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In the event of a Nazi victory (they conquer the European USSR up to the Urals and make peace with the WAllies), and a Japanese defeat (as per OTL), what's left of the USSR looks like it would still be a considerable power.

If say, Stalin and the Soviet leadership fled to the Asian part of the USSR, along with millions of refugees from the European USSR and a hell of a lot of plant and equipment being relocated to the Asian USSR, while using a scorched earth policy to ruin large areas of the European USSR while they leave, how powerful would this state be?

Post war might see a Cold War between the West and the Nazis, with the West sending all sorts of economic and military aid to the Soviet rump state to beef it up in anticipation of this cold war turning hot.

This Soviet rump state would have a lot of industry and natural resources and probably a large population too. Give it a few years and with Western support the USSR would become a considerable foe for Nazi Germany, especially if the Germans mismanage their economy in peace time like most people think they would.
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