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Okay, so, I've been reading a rather interesting book on the subject of Ungern-Sternberg, the mad Baron or the bloody Baron or whatever else you want to call him.

Link to wiki for those unfamiliar with the man:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Ungern_von_Sternberg

So, anyways, this rather terrifying fellow seems to me a larger-than-life figure, the sort of creature that would seem more at home in a horror film than in a history book. The thing is, he actually existed. I got to thinking about the possibilities posed by this rather inhuman fellow... and of how things might have gone differently for him. As such, I ask - were the Whites to do better against the Reds, and so prolong the Russian Civil War, and were Ungern-Sternberg to exhibit a strategic and tactical skill to match his courage, ferocity and determination, how much of a difference might those changes have made - would he manage to unify Mongolia under his banner, or to assemble the anti-Bolshevik cavalry army he dreamed of creating from a secure Mongolian base? Would, were the Russian Civil War still raging, he have turned his attentions towards China?

All of those questions are of interest to me. While his ultimate goal, the aristocratic-reactionary-conservative wet dream of restoring the Czar, would likely remain outside his reach regardless of the any level of skill he might possess or any sort of plausable luck, there do exist a number of possibilities for him to do better than he did historically. What I'm interested in is gauging the level of success that is deemed "plausible."

So, with that in mind, what are your thoughts?
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