How could a fascist Russia take shape?

In Manchukuo (the Japanese name of Occupied Manchuria), there was a fascist movement called the Russian Fascist Party, led by Konstantin Rodzaevsky, which advocated for the abolition of Communism and it's replacement with Italian-style fascism. It was popular among Russian emigres in the area, with over 20,000 members. Their program included expulsion of the Jews, a 'special relationship' with the Russian Orthodox Church and a emphasis on corporatism.

Obviously, this movement never gained traction in mainland Russia and Rodzaevsky was executed in 1946.

But when could have this movement risen inside Russia and how could the prospective fascist Russian government have taken shape?
 
If Kerensky doesn't double-cross Kornilov, then army will suppress Bolsheviks and other far-left radicals. After war is over (perhaps BL-like treaty will still happen), we'd have extremely unstable Weimar-like republic, griped by revanchism, vulnerable for far-right take-over

wi No Leninist coup (AKA Great October Revolution )

Ah, yes, Great October Socialist Revolution, which was neither Great, nor October, nor Socialist, nor Revolution.
 
If Kerensky doesn't double-cross Kornilov, then army will suppress Bolsheviks and other far-left radicals. After war is over (perhaps BL-like treaty will still happen), we'd have extremely unstable Weimar-like republic, griped by revanchism, vulnerable for far-right take-over
That's what I had happen in the EDC, a weak provisional government (hence the Baltics, Poland, Finland, Ukrainia et cetera left) that stumbled along for a few years and stabilised just in time for the Big Slump (and associated fun like the Okie 'flu) to hit and Russia to go nuts.

Ah, yes, Great October Socialist Revolution, which was neither Great, nor October, nor Socialist, nor Revolution.
True of many such events.
 
This is one of the developments I think is plausible in the event that World war One goes badly enough for Russia to spark the change in government as happened but something short circuits the Bolsheviks. Perhaps the war goes worse for Russia and better for Germany, a "socialist" government does not feel as bound to avoid a separate peace that might be less onerous without German desperation, this Russia is now more isolated and I think the "Army" / Loyalists could crush an uprising as happened in Germany that allows a Republic to hold akin to Weimar, assuming they do not then betray it. As much as it feels cliché and looks deterministic, I think Russia is equally disposed to a deep schism between left and right as happened in post-war Germany, any intervening left-leaning Republic will be heaped with hate as the reactionaries and ultra-nationalists pour on the acid to destroy what they blame for the loss of greatness. The parallels are sufficient to imagine that something like fascism emerges from this pressure cooker and takes power; however, I suspect it might be far more restorative of the monarchy. This will look more like Mussolini's Italy, more firmly connected with church, wildly revanchist, and sadly potentially as scape goat virulent as the Nazis warped as regards the Jews, ethnic Germans, etc.

In my own thoughts on a timeline this butterflies world revolution and communism, the Soviet Union is not born, Russia becomes the "fascist"-state bogeyman, and we get a weirdly similar turbulence post-war and beyond. It is logical but feels a bit of a let down.
 
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