Restoration of Russian monarchy in 1990s

Would it be possible to reestablish monarchy in Russia after SU break up? Tsar as purely figure head. Maybe more tensions between nationalists and liberals and weakened communists (bloodier august coup that fails anyway?) combined with growing nationalism and separatist tendencies. Tsar is seen as unifying figure that would calm these conflicts.

Unlikely?
 
I think that after all the time that had passed, the Czar would have been seen as grossly unnecessary. Besides after centuries of autocracy and nearly 100 years of even worse, and I think the Russian people were quite done with any non-democratic government. However with how the Federation is currently doing I might not be completely correct.
 
It seems like you would need a clear, charismatic, and above all, alive claimant to the Russian throne, from a line which had been very actively in a leadership role for -Communist Russian exiles who were streaming back into the country after the fall of the USSR.

In short, a mighty big butterfly to be flapping its wings throughout the 20th century.
 
Frederik Forsthe has a restored monarchy in Icon. The idea was throwing something else into the mix instead of the Hitlerish madman trying to take over Russia. Something to cling to instead of the madman. Kind of like the queen in UK, the constitution in US (or was it the flag?).
 
Steve Berry has the Romanov Prophecy.Alexis and Anastasia are smuggled out to the West to America.Alexis marries and has an offspring but he dies.Offspring has a son.In the book Russians vote for a monarchy and villains have plans for a puppet ruler.The prophecy by Rasputin is used by the hero and heroine which leads them to America to Georgia where they find the grandson of Alexei who becomes the new Tsar.Don't remember the reason for the vote in the first place, though.
 
Impossible. Russian Monarchy is unpopular to the Russians and the claimants or pretenders for the Russian throne are disputed. Romanov dynasty is only few and divided.
Much more important than the Russian people, a return to the Tsardom (assuming a real claimant could be found) would be completely unacceptable to the Soviet bureaucracy that formed the backbone of the new Russian state
 
I was about to say "no chance in Hell", as monarchy was closely associated with authoritarian rule for Russians in 1991 (and authoritarianism was among the last things average Russian wanted there), but it could be possible if one of key figures in new Russian leadership could seriously claim royal origin. I don't mean necessary Romanovs, they're pretty much discredited, but any Royal family (preferrably of some lesser kingrom, as Bourbon or Hapsburg could draw a suspicion of aligning with foreign interests) will do. For example, would Hasbulatov be of, for example, Bagrationi stock, he could restore monarchy after his (possible) victory in 1993. It is not too likely, but moderately realistical TL can be drawn (kinda sorta Napoleonish TL). But bringing "New Romanov King" from outside looks unrealistic
 
I was about to say "no chance in Hell", as monarchy was closely associated with authoritarian rule for Russians in 1991 (and authoritarianism was among the last things average Russian wanted there), but it could be possible if one of key figures in new Russian leadership could seriously claim royal origin. I don't mean necessary Romanovs, they're pretty much discredited, but any Royal family (preferrably of some lesser kingrom, as Bourbon or Hapsburg could draw a suspicion of aligning with foreign interests) will do. For example, would Hasbulatov be of, for example, Bagrationi stock, he could restore monarchy after his (possible) victory in 1993. It is not too likely, but moderately realistical TL can be drawn (kinda sorta Napoleonish TL). But bringing "New Romanov King" from outside looks unrealistic

Were there any Beauharnais of Romanovsky stock still in Russia during the USSR ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
Were there any Beauharnais of Romanovsky stock still in Russia during the USSR ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
I doubt direct descendands would survive. But someone born from princely mom and low-birth father is possible. Therefore Comrade Ivanov (who's grandmother is from some side line of Swedish Bernadots, for example) could become uni professor in the late 1980s (Hazbulatov's career track).
 
Sorry for necromancing this thread back from the dead, but I was just about to open a thread asking exactly this question: is the restauration of some kind of Romanov possible ofter 1990? Perhaps an alternate TL Romanov that never existed in real life (for example WI Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia gets permission from his brother to marry Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and they have issue...).

But then of course, there is this:
Much more important than the Russian people, a return to the Tsardom (assuming a real claimant could be found) would be completely unacceptable to the Soviet bureaucracy that formed the backbone of the new Russian state

Indeed, the siviliki (the term comes from "civilian" - i.e. the official bureaucracy) bunch would absolutely hate the idea with a passion. But WI Putin were a more sophisticated strongman than he's in real life and somehow he'd use my hypothesised surviving Romanov in his siloviki takeover? (The siloviki are the security apparatus people and they generally have no ideological inclination; except that some of them are "loyal to Mother Russia" so to say, whatever that means in their minds, but that would only help the issue.)

Perhaps also, instead of or in addition to just arresting all the oligarchs he didn't like Putin would encourage the return of the exiled White Russians (or their progeny since the original ones are dead), he'd help form a new upper class of returned White Russians that he would be at any time be able to play against the Yeltsin era oligarchs (just as he in OTL plays the USSR nostalgics and the ultra-nationalists against each other).

In any case this would probably require a very different Putin, and perhaps another personality on the stage, someone to help Putin somewhat ideologically, as he's not very good at that (siloviki usually aren't).

As I have stated previously, I don't think Russia could end up anything other than quite centralised, with a rather powerful security apparatus, and struggling to form capital. After I said that, quite naturally I've been accused of being anti-Russian. Well, as much as I might be resenting certain actions taken by the soviets, I'm not anti-Russian, I'm an Eastern Orthodox Christian, fot Chirist's sake! My point is that Russian geopolitics are rather unconductive to the emergence of a wealthy liberal democracy. However, even with a centralised, security apparatus surveilled country that struggles for capital, Russia could have done much much better in terms of justice system, corruption, criminality, social justice, international prestige, actual power on the world stage, infrastructure (and in the case od Russia the more and the better the infrastructure, the less its capital problem comes out).

So I've been kind of exploring, mentally, avenues for a better Russia so to say. What do you guys say?
 
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