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In the original timeline the provisional government came to power in March of 1917.

During the summer of 1917 the Russians launched an offensive called the Kerensky offensive.

So these are the places where the changes happen.


First, as soon as the Kerensky government comes to power, it was not the first provisional government by the way, it begins negotiations with the Allies, especially France, Britain and the USA.

The Russian government says that it is under great internal pressure and to continue the war needs some guarantees from the allies. And if the allies refuse then Russia will drop out of the war, this blackmail, in my opinion, will force the allies to give Russia anything it wants.

All the loans the Russian government currently has and all the loans it will acquire for the rest of the war are to be reassigned to the central powers, the central powers have to pay off those loans and not Russia, Russia is to be completely debt free.

The Allies especially the USA and to some extent Britain need to start building railroads, improving the Russian transport system and increase shipping. The allies are to bring trucks, horses and wagons and create storage centers across the land to transport things further and further from the ports and by doing so help expand the amount of goods that can be transported. Small boats are to be delivered as well to use the rivers across Russia to help deliver goods. All the work is to be done by American, British and Chinese workers since the Russian government can not afford to divert any workers to it. The Chinese are to start around Vladivostok and if things go well there expand with their construction aid. And the Anglo Allies are to make sure that the workers are feed and paid for. All of this cost is to be transferred to the central powers after victory.

Food and fuel is to be given to the Russian government so that it in turn can give it to the people.

The Government is to relocate its capital to Yekaterinburg, and it is to ask to Allies to build a factory complex for the Fedorov Avtomat and a factory complex the new airplane the S-28 which was a new design even better than the “Ilya Muromets” which in turn was the best ww1 bomber. The Allies are also to build housing and all other things needed to grow a city. The foundation for turning Yekaterinburg into an industrial and political powerhouse is to be laid. The factory complexes do not need to be "in" Yekaterinburg, but could be anywhere within 20-30 miles from it, if needed.

The Allies are also to place soldiers and have them train around Yekaterinburg, as many soldiers as possible, all are to be paid and supplied by the Allies but under the command of the Russian government.

By moving the capitol to Yekaterinburg there is no possibly way that the central powers can militarily threaten the government and with the Allied forces there no other “faction” can threaten the government.

The Bolsheviks came to power by promising 3 things; peace, land and bread, the Provisional government can deliver on 2 of those promises.

At this point in time there are about 250,000 or so big land owners and the total population of Russia was about 180 million.

The land from the 250,000 is to be given to the 180 million people so that there are now about 180 million land owners. This will give the people what they want: land, and offer the possibility for “bread”. It also removes the threat from the Bolsheviks since few people are going to give up what they have personally be given. The former land owners have no power as the Kornilov affair proved, all the soldiers are on the peoples side, especially now when they have been given free land.

This will also give the Kerensky government a huge boost and will guarantee their power for one generation at least, 30+ years.

When the first revolution happened in Febuary the the provisional government was installed in march they declared that:


1. An immediate and complete amnesty in all cases of a political and religious nature, including terrorist acts, military revolts and agrarian offences, etc.


2. Freedom of speech, press, and assembly, and the right to form unions and to strike and the extension of political freedom to persons serving in the armed forces limited only by the demands of military and technical circumstances.


3. The abolition of all restrictions based on class, religion, and nationality.


4. The immediate arrangements for the calling on the Constituent Assembly on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage and secret ballot, which will determine the form of government and the constitution of the country.



This is to be repeated by the Kerensky government that this is what the provisional government gave the people. Saying nr 2 and nr 3 loud and often will help buy more time and help to some extent decrease the internal pressure.

All private debt that the peasants have is to be forgiven. All debts to the former land owners and nobility is to be forgiven.

The government is to say we give you land, bread and have given you universal suffrage and we forgive your debts in exchange we ask that you all recognize that you are Russian citizens and that the Russian language is to be taught in all of Russia, but local languages may of course be taught, but that Russian is the official language.

All the former big land owners and nobility, in total that is about 300,000 people are to be drafted into the army. They are all immediately to be sent to the front with orders to attack and conquer all the central powers. The land owners and nobility are to do so NAKED, no equipment is to be given to them, they must acquire it from the central power by capturing it, and there is to be a 90% tax on equipment captured, so they may only keep 10% the other 90% is to be sent back to the ordinary Russians who have been fighting this war for 3 years whilst the land owners and nobility did not.

After that all Russian strategy is to be completely defensive, never attacking.

The Russian government is also to start propaganda about their wonder weapons the Ilya Muromets which has the best record of any bomber, and how it along with other exceptional weapons such as the Fedorov avtomat will turn the tide without pointless attacks. Russia is to win the war by killing all the enemies in a defensive action and having the future air fleet bomb the enemy into pieces.

By giving the people land and by making clear that everyone has universal suffrage and those laws are on the books the Bolsheviks will not be able to launch a revolution since they will massively have lost support.

The nobility and former landowners will have even less power because they have no land, and are most likely dead, or very few alive.

The different national groups will also have lost a lot of their power since everyone is now a personal land owner and that is by far the most important thing, and the government who gave them the land asked everyone to be Russian citizens and many will feel grateful and do just that.
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