent for long. It's too poor and too damn cold to survive as a state. It would sooner or later (rather sooner) align with some major power, no longer being independent.
Not to mention fishing on its Pacific coast. I believe it would have touristic potential, too, in the same way that Canada does.Tell it to Canada.
Siberia has oil, natural gas, coal, gold, silver, lead, nickel, zinc, uranium, molybdenum, diamonds, timber, plus good agricultural land if you get the southwest.
No, about a third of Yakutia's population at the time of its creation is Russian. It's a vague estimate because finding reliable figures for Siberia's ethnic breakdown at the time of the Bolshevik revolution is pretty hard, and I'll adjust it if I do find precise data. That proportion decreases in the following decades because of Chinese immigration, so that by the early 21st century it is somewhere around 20%.Of course, from what I understand, in your TL the Russians magically disappear from Yakutia. Or those who remain must be collectively under the influence of heavy sedatives...