Latest Date to form the USSR?

Is it possible to delay the creation of the Soviet Union as we know it, past the 1920's? Without changing World War I's outcome, can White Russia stifle the revolution and exist for some time before going red? Ideally, I'm looking for a scenario where the Russian Civil War ends, but reignites once again by the 1930's.

If this isn't possible, then how long can the RCW go on? In theory, it could continue forever if a peace isn't negotiated on and a bitter armistice exists, much like the Korean scenario of OTL. I can't see the war lasting until 1930 though.
 
I think you would have to get rid of Lenin or Stalin, maybe both to be on the safe side. Even that might not be enough though.
 
There's nothing inevitable about the formation of the USSR. The Whites could win the civil war and create a reasonably stable authoritarian militarist state that lasts for decades, or they could fall about squabbling and denigrate into warlordism within a couple of years. I think it will be rather difficult for the Reds to restart a full civil war once they've been defeated given that their organisation will have been smashed and their key personnel either dead or in exile, though.
 
There's nothing inevitable about the formation of the USSR. The Whites could win the civil war and create a reasonably stable authoritarian militarist state that lasts for decades, or they could fall about squabbling and denigrate into warlordism within a couple of years. I think it will be rather difficult for the Reds to restart a full civil war once they've been defeated given that their organisation will have been smashed and their key personnel either dead or in exile, though.

Wasn't really what I was getting at. I'm aware that the formation of the USSR is unique and not necessarily an inevitable product of the revolution, but could the circumstances of said revolution allow for a delayed formation? Or is there only a certain window for its creation? I meant would it be possible for a Soviet Union to form later than OTL, not necessarily like our TL's Soviet Union, but for it to still exist? I guess the better question how long can the Bolsheviks or the Whites survive, at least either to keep the conflict going and eventually give way to the Soviet Union.
 
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