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So in this timeline, Communists leads a revolution and create the Soviet Union at the start of 1845. After that, the USSR first asks Karl Marx to be the general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union, which he accepts.

Between the start of 1845 and the end of 1850, in what was called both then and now as the First 5-Year Plan (though this one lasted 6 years), the world (mainly Europe) is shocked at the boom that occurs in Russia, socially, militarily, economically, and in population and size. The population of the main USSR booms from 75 million to 85 in just 5 years. It conquers Qing Manchuria, Qing Xinjiang, modern Afghanistan, Qing Inner and Outer Mongolia, all its lands that it had in OTL 1914, Sweden, Norway, and Iran. The population of the total empire grows to 100.5 million by 1850.

The social changes are revolutionary for the time. Jews are given equal rights as to discredit the old Empire and add unity and support. The now-equal Jewish population helps Russia equal the West in terms of science. Women’s rights in the USSR are groundbreaking for their time, as their pay rose until it was 50 percent of their male counterpart’s (super high for the time). The people felt united due to the destruction of the bourgeoisie. Serfdom was outlawed and homosexuality was allowed due to lack of religious bigotry. Abortion was illegal due to the government desiring a population growth (similar to Stalin in OTL).

The health of the people in the USSR became one of the best in the world. Vaccines for disease like cholera appear (it and other vaccines are discovered a slight bit earlier than OTL), cities are cleaned and cities being built are built with stuff like sewers to prevent filth from covering the streets. Life Expectancy is 43.8 years for men and 54.1 years for women, and work conditions are improved dramatically due to the worker’s unions putting in laws for more regulations and better equipment in factories, as well as better pay. Literacy has taken a gigantic leap from 20-40% to 86% by the end of 1850. The books read by people of all ages were now full of educational material and there were also novels.

The economy of the USSR grows by an average of 20 percent a year during the 5 year Plan. The town of Communegrad (St Petersburg with the name changed) has a huge population of 4 million by 1850. Moscow, Kiev, and Sevestapol all had populations over 1 million, with as many as 20 cities having over 100,000 people. Urbanization had a giant increase, going up to 64 percent. Living standards grow to the point where they are considered the best in Europe (on par with Britain). Farming takes a large boost, as new farming techniques are created and livestock populations go through the roof. Add this to farmers having far more rights, and being a Soviet farmer was preferable to any other farm in Europe.

The military has also taken a leap. All ships were decommissioned and replaced with 100 ironclads with guns at the ready, and the army has 10,000 artillery of all sizes as well as 750,000 professional soldiers (with another 225,000 cavalry) organized into 13 armies, with 3 divisions of 25,000 per army (they have made sure only they know the size of the divisions, so westerners think that a division is half of its true number). There were also 1000 rocket launchers in the artillery division. There are also 1.2 million "reserves" gurading the vast amount of large forts on the borders with Austria, Wallachia, and Prussia.

Clearly, the world is going to be a different place with this new USSR.
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