As we know, after the rise of Kruschevism in the soviet union the soviets began to invest more into light industry and consumer goods, thus leading to their years of prosperity
What if this led to the formation of a technocratic faction of the soviet party and they end taking power after the end of Kruschev's government, and they begin some kind of economic liberalization while still keeping the soviet union as one party state, adn those reforms succed, turning the USSR into a analogue of China?
The objective of this Alternate history challenge is to have the soviet government throw away the ideals of 1917 (but still keep claiming that they are following it) and turn the warsaw pact into a more prosperous and developed alliance as it was OTL
bonus points if you can keep the soviets in power until the 2000s
What if this led to the formation of a technocratic faction of the soviet party and they end taking power after the end of Kruschev's government, and they begin some kind of economic liberalization while still keeping the soviet union as one party state, adn those reforms succed, turning the USSR into a analogue of China?
The objective of this Alternate history challenge is to have the soviet government throw away the ideals of 1917 (but still keep claiming that they are following it) and turn the warsaw pact into a more prosperous and developed alliance as it was OTL
bonus points if you can keep the soviets in power until the 2000s