CaliGuy
Banned
What if, in response to the insurgency that Ukrainian nationalists in western Ukraine conducted against the Soviet Union after the end of World War II, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin would have decided to create a separate Galician SSR in these seven Ukrainian oblasts: Rivne, Volyn, Ternopil, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, and Zakarpattia? :
http://www.les-crises.fr/images/images-diverses/2014/crimee/21-regions-oblasts-ukraine.jpg
For the record, I am especially curious about the effect of this in the 1980s and beyond. Indeed, with the most nationalistic Ukrainian provinces being outside of the Ukrainian SSR in this TL, could the (smaller) Ukrainian SSR in this TL remain inside of the Soviet Union (and thus preserve the Soviet Union)? Also, if the Soviet Union still collapses in this TL, would Ukraine drift back into Russia's orbit after the collapse of the Soviet Union (due to nationalistic western Ukrainian voters being located outside of Ukraine in this TL)?
Also, as for the Galician SSR, would it become an independent country after the end of the Cold War or would it seek to rejoin Poland?
Any thoughts on all of this?
http://www.les-crises.fr/images/images-diverses/2014/crimee/21-regions-oblasts-ukraine.jpg
For the record, I am especially curious about the effect of this in the 1980s and beyond. Indeed, with the most nationalistic Ukrainian provinces being outside of the Ukrainian SSR in this TL, could the (smaller) Ukrainian SSR in this TL remain inside of the Soviet Union (and thus preserve the Soviet Union)? Also, if the Soviet Union still collapses in this TL, would Ukraine drift back into Russia's orbit after the collapse of the Soviet Union (due to nationalistic western Ukrainian voters being located outside of Ukraine in this TL)?
Also, as for the Galician SSR, would it become an independent country after the end of the Cold War or would it seek to rejoin Poland?
Any thoughts on all of this?