I'm trying to write a timeline which leads to the USSR doing much better in the cold war. The basic idea is that they are better prepared for Operation Barbarossa and so slow the germans down (by destroying bridges etc) and lose less men. The Germans are kept within the former Polish terrorities, the Baltics states and West of the Dnieper. After several years of attritional warfare, the Germans are defeated etc.
However, I'm more interested in the affect of this on the Soviet Union. If we say, maybe 5 million military dead and 4 million civillian dead (mostly Poles, Baltics and Western Ukrainians), this means there are only 9 million dead compared with OTL of about 27milion dead, mostly slavs. This leads to a massive shift in the ethnic make up of the USSr and Russians make up and even larger majority and there are alot more Ukrainians and Belrusians (in OTL Belrus lost a third of its population, most of which survive here). Will this lead to the Baltic SSR's and Kazah SSR having larger Russian minorities or even majorities?
However, I'm more interested in the affect of this on the Soviet Union. If we say, maybe 5 million military dead and 4 million civillian dead (mostly Poles, Baltics and Western Ukrainians), this means there are only 9 million dead compared with OTL of about 27milion dead, mostly slavs. This leads to a massive shift in the ethnic make up of the USSr and Russians make up and even larger majority and there are alot more Ukrainians and Belrusians (in OTL Belrus lost a third of its population, most of which survive here). Will this lead to the Baltic SSR's and Kazah SSR having larger Russian minorities or even majorities?