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As you might know, there were two initial projects of the formation of the USSR: while the one implemented OTL and proposed by Lenin implied the inclusion of republics as nominally being on the same terms as Russia as members of the Union with a right to secede, the unimplemented Stalin's proposal was to include the incoming states as autonomous (which means even nominally not independent) republics as, for instance, OTL Tatarstan.
So let's imagine that for some reason Stalin's project is opted for (this could be the result of Stalin gaining power more rapidly during the Civil War). he repblics are included as autonomies without any right to secede. Republican communist parties are absorbed by the All-Russia Communist Party.
While I think this wouldn't have much effect on the TL prior to 1945, after that things shall start to change. For one, USSR does not get three seats in the UN and thus the future of Israel looks somewhat different as it might well not be recognised by the UN.
The real change comes when the inevitable happens and RSFSR starts falling apart. My question is: which nations are going to secede adn which are not? Or could Russia be held coherent?
Concerning the minor republics of Georgia, I'm imagining them included on the same terms as the others, including Georgia proper.
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