This is my first proper map. I tried to stay plausable.
Main idea is IOTL between 1825 and 1830 Russia got over Decembrist Revolt, War with Persia, War with Ottomans and November Uprising. What if all of them happened at the same time?
Inspired by
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POD: 1825 Tsar Alexander didn't get typhus thus didn't die. This caused delayed but stronger decembrist movement.
1826 - Due to Tsar focused Greek Revolt, Russo-Persian border incidents didn't escalated to war thus Russo-Persian War avoided.
1828/03 - Russo-Ottoman War begins as per OTL.
1828/05 - Persia don't let this opportunity pass, declares war on Russia.
1828/12 - Tsar Alexander dies after hearing Persia-Ottoman victories. Decembrist Revolution begins.
1828/12 - After 3 weeks chaos, Decembrist's achieves victory. So called Tsar Nicholas executed, Konstantin ascendes thorne.
1829/03 Tsar Konstantin dies mysteriously. Leader of Southern Faction, colonel Pavel Pastel tries coup but fails, this causes civil war between Northern Faction(Moderates, Constutional Monarchists) and Southern Faction(Radicals, Republicans).
1829/08 - Russo / Ottoman-Persian War ends with Ottoman-Persian Victory.
1829/09 - Treaty of Erevan. Persia takes Azerbaijan, Eastern Georgia and Dagestan.
1829/09 - Treaty of Poti. Ottomans take Baserabia, Abkhazia and Western Georgia.
1829/10 Ottomans accept London Protocol due to Anglo-French pressure.
1829/11 Greece formed as autonomous principilaty under Ottoman suzerainty
1830 - Revolutions of 1830 go on as per OTL except November Uprising and Belgium independence.
1830/01 - Despite Constantin's objections Northern Faction decided using Polish Army, this causes January Uprising a.k.a Polish War of Independence.
1830/05 - Sweden intervened Russian Civil War, starts slowly invade Finland.
1830/06 - Uprisings started in Crimea and Cirkassia againist Russian rule.
1830/08 - Convention of Kars. Ottomans and Persia co-operates in order to assist Seikh Shamil.
1830/09 -Anglo-Ottoman intervention on Crimea begins.
1830/10 Anglo-Ottoman forces begins assist to Tatar, Cossack and Polish insurgents.
1830/12 - London Conference of 1830. Great powers accepted
Talleyrand-Wellington partition plan. France gets Wallonia, Netherlands keeps Flemish, Prussia gets Luxembourg.
1831/06 Ottomans took Hotin. Land connection between Poland and Ottoman Empire is ensured.
1831/09- Anglo-Ottoman forces completed invansion of Yedisan, Crimea and Taman Peninsula.
1831/09 - Congress Poland won War of Independence. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth reestablished.
1831/10 Egypt/Ottoman War begins as per OTL. İbrahim Pasha's forces starts invasion of Syria.
1831/12 - Ciscaucasia liberated from Russian yoke. Caucasian Federation formed, Seikh Shamil becomes Emir of new state.
1832/03 - Northern Faction won RCW. Civil war leaved behind 1 million crippled and 2 million deaths and devestated country in chaos.
1832/03 Colonel Pavel Pastel, the leader of the Southern Faction fleed to Persia.
1832/03 Serfdom abolished.
1832/03 - Great Powers convenes a conferance in order to redraw Eastern European borders.
1832/04 - After Conferance of Vienna great powers recognized independence of PLC, Crimea and Caucasia. In exchange of Polish retreat from Ukraine, Cossack Hetmante got autonomy. In exchange of Swedish retreat from Baltics, United Baltic Duchy formed under Russian suzeranity. Cossack Hetmante and United Baltic Duchy possess own armies and assemblies also Russiam army won't enter these countries unless an attack from foreign power. Ottomans evacuated Taman and Crimean Peninsula and Yedisan in exchange of indemnity also Ottomans keept Hotin. Russia accepted demilitarization of Azov and Black Sea.
1832/08 - Last revolters subdued. Russia subjagates minor revolts and restores order. Meanwhile famine in Northern and Middle Russia goes on.
1832/11 Egypt defeated Ottomans in Konya and captured grand vizier as per OTL Ottomans ask for help from France and Britain.
1832/12 France refused to help. UK offers to help Ottomans in exchange of Greek Independence, however sultan refused this offer and ask for help from Persia.
1833/01 Ottoman-Persia alliance againist Egypt formed. On condition that Persia gained economic privilages and sphere of influance in Persian Gulf (ITTL Fath-Ali Shah Qajar died early thus Abbas Mirza succeed to the throne and began modernization of Persia).
1833/04 Ottoman-Persia / Egypt war begins.
1833 - PLC, Sweden and Ottoman Empire formed defensive alliance againist Russia.
1833(2) - France guaranteed independence of PLC.
1833(3)- Great Russian Famine of 1831-33 ended, leaved behind 5 million death.
1834/06 Ottoman-Persian alliance defeated Egypt.
1834/07 - Treaty of Beiurt. Kavalali Mehmed Ali Pasha losses Syria, Hejaz and Crete on the other hand keeps Egypt as a autonomous khedivate(viceroy) and keeps own dynasty. Mehmed Ali accepted paying tribute to Ottomans and war indemnity to Persia. Also Egypt limited its Army to 100k(30k peacetime army, 70k reserves) and limited its Navy to half of Ottoman fleet.
1835 - Current situation, map depicts 1835.
From 1833 to 1848 Russia undergoes radical reforms, starts build decent infrastructure and begins state sponsored industrialization. Also institutes a more or less liberal consituion and duma. By 1848 Russia had fairly modernized and industrialized country.
1848 - Revolutions of 1848 begins.
To be continued.