On the Banks of the Volga, Far Away - A Volga German TL

Well I'm just wrong then, though I would love if you could find more specific demographics on the area during this period, as to my knowledge I checked the source I got my original number from
It is alot of material in the wiki link. The wikipedia article also links to many sources.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Ukraine#Between_WWI_and_WWII

Ukraines birth rate dropped rapidly around this time. but was still very high, this makes many losses be regained quickly.
 
I'm not sure. None of the ASSRs of Russia progressed to independence in our TL, not even ones like Tatarstan and Chechnya with strong nationalist movements. I can't see the Volga German faring differently from these two. Chechnya does have the trauma of the mass deportation--Volga Germans would have their negative history of being concentrated in their titular republic, but that could fit into the context of the sufferings forced by Nazi Germany as much as any sense of Volga German persecution.

Much depends on what happens later, of course.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/greater-volga-german-population.438521/
In this thread i try to see if it was possible for Volga German identity to persist and grow during the Soviet and post Soviet period. As in OTL Volga Germans are persecuted but they stay cohesive, traditonal and fertile.
 
Stretching a bit, bud, besides, I have my own plans for the 'flavor' of the Volga Republic.
Another possbility is that instead of being settled around the Volga in their historical homeland, that the Volga Germans are settled in Kazakstan in such numbers that they become the majority.
 
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Good Job so far! I want to see how the "Austrian Style, Danish Neutrality" plays out, as Denmark has played a important in NATO, especially in recent years. I would excpect being allmost completely surrounded by the Soviets, Scandinavia would either be pushed futher into the hands of NATO, or ally up with the Eastern Block. Denmark could end up in a Civil War between the current goverment, and DDR backed communist rebels. [Somthing similar happened in Greece OTL]
Maybe Denmark could be finlandised? Too strong to be controlled by the Soviets, but too weak to ignore the Soviets.
 
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Maybe Denmark could be finlandised? Too strong to be bullied be the Soviets, but to weak to resist the Soviets.

Finlandization strikes me as much likelier than any kind of civil war, frankly--Denmark was not unequal enough for a Communist insurgency to be a thing.
 
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