So, let's assume that the Bolsheviks are really successful and manage to defeat Poland in the Polish-Soviet war. They move into Germany and in combination with a German Spartacist revolution, take the country.
Now I've read that if the Bolsheviks had such success early on, they would have made Poland and Germany SSRs akin to the Ukraine.
Naturally that would completely and utterly change the economics and politics of the Soviet state (for example, much of the Bolshevik decisions in the early 20s were because of the economic limitations they had within Russia - with Russia, Germany and Poland they would have different - and looser - economic limitations). Also the Russian politicians and scientists would be complemented (and have to compete with) Polish and German politicians and scientists. At the same time, I could see the Bolsheviks trying to stay in control of the new groups with their habitual brutality (which, albeit, would not be Stalin grade brutality at first and could well never be Stalin-grade).
So how do people think such a giant Soviet Union would evolve?
Would it be able to hold Germany and Poland? (I could see Germany breaking free under a Socialist counter-revolution if the conditions were right).
And how would foreign relations develop in such a world?
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