samcster94
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There were serious revolts and the Tsar's reputation was permanently damaged after losing to Japan. What would it take for it to be successful and how would it hit the rest of Europe?
There were serious revolts and the Tsar's reputation was permanently damaged after losing to Japan. What would it take for it to be successful and how would it hit the rest of Europe?
As I said perhaps communism emerges earlier than in OTL as well as an earlier Russian Civil War and Soviet Union. Hell, WW1 could go differently with a Soviet Union existing much earlier.I assume the OP means one where instead of the Tsar appeasing, he is actually overthrown? In that case it really depends. The Liberals just wanted, well, liberalization. A Constitution, elections, all that good stuff. Of course the Radical Lefties wanted more. The more likely to violently overthrow the Tsar are the latter, led by Trotsky and Chernov, and they still wanted democracy, so maybe an uneasy alliance between them after the Tsar refuses to appease them will ensue as they work to violently over throw Nicky? Hard to say.
I'm not sure we get a recognizable Soviet Union out of this though. We could easily just get a Social Democratic Russia, or maybe just a Liberal one with Socialist sympathies. Either way, I think it might stay out of World War I, as I bet the new government would be focused on internal reform/consolidation.As I said perhaps communism emerges earlier than in OTL as well as an earlier Russian Civil War and Soviet Union. Hell, WW1 could go differently with a Soviet Union existing much earlier.
SR or left SR is way more likely than RSDLP(m) or (b). Hell, most of Leninism developed as a critique of (b) following 05.I'm not sure we get a recognizable Soviet Union out of this though. We could easily just get a Social Democratic Russia, or maybe just a Liberal one with Socialist sympathies. Either way, I think it might stay out of World War I, as I bet the new government would be focused on internal reform/consolidation.
For a successful overthrow of the Tsar in 1905 I think the Liberals have to be on board. They tried without them and were repressed. So at least initially it won't be SR. But I think eventually they would consolidate and the SR's would have control.SR or left SR is way more likely than RSDLP(m) or (b). Hell, most of Leninism developed as a critique of (b) following 05.
For a successful overthrow of the Tsar in 1905 I think the Liberals have to be on board. They tried without them and were repressed. So at least initially it won't be SR. But I think eventually they would consolidate and the SR's would have control.
My idea was exactly him off the throne(or on it but made powerless) rather than the halfhearted reforms in OTL by the Tsar.I assume the OP means one where instead of the Tsar appeasing, he is actually overthrown? In that case it really depends. The Liberals just wanted, well, liberalization. A Constitution, elections, all that good stuff. Of course the Radical Lefties wanted more. The more likely to violently overthrow the Tsar are the latter, led by Trotsky and Chernov, and they still wanted democracy, so maybe an uneasy alliance between them after the Tsar refuses to appease them will ensue as they work to violently over throw Nicky? Hard to say.
Sure, FF's assassination could be butterflied away, but I'm unsure that a democratic Russia would have been less willing to support its ally Serbia in the event of a crisis.WW1 as we know it would be effectively butterflied.
I could still see a democratic Russia--whether a genuine constitutional monarchy or a republic--fighting to protect Serbia, though.Russia would probably become a constitutional monarchy with a very constrained monarchy...which probably prevents WW1 as we know it.
Aren't your two points here contradictory?I'm inclined to agree with those who assert that a more liberal / westernized Russia wouldn't back Serbia, a client state, in the event of a crisis. In fact, I'll go so far to say that a liberalized Russia might be an exporter of liberalizing notions to its clients in the Balkans, including Serbia. That might yield an earlier crisis situation that in turn might yield a general European war; i.e., something different than the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, but equally unsettling. Serbia, for example, might send agents provocateurs into Hungary, Slovenia, or Croatia, bent on fomenting pro-democratic discontent to de-stabilize the Hapsburg regime...take it from there.