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Although it's no longer communist nowadays, Russia was once the champion of global socialism. During its several decade-existence, the USSR arose from the Bolshevik-led revolution in 1917, to a rapidly industrializing power under Joseph Stalin, to a superpower that went toe-to-toe with the United States during the Cold War. For better or worse, Russia remains infamous for its recent--and world-changing--communistic past.

But could Russia have gone in the opposite direction?

Instead of it becoming the far-left, authoritarian colossus that it was IOTL, your challenge is to make Russia a world bastion of laissez-faire capitalism comparable to, if not surpassing the OTL United States in this regard. It can be a Russian Empire that industrializes earlier, or a provisional government that successfully makes democratic reforms--among many unlisted options.

Thank you in advance,
Zyobot
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