Russia hangs on till victory in WW1, what do they gain?

A question I've found myself wondering the last few weeks is what would Russia gain in the event of a late Entente victory in WW1, with no revolution (or one delayed for another few years) and therefore no Brest-Litovsk treaty. For this scenario, let's presume the United States still joins the war on the Entente's side, and with a large(r) part of the German army still in the east because of a lack of peace with the Russian government, the war ends a few months earlier.

I understand the Russians wanted the Straits, and would likely support Serbian and Romanian claims against Austria-Hungary, so my question is three fold:

1) Aside from the Straits, what are the Russian aspirations against the Ottoman Empire?

2) How far would Russia go in supporting Serbian and Romanian claims against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and what further designs did they have there?

3) As for Poland, my understanding is that Sazonov intended, perhaps with the support of the rest of the government, for an autonomous Poland to be created with its own religious, linguistic, and internal political "freedom" composed of the former lands of Congress Poland which was to receive Posen, parts of Silesia, West Galicia (with the eastern Ukrainian part going to Russia) and (maybe) West Prussia. How likely was this to be carried out? Even if autonomous Poland did not come to fruition, a victorious Russia cleaving off Galicia from Austria-Hungary and Posen from Germany seems likely. And it seems like there were some Poles, like Dmowski, who saw unification of all the Polish lands under Russia as the first step towards liberation. As I understand it, Russia had mellowed out in their treatment of the Poles since 1905, especially when compared to the Germans.

And finally, how likely is revolution to break out in Russia regardless? It seems like this victory at the end of WW1 would perhaps help allow the Tsarist government a little bit more time to limp on, but the underlying causes and faults would still need further reforms on the government's part, which a potentially emboldened leadership might not be so willing to give.
 
Perhaps the Russians opt out of any offensives in 1916 or later, and just hold the line until final victory.

A victory would include the Straits and autonomous Armenia added to Russia, as well as the Galacian part of Austria Hungary to create a autonomous Poland. Perhaps including Posen but likely no corridor.

Romania and Serbia I see no reason to be different than OTL other than Russia retains Bessarbia. Turkey is in full take down in this TL though.

Oddly the fall of Germany's and Austria's monarchies will hurt the Romanovs though. As the OP says it would take wise leadership to keep the Romanov dynasty around for decades though.

Best part is that this avoids WW2
 
I'm not sure this would stop ww2 but I highly doubt Russia would give up Poland, maby more autonomy when the Russian government goes thorue there really necessary reforms at that point.

I'm also not sure if Briton or France would allow Russia to have the srates, or if they consider Russia week enuff and unwilling to start a hole nother war and gust placate Russia whith more land in euro pe and the cacusa.

I think they would definitely support a Yugoslav state and I'm not sure about Romania but probably support their clames as well.

The likely hood of Russia disabling into civil war depends on how hard they push for taratory and how far they are willing to reform.
 
A lot depends on the HOW of this

A Tsarist Russia still in the fight is a different beast to a Kerensky one, or even a military-rule one

And is it Nicholas II or are we looking at Michael II being willing to accept the mandate without ratification by the assembly and acceding as many units at the front had assumed he had (they cheered for the new Tsar)

Also the end-game matters - are the Russians still mired in their own territory, or do they get cossacks into Vienna and Berlin, like they did Paris in 1815?
 
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