Iron Guard + Pan-Slavism = Russonazis.
There could be some nineteenth century publication as the POD, or foundation of the Russian fascist ideology, something like
a pseudohistory claiming the german race was responsible for
the decline of human civilization, fall of rome, the first two divisions of christianity, attempting to stunt eastern growth in the fourth crusade,
and maybe then blame the asians for the mongol invasions and the plague. basically saying; our enemies are the source of all evil. Something
like a russian version of The Myth of the Twentieth Century.
Could gain popularity after, or during, WW1, and then after the german communists come to power portray communism as a german-asiatic
conspiracy against the slavs.The issue of the kievan rus' being founded by scandinavians could be smoothed over by saying the rulers had
become russified, but the "inherent problems of german blood" remained, explaining away the series of incompetent Tsars and aristocrats.
For getting such a government in power, perhaps larger scale aristocratic deaths by assassination earlier on make cooperating with the
kerensky government less of an issue for the royalists and right wingers, retaliatory assassinations against the Bolsheviks result in
disorganisation and confusion on their part, Lenin killed 1919. Following the white victory in the civil war fascist groups launch several
putsch attempts against the liberal democratic government, financed by the landowners and the wealthy [who are dissatisfied with the
kerensky government's handling of former revolutionaries and economic policies], and eventually overthow the republic's government.
Then, pogroms, re-establishing order, and revanchism. Given Metaxas's fascist leanings , if there was ever an invasion of Turkey
Greece might join in to get back Smyrna.
During this time, out of the former empire Poland [occupying lithuania], Ukraine, and Finland
have broken away, and Japan occupies outer manchuria and northern sakhalin.
Russia controls a large slice of Belarussia, Latvia, estonia, the caucasus and central asia. Poland and Ukraine have an alliance, although they do not get along very well due to disputes about poland's eastern border.
Large numbers of former bolsheviks flee russia to germany, and aid in party organisation.
A young man named hitler died in a gas attack in 1918, so the right doesn't have a skilled orator and leader to rally around.
As word seeps in of the atrocities commited by the fascist russian government against political rivals and volga germans,
fascism is not looking quite as good as it did OTL. With the right weak and divided, a Communist government comes to power via
a putsch in 1928, or, if you think its plausible, an election. While initially unstable and weak, by 1930 the working-class populace sees the
government in a much better light as the rest of the world is mired in the great depression. The military is contemplating a pact with russia to divide poland and ukraine between them, with lithuania and ukraine going to russia and the remainder of poland to the German Socialist Republic [which may eventually become the Central European Federation].
Opinions?