In 1934 Joseph Stalin created the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, a small territory on the Manchurian border. What if he create a much larger, full size Soviet Socialist Republic for the as part of his Jewish nationality policy, and in keeping with history, this territory is roughly located near old Khazaria.
Khazaria SSR would be carved out of western Kazakhstan. Specifically it comprises of the provinces of West Kazakhstan, Atyrau, Mangystau, and Aktobe, for a total of 736,100 Square Kilometers.
Initially Soviet citizens of Jewish descent shall be encouraged to settle there, as part of their patriotic duty to create new farmland for the motherland. In the 1938 Evian Conference, the Soviet Union agrees to offer Austrian Jews sanctuary in Khazaria SSR. After 1939, Jews from occupied Poland and the Baltic states are also encouraged to migrate.
During the Great Patriotic War, many of the Jews rounded up by the Nazis in Eastern Europe would have been previously evacuated far to the east. All together perhaps three million escape the Holocaust. The citizens of Khazaria SSR enthusiastically volunteer for the war. Several extra Red Army divisions are formed from Jewish recruits. At the end of the war, Khazaria becomes an attractive destination for many of Europe's surviving Jews.
Khazaria declares independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union. Much of the ethnic Russians leave for Russia and ethnic Kazakhs move east to Kazakhstan, establishing a Jewish absolute majority in the country. This would create a Jewish homeland 35 times the size of Israel and loaded with oil and natural gas resources with relatively friendly neighbors.
Khazaria SSR would be carved out of western Kazakhstan. Specifically it comprises of the provinces of West Kazakhstan, Atyrau, Mangystau, and Aktobe, for a total of 736,100 Square Kilometers.
Initially Soviet citizens of Jewish descent shall be encouraged to settle there, as part of their patriotic duty to create new farmland for the motherland. In the 1938 Evian Conference, the Soviet Union agrees to offer Austrian Jews sanctuary in Khazaria SSR. After 1939, Jews from occupied Poland and the Baltic states are also encouraged to migrate.
During the Great Patriotic War, many of the Jews rounded up by the Nazis in Eastern Europe would have been previously evacuated far to the east. All together perhaps three million escape the Holocaust. The citizens of Khazaria SSR enthusiastically volunteer for the war. Several extra Red Army divisions are formed from Jewish recruits. At the end of the war, Khazaria becomes an attractive destination for many of Europe's surviving Jews.
Khazaria declares independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union. Much of the ethnic Russians leave for Russia and ethnic Kazakhs move east to Kazakhstan, establishing a Jewish absolute majority in the country. This would create a Jewish homeland 35 times the size of Israel and loaded with oil and natural gas resources with relatively friendly neighbors.
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