DBWI: A smaller USSR?

As we all know, the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics is the largest country on earth. But what if it was smaller? Maybe the Baltic sessisionist movement of the early 90s was successful? Or even going back to 1945, they didn't get the Uyghur, Mongol, or Manchu SSRs? How would the world be different if they wheren't as big as they are in OTL?
 
As we all know, the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics is the largest country on earth. But what if it was smaller? Maybe the Baltic sessisionist movement of the early 90s was successful? Or even going back to 1945, they didn't get the Uyghur, Mongol, or Manchu SSRs? How would the world be different if they wheren't as big as they are in OTL?

Small enough for you?

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The Mongol, Manchu and Uighur SSRs could have been used to create an area where the Chinese Communists could consolidate and overthrow the KMT.

I don't know if China would stay loyal to the USSR or pursue its own ambitions, but we certainly wouldn't have the situation we have today....

I don't know why both the Soviets and the Americans continue to prop up the vile, corrupt KMT dictatorship! Is it because they're unwillling to invest heavily in the massive conflicts that will erupt if China is allowed to fail? Or are they afraid Chinese nukes will fall into the wrong hands?
 
The Mongol, Manchu and Uighur SSRs could have been used to create an area where the Chinese Communists could consolidate and overthrow the KMT.

I don't know if China would stay loyal to the USSR or pursue its own ambitions, but we certainly wouldn't have the situation we have today....

I don't know why both the Soviets and the Americans continue to prop up the vile, corrupt KMT dictatorship! Is it because they're unwillling to invest heavily in the massive conflicts that will erupt if China is allowed to fail? Or are they afraid Chinese nukes will fall into the wrong hands?

Because they can both exploit the largest, cheapest manufacturing base on Earth. I mean, most of Shanghai AND Nanking are owned directly, one way or another, by American multi-nationals, and the Bolshies have been China's largest trading partner... Forever. Not to mention how many concessions and corrupt governors they have working for them in the Northern provinces.
 
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