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Before the Slavs migrated eastwards into what is now known as Russia, the region was populated by a variety of Finno-Ugric peoples such as the Volga Finns, Samoyeds, Komi, and so on so forth. So how could the eastern Slavic migrations be prevented from taking root at least east of Belarus and the Ukraine? And in the absence of the peoples who would be known as the Rus', what would the states formed in the area be like? Perhaps some people like the Mordvins end up creating a kingdom in their stead. In any case, migrations and invasions of Turkic/Altaic people like IOTL are acceptable, I'm just asking how could Russia remain demographically dominated by the Finno-Ugrians and what the consequences would be.
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