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Hi everyone,

Imagine that for what reasons ever (for example the Russian Empire has a constant birth rate from the late 17th century like a modern day African country like for example Niger, Liberia or Mali) the USSR has a population of roughly 800 million after World War 2 and at least 1.4 billion in 1990.

So my question is: Do you think WW2 and the Cold War would have had a different timeline with such a hyperpopulated USSR? If yes, what would have been the consequences?

Would the USSR have been torn apart in a gruesome civil war like i.e. Yugoslavia? We all know that the Soviet Union wasn't able to feed all of her 289 Million inhabitans in OTL.

Would the Soviets have started World War 3 for exploiting Europe and the US in order to feed themselves like in the Movie Red Dawn?

What would have been the situation of a modern day Russian Federation if the hyperpopulated USSR would have collapsed in the 90s or even earlier?

Or what else might happen?

And: What might have been the consequences if a significant part of the population (i.e. 15%) would have been ethnic Chinese living in the Far East, Siberia and Central Asia? (15% is much if keep in mind that the USSR had over 250 ethnic groups)
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