So, pre-1936, the SSR’s of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan were united into one SSR. What if the SSR wasn’t dissolved in 1936. Assuming we place a butterfly net in place, when the USSR collapses, do we get a second Yugoslavia in the Caucasus?
Probably not much changes before fall of USSR but afterwards things are going to be mess. Georgai would secede immediately and soon Armenia and Azerbaijan would are fighting. So not much changes to OTL.
Probably not much changes before fall of USSR but afterwards things are going to be mess. Georgai would secede immediately and soon Armenia and Azerbaijan would are fighting. So not much changes to OTL.
I thought Georgia was dominant in the Transcaucasian project?
Would this also result in Central Asia remaining in Russian SFSR
The same forces could be present as in Russia vis-a-vis the USSR as a whole, a feeling of Georgia being bled off to fund the less dynamic and productive other nations. Georgia was certainly a very successful territory, in relative terms, in the Soviet economy, to the extent that Georgians apparently still have jokes about their sadness of the colony they lost with the break up of the USSR, so it seems like they might easily feel condescension towards and a feeling of being held back by their neighbors.I thought Georgia was dominant in the Transcaucasian project?
I wonder which side the Russians would pick?I think that in this case Abkhazia and South Ossetia would be internationally recognized states as they'd break away with the rest.
I'd also guess we'd have a Caucuses war similar to the Yugoslav wars IOTL.
Probably everyone except Georgia the way NATO intervened against Serbia. Though I'm not sure Georgia would try to hold it all together in this case.I wonder which side the Russians would pick?