DBWI: No Caucasian Confederation?

The Caucasian Confederation, or CauCon for short, has been a stunning example of interfaith, multicultural cooperation. Sure they are some separatist movements, like the Chechens and Circassians and Azerbaijanis, but most ethnic groups in the CauCon have been loyal to their country, and in the three ethnic groups I mentioned the vast majority of Chechens, Circassians and Azerbaijanis oppose separatism.

But what if they had been no Caucasian Confederation? How would that change history?

OOC: Let's say that the CauCon also has Iranian Azerbaijan.
 
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Personally, I feel as if the actual percentages of Chechen separatists are overblown, whenever I've visited it's always seemed rather calm.

However, that's not the main point here, I feel that without the Confederation we would see the region dominated by some foreign power, I would have to put my money on the Russians, or hell, even the Ottomans/Turks. Due to this, I could see the area being as radicalized with violent insurrectionists actions as we see in Tibet and Belarus. We've seen in this modern era that the oppressive boot is usually met with automatic fire and hostage situations.
 
Russia takes over the whole area. They held most of it prior to the Great War anyway and really without British backing the Caucuasian Confederation would likely be absorbed again.
 
If it hadn't been for the efforts of the great democratic leaders Dzhugashvili and Beria it'd be unlikely that it could have held together. I'm not sure what the world would be like without the shining example of those two pacifist, humanist and enlightened rulers. A darker place surely.
 
I used a Caucasian Federation (Federation of Caucasia) in my HMS Heligoland...

...The Black Baron (Pyotr Wrangel) becomes its Marshal and eventually its President. Beats off Soviet attacks and does a Finland. Impetus to create it initially comes from White Russians, then a dislike of Soviets. Manages to hold the Crimean peninsula but never gets further North than the Don. Minor UK, Greek and Italian ally.
 
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