They didn't have much interest honestly, they would take it if it was convenient but that's about itI'm honestly unsure. However, if Russia was only interested in Orthodox Slavic areas, it would have had no desire to annex Galicia, correct?
I'm honestly unsure. However, if Russia was only interested in Orthodox Slavic areas, it would have had no desire to annex Galicia, correct?
Looking back at this thread, I want to make a point here--basically, even if Russia didn't show any interest in Czechia before 1914 in our TL, circumstances can change national opinion. For instance, I don't think that the U.S. showed any interest in New Mexico and Alta California in 1805, and yet the U.S. ended up conquering and acquiring them a little over 40 years later! Also, the same appears to be true for Texas, but replace "40 years" with "30 years."Did Russia show any particular interest in Czechia (which, though Slav, was not Orthodox) prior to the outbreak of war in 1914?
Thanks for this information!Iirc the eastern (ie Ukrainian) part of Galicia was a mixture of Orthodox and Uniates.
OTL, when the Russians occupied it in 1914, they did their best to forcibly convert the Uniates to Orthodoxy. One Russian general reportedly complained "We ask for guns and you send us priests".
Why not simply demand that the Czech part of Czechoslovakia be demilitarized, though?Maybe. One could argue that any Czech or Czechoslovak state born in these conditions would be naturally pro-Russian; so making it widely autonomous, but loosely within Germany's sphere, does not radically disturb the balance of power.
Link, please?We've a timeline with this premise(but was not a revolution but italian sponsored unrest in trieste) called Franz Ferdinand have a much better day
the hyperlink in the name-title, clicked on itLink, please?