Is there any way for the Tatars to dominate Siberia in place of the Russians?
Basically, this would be a mix of a Volga Bulgaria and Golden Horde wank. When would the POD need to be to allow Volga Bulgaria to dominate Siberia? Would it have to avoid the Mongol conquest, or could it still re-emerge from it stronger? Would this simply be a Russian screw, or can an independent center of power arise in Sarai, Kazan, or wherever to challenge the Russians.
I guess the government would be a monarchy ruled by descendents of Genghis Khan, because of the prestige such a lineage entails. It may or may not be abolished at some point.
Such a state should at least be capable of modernisation to at least the degree of the OTL Ottoman Empire, if not Russia itself. The main language should be Tatar of any sort, probably Volga Tatar as opposed to any other branch. Territorially, this state should at least encompass the Volga basin that OTL was under Kazan as well as the Asian part of the Russian federation minus that gained from the Chinese in the 19th century.
So how plausible is this state? What does Tatar Siberia, ruled by a reformed Golden Horde or a successor state to it, need to succeed?
Basically, this would be a mix of a Volga Bulgaria and Golden Horde wank. When would the POD need to be to allow Volga Bulgaria to dominate Siberia? Would it have to avoid the Mongol conquest, or could it still re-emerge from it stronger? Would this simply be a Russian screw, or can an independent center of power arise in Sarai, Kazan, or wherever to challenge the Russians.
I guess the government would be a monarchy ruled by descendents of Genghis Khan, because of the prestige such a lineage entails. It may or may not be abolished at some point.
Such a state should at least be capable of modernisation to at least the degree of the OTL Ottoman Empire, if not Russia itself. The main language should be Tatar of any sort, probably Volga Tatar as opposed to any other branch. Territorially, this state should at least encompass the Volga basin that OTL was under Kazan as well as the Asian part of the Russian federation minus that gained from the Chinese in the 19th century.
So how plausible is this state? What does Tatar Siberia, ruled by a reformed Golden Horde or a successor state to it, need to succeed?