What if France succeeded in the Invasion of Russia?
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Difficult after having occupied Swedish Pomerania, in 1811, for Continental System infractions
No need to rule Russia, or all of it.
Some buffer states/allies, durable enough, to contain it, could be it (and what I see on the map seems to be that case*) - Poland (as on the picture?) or even Ottoman empire (it isn´t that long their vassal lost Crimea) or Austria (on one hand, not sue if its good idea to strenghten it, for France, on the other, Habsburgs are now Napoleon´s family too)
As for rulin Russia - you are right, on the other hand, how big was actually Russian population at that time (sure, big - heck, it wasn´t easy to invade Russia and rule it sitting on bayonettes 150 years before Napoleon- but it isn´t 20th century behemoth yet...)
*speaking about map - I would ad Volynhia to Poland/Lithuania, for aesthetic reason at least, I don´t like that wedge between Galicia, Poland and Lithuania
I only didn't add Volynhia because during the planning of the invasion of Russia, Jozef Poniatowski suggested Napoleon invade Ukraine too but Napoleon rejected the polish prince's idea
How would the Russian people react to this peace treaty?
P.S, does this seem like a punishment Napoleon would do against Russia?
P.S, does this seem like a punishment Napoleon would do against Russia?