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The Golden Horde's religious identity remained somewhat fluid up until Uzbeg Khan definatively converted it to Islam in the early 14th century-what would it take for Orthodoxy to win out instead? POD's outside the Horde itself (such as 1204 going a different way, leading to a stronger Byzantine Empire) are acceptable.

Also, what would an Orthodox horde look like? I expect it would likely wind up Slavicising rather than (OTL) Turkicizing, but what varient of slavic-Russian, Ukrainian, something else?-would it most likely adopt? Also, how much would Orthodoxy help its administration and general stability compared to OTL? Might the Ghengisids retain their power for longer? Might the Mongols be regarded as the founders of modern Russia, instead of a group that oppressed it for several centuries?

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