So the OTL is at the Treaty of Riga the Russians offer as much territory as the Polish politicians want, who then tell Pilsudski that they don't want Kiev, Dniepro, Minsk and Odessa and are going to hand it all back to Russia.
Instead of apologies to his Ukrainian allies for the betrayal per OTL, he arrests the Polish negotiators for treason and launches his coup five years early, telling the Ukrainians that he'll stand by them.
They support the coup and agree to a federation with a capital in say Brest Litovsk and Pilsudski as President and a bilingual parliament. Revised Treaty of Riga. Odessa in new state. Donetsk, too?
Hlodomor avoided. Suppression of Polish and Ukrainian nationalists by Pilsudski. Hitler and Stalin still come to power. Back on OTL to WW2, except invasion of Poland-Ukraine takes twice as long. Curzon line is Soviet-Nazi border by 1940.
Instead of apologies to his Ukrainian allies for the betrayal per OTL, he arrests the Polish negotiators for treason and launches his coup five years early, telling the Ukrainians that he'll stand by them.
They support the coup and agree to a federation with a capital in say Brest Litovsk and Pilsudski as President and a bilingual parliament. Revised Treaty of Riga. Odessa in new state. Donetsk, too?
Hlodomor avoided. Suppression of Polish and Ukrainian nationalists by Pilsudski. Hitler and Stalin still come to power. Back on OTL to WW2, except invasion of Poland-Ukraine takes twice as long. Curzon line is Soviet-Nazi border by 1940.