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Based on the popular theory that Peter the Great's last words were to name Anna Petrovna his rightful heir (which he failed to get out in time) I present a basic theory of alternate history mainly focusing on the result of the 7 years war, and hope to expand from there. The essential concept is this- an Empress Anna Petrovna does ONE thing different- its unlikely she'd be that different a monarch than her sister Elizabeth was, but what it DOES do is means she does not marry into Prussian nobility, and there is no Catherine the Great.

The function of this is to stop the change in Russia's position in the 7 years war, where in our time it exited the war and began supporting the Prussian/English side, effectively crippling Austria and France. So in this timeline?

Austria wins the 7 years war (and probably France, too)

Obviously this has huge ramifications for the British colonies, the formation of Germany, and the French revolution. Thoughts?
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