The Islamic Caliphate captures Constantinople!

Mujahid786

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With the Muslim advances into the Balkans, Russia could ultimately turn into Muslim. The Russians wanted to adopt a religion, they considered Orthodox, Islam and Catholicism, but chose Orthodoxy as they admired the Byzantines, and it was closer to them.
 
Judging by your comment above, I will expect the muslims will even going to manage to subdue the Bulgars in a way or another in this scenario, and Wallachia will be made a buffer against any possible further visits by other steppe nomads.

The siege took place at around the same time that the Bulgars began entering the Balkans. They won't be subdued because they'll just pack up and leave when the going gets tough. I expect Bulgaria will be between the Carpathians and the Dnieper in TTL, fighting the Khazars for control of the steppes and raiding the Arab Balkans when they have the opportunity. They might even develop a Cossack-like naval force.

With the Muslim advances into the Balkans, Russia could ultimately turn into Muslim. The Russians wanted to adopt a religion, they considered Orthodox, Islam and Catholicism, but chose Orthodoxy as they admired the Byzantines, and it was closer to them.

Given the butterflies involved I don't expect there would be anything recognizable as Russia.
 
It might mean the end of the Orthedox Church. Many of the tribes that entered the Balkans after the fall would likely have gone Islamic. The princes of Moscovy might have adopted Islam to unite their people. It might even have spread as far as the North Lands.

A jihadi viking-----
 
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