Okay, Alexander II was assassinated in 1881, but what might've happened if he had been killed earlier, in 1866, by Dmitry Karakazov? I don't much of the situation, but I am aware that the younger Alexander was a Slavophile, a man with an ideal of a rather homogenous culture. In comparison, Alexander the older was pro-German and all that. This is inspired by the "No Alaska Purchase" thread, and I assume that the nationalist Alexander III would not have sold Alaska to the United States - that said, he would have become tsar at a much earlier time, as a younger man, and I wonder if his political views would have been the same or similar? Being young and naive, is it possible that other prominent Russian political figures could have influenced decisions? (I don't know who they would be.)
I'd like to make a realistic timeline from 1866 and onward, and the geopolitical consequences of Russia holding onto Alaska are important to that. However, it's evident that there would be many more butterflies than that. How would European politics be affected? How would the Russian domestic situation be affected?
I'd like to make a realistic timeline from 1866 and onward, and the geopolitical consequences of Russia holding onto Alaska are important to that. However, it's evident that there would be many more butterflies than that. How would European politics be affected? How would the Russian domestic situation be affected?