You mean like a Russian Taiwan?During WWI, if the Romanov's survive and the United Baltic Duchy is created as a rump Russian Empire, then many White Guards can move to the new nation instead of America or western Europe.
They wouldn't have a choice.Also, why exactly would the locals in Latvia and Estonia allow White Russian forces to do this?
During WWI, if the Romanov's survive and the United Baltic Duchy is created as a rump Russian Empire, then many White Guards can move to the new nation instead of America or western Europe.
Sorry, my mistake. Messed up with one of these little presidents of US.With an early enough POD, you can not only get a more populated Baltic states, but you can get Henry Ford's name changed.
Impossible. 1850 is way, way too late. If you butterfly away the Soviet deportations, WW2 and mass emigration to the West, you can get them both to be around 3-4 million, but not much more than that.What realistic ways are there with a PoD of 1850 or later to make both Latvia and Estonia much more populous than they are in our TL?
Hmm... To be honest, barring more serious deportations and a need to fill the void, I'm not entirely sure. Immigration from Russia to the Baltics during the Soviet period was was pretty major anyway.How would this change in political status lead to more immigration?
It also seemed to respond to economic issues, including labour shortages, in the Baltic States. At very most you might have a situation like Tatarstan's, say, where the titular nation remained the near-majority throughout the Soviet era.
They wouldn't have a choice.
The region was under German occupation, a force which was actually seen as liberators. Furthermore, the Russian Civil War is beginning, and communists are seen as an extreme threat.
So, the people of the Baltic either accept a German puppet regime administered by the Romanovs and one that possesses a large Russian minority, or communist domination.
Why would the Germans allow the Romanovs to govern their Baltic puppet state, though?They wouldn't have a choice.
The region was under German occupation, a force which was actually seen as liberators. Furthermore, the Russian Civil War is beginning, and communists are seen as an extreme threat.
So, the people of the Baltic either accept a German puppet regime administered by the Romanovs and one that possesses a large Russian minority, or communist domination.