When I was younger I always had the idea a victory for White Russian forces would restore the tsar or liberal democracy and life would go on as usual.
Realistically speaking though, unless you were the owner some mine in Siberia, it would be a shitty outcome.
Liberal elements did indeed exist in the white coalition - but as always, the people with guns have the real power.
Rabid anti semites like Denikin were just the tip of the ice berg - some white army commanders had megalomania rivaling modern day takfiri groups, such as backward warlords like Avalov, Semyonov, and of course, Ungern Von Sternberg. Granted that was only a portion, but a well armed portion, and the more “moderate” elements weren’t savory either.
Assuming a white victory happens, chances are warlord fiefdoms form, with no real central power, kerensky merely being basically mayor of Moscow.
Jews would probably face rapid persecution, but the very reactionary white army would next probably target intellectuals, the middle class and the industrial class.
It’s next to impossible Russia regaining Ukraine or even Belarus, likely both being influenced by Germany and Poland.
Siberia will be essentially open for Japanese expansion.
Kaiserreich sort of downplays just how bad a White Russian victory would be in all honesty. There wouldn’t be any chance for Russia to get a Savinkov and industrialize, to day the least.
Possibly a Chiang Kai Shek style figure could unify Russia, but that’s a big maybe.
Realistically speaking though, unless you were the owner some mine in Siberia, it would be a shitty outcome.
Liberal elements did indeed exist in the white coalition - but as always, the people with guns have the real power.
Rabid anti semites like Denikin were just the tip of the ice berg - some white army commanders had megalomania rivaling modern day takfiri groups, such as backward warlords like Avalov, Semyonov, and of course, Ungern Von Sternberg. Granted that was only a portion, but a well armed portion, and the more “moderate” elements weren’t savory either.
Assuming a white victory happens, chances are warlord fiefdoms form, with no real central power, kerensky merely being basically mayor of Moscow.
Jews would probably face rapid persecution, but the very reactionary white army would next probably target intellectuals, the middle class and the industrial class.
It’s next to impossible Russia regaining Ukraine or even Belarus, likely both being influenced by Germany and Poland.
Siberia will be essentially open for Japanese expansion.
Kaiserreich sort of downplays just how bad a White Russian victory would be in all honesty. There wouldn’t be any chance for Russia to get a Savinkov and industrialize, to day the least.
Possibly a Chiang Kai Shek style figure could unify Russia, but that’s a big maybe.