Is it possible for russia to collapse into many smaller countries as the result of a worse civil war?
Warlordism.
However here are some States that could survive with a collapsed Russia:
Alash Orda (Kazakh state)
Idel- Ural
Don Cossack republic
Kuban Cossack republic
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
Khiva
Bukhara
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
the Ukraine (possibly under Polish "protections")
Belarus (warlord if it exist)
Makhnovchina
Kolchak, Denikin and Wrangel all creating their own warlord States, while the Provisional government try to uphold democracy in Omsk??Good list. I would add maybe separate ethnic Russian states based around Leningrad and Moscow, along maybe with the Far East. As a matter of fact, I think separate ethnic Russian states would probably be necessary is Balkanization was going to last.