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What if Vladimir I of the Kiev had chosen to convert to German-style Catholicism instead of Orthodoxy? Perhaps a single charismatic German priest meets with his emissaries and convinces them that the spiritual beauty of his church is much greater than the wonders of the Hagia Sophia.

This means no alliance with the Byzantines. Which means no Kievan support against Bardas Phocas and the possibility that Basil II might lose his head instead.

Meanwhile, lets say that Vladimir put as much effort into propagating Catholicism as he did with Orthodoxy in OTL. Perhaps a duplication of the Ottonian system. Long term, what will a Catholic Russia mean for the Crusades and other future events?
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