@Kanan, may I ask you important questions on your latest post:
- How did Russian Republic stayed for long than OTL?
- Why did the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his imperial family escaped from the terrors of Russian Civil War? How did the Romanovs survived the worst terrible events?
- How did Ukraine had turned itself into a battle zone between the Bolsheviks and the anti-Bolsheviks until 1924?
- As for Korea, How did the Russians fight against the Japanese made Korea survived from ending up similar fate as OTL? Did Korea began transition to democracy with the help of Russian influence?
- Speaking of Russo-Japanese War, did the Japanese unable to deal with Russian forces? Are there any campaigns along the Korean Peninsula led to distractions or Are Russian forces fared better in fight against the Japanese? How did the Japanese public deal with the impacts of Treaty of San Diego that led to Russian victory?
1) The Russian Republic was primarily supported by the British and Americans, so sending tons of shipments there wasn't that much of a big ordeal. Japan was lukewarm on the entire idea, having been defeated by Russia previously, and it was one of the wedges that was placed between Britain and Japan in the lead up to the Great Pacific War.
2) The Winter Palace (the Tsar's main palace in St. Petersburg) is situated on the Neva River. As mentioned in the article, the Civil War started when the Petrograd Soviet voted to abolish the monarchy and jail the Tsar. He and his family were able to easily escape.
3) German and Austro-Hungarian support. The peace of 1918 was only on the western front, and Germany remained actively involved in Ukraine until 1921 -- by then there had been enough guns and training that the Soviets still had problems conquering it.
4) There was no transition to democracy while under Russian influence, and Korea fell under Japanese in the mid 1920s as the Russian Republic slowly decayed and was more involved in other matters.
5) Russia had been able to defend Port Arthur, and mounted an impressive offensive into Korea against the Japanese forces. The Japanese Navy likewise was defeated several times after the arrival of reinforcements to augment the Pacific Fleet. With the lack of ability to control the seas, Japanese forces lost their supply routes, while Russia's only got stronger. The Japanese public took the loss as a heavy blow, and it is credited with it seeking to rebuild further and come ahead stronger, but also adopt the mentality that the only victory in war against the west must be one of total annihilation.
@Kanan I know I've commented on them before, but your custom seating chart for the Russian State Duma in that post? Absolutely perfect. I think it's little touches like that which make this entire timeline just feel more
real to me. Shows definite thought about how different places are/were when it would be easy to just use a hemicycle or Westminster chart. The rest is amazing too, but those details really do blow me away.
Thank you so much! Just to clarify, as in the original post, the custom seating chart was done by
@Erinthecute
Holy crap, it always seems that you've reached maximum awesomeness, only for you to post something that raises the bar for max awesomeness!
Quick Question: would you mind making a list of the highest grossing films of all time? I'd expect to see many from New England and maybe even 1 or 2 from Germany, though how many billion dollar films there are compared to our timeline (since Frozen 2 just reached $1 billion this weekend, there are 45 billion-dollar films) is a wild guess, as it could be more or less.
Keep up the divine works,
@Kanan !
I do not understand the film industry enough to comment on this.
Indeed, there was multi-Party soviet Democracy in the early USSR. Notably, the Mensheviks remained around and the Left SRs were allowed to continue as a separate voice. Elections to local soviets were reasonably free and fair, and the national Soviet was elected from these local soviets. During Stalin's rise to power, he eventually outlawed opposition within the Communist Party, and it was made the sole legal party. This motion has been lifted by President Symonenko, but there has yet to be an election under this new system.
Ol' Nicky looks like he was burned or something.
That said, this infobox set is simply magical, and I'm a sucker for alternate Russian elections, Imperial or otherwise. One thing I have to ask: with such a huge influx of Russian emigres to Canada, was Soviet Union perceived as less legitimate here compared to IOTL?
I'm glad to hear it!! Thank you so much!
With the Russian emigres to Canada, the Soviet Union was not seen as the legitimate successor to Russia in much of the world. It was only after Stalin was assassinated and the Soviet Civil War died down did the west (except Canada, until the 1970s), recognise the Soviet Union as the successor state to the Russian Empire/Russian Republic.
Is there a reason for why the Kerry administration was so crooked, other then it just being John Kerry?
Much of Kerry's cabinet was filled by the Labour party machine, and to be frank, no one really expected him to win over Lowell Weicker. Kerry essentially bumbled his way into the leadership position (the wealth helped), and was woefully unprepared to take office. The lack of management ability, as well as balancing the duties of the office, led to great autonomy to the cabinet, and thus the party bosses. The Conservatives in the early 2000s underwent a brutal and savage leadership election, that saw Carcieri unseat Weicker as leader, and the more corrupt members of his cabinet saw this as the perfect chance to try and fan the flames further and spy on the Tories. The rest, as they say, is history (and also one of the things for 2020 will be to work on a wikipage of the Kerry Government).
Kinda surprised JFK is ranked that low
The economy was in a bad place by 1966, and the Conservatives had lost a lot of seats from 1962. However, they won a massive majority thanks to the scandal from Prime Minister Thomas Dodd resigning, so the Tories could lose those seats easily. The economy continued to decline and the late 60s were generally known as an unpleasant and unhappy time - leaving John Kennedy with a mixed legacy.
(it’s where I live).
