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Hey everyone, i'm kinda new to this so try to bear with me.

I'm trying to create a timeline in which Russia is a hyperpower in the here-and-now. I have some ideas but it's not really complete. I'll post what i have so far, pointers are aprieciated :)

First of all, i found a letter from Philothey to Basil III in which he said "The church of old Rome fell because for it's hersey; the gates of the second Rome, Constantinople, fell to the axes of the infidels the Turks but the Church of Moscow, the new Rome, shines brighter than the sun over the whole universe. Two Romes have fallen, the third stands, a fourth there cannot be. The Christian Kingdom shall have no other ruler."

This idea of Russia as the protector of Christianity was the sparking point for the Crimean War because Russia expected Britian and France to allow it free reign in dealing with the Ottoman Empire.

The first part of my timeline involves the other European powers not entering the Crimean War, simply allowing Russia to go to war with the Ottomans alone. This would leave a force of roughly 300,000 Ottomans against over 750,000 Russians & her allies.
Now, this next part is inspired by something said by Dostoevsky "Constantinople must be ours. It is not only the famous harbour, not alone the way to the seas and oceans, not even the unification and the awakening of the Slav peoples that links Russia so closely to the portentous question. Our task lies deeper, infinitely deeper. We Russians are really indispensable for Christendom in it's entirety in the East and for the future of Orthodoxy on earth. In one word, this terrible Eastern question contains nearly the whole of our destiny it contains all our tasks, above all our only way into the fullness of world history. There lies at the same time our ultimate conflict and our ultimate reunion with Europe. Sooner or later Constaninople most needs be ours, even if we have to wait until the next century."
I'm thinking that Russia could conquer all of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. They can keep Asia Minor and thier African/Middle Eastern holdings but Constantinople and the Balkans & Greece with it fall into Russian hands. I'm not sure how the Ottomans would react to the fall of Constantinople. I'd imagine they'd admit defeat at that point and make peace with the Russians. In the event that they'd continue the war, i say the Russians should push to take 100% of the Ottoman's territory. If anyone here knows how the Ottomans would react to the loss of Constantinople i'd apriciate it so i can add to that part.

Moving on: the Russo-Japanese war. Russia is far more powerful than in OTL in a bunch of ways. They own Greece, the Balkans and Constantinople (And possibly a bunch of other places depending on the actions of the Ottomans) but also they likely keep Alaska. Given this extra power (and a few extra little timeline changes if nessecary) the Russians beat the Japanese and capture Korea and Manchuria.

Later in 1912 when Mongolia gets it's independance, Russia fully backs the Mongolians, helping the Mongols also get Inner Mongolia. As in real life, Mongolia becomes a Russian satelite state but is more powerful than OTL.

With the Ottoman Empire greatly weakened and possibly destroyed WWI would be very different if it even happened at all which might possibly stop Hitler from every getting into power and with Manchuria in Russian hands the Asian theatre of WWII would also be different if it happened at all.

Now the Russian revolution; i'd like to have the Bolsheviks come to power still but keep 100% of Russian imperial territory.

Nextly, in 1933 the Soviets invaded East Turkestan. It wasn't the most successful thing, but with this new hyperpowerful Russia, i belive they should capture it.

After the Russian Revolution i'm not really sure how the butterflies would effect things but i'm interested in pointers so any and all advice would be well apriciated, thanks in advance :)

P.S. I know some of this timeline takes place after 1900 but since it started before 1900 i thought i'd post it in this forum. My apologies if i was wrong.
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