Is there anyway any ideology resembling National Bolshevism could rise to power during and/or after the Russian Revolutions occur in 1917?
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I mean as in become the state ideology of any successful movement.Didn't National Bolshevism already rise during the Russian Civil War?
Who would replace Lenin?That doesn't seem too difficult. Most of the tenets of National Bolshevism were adopted under Stalin but were also popular with a wide range of the population from general nationalists to limited monarchists. Have Lenin die early and a much more nationalist version of Bolshevism would probably be adopted earlier.
Could Stalin perhaps fill in this role?If Lenin had been offed or arrested on his way back to Russia someone else would come to the fore and would probably have supported continuation of the War. This gives greater potential for the rise of a more nationalistic version of Russian socialism where Russia was a victor at Versailles.
M O N B O L G A N G.If you go to the ideology thread, there are a few variants which are particularly noteworthy. There was for instance Tsarbolsheviks who loved the economic side of things but also loved Tsarist autocracy.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ideologies-for-your-alternate-history.410437/M O N B O L G A N G.
More seriously, could I get a link to this?
I've already seen that TL - by the way, can't wait for a new chapter!Try my timeline "The 4th of July coup in Russia". But the regime of Russia in that timeline is however very different from OTL present-day National Bolshevism in Russia. The regime of Russia in that timeline is not antisemitic and it supports a moderate form of Russian nationalism. It supports a ceremonial Romanov Tsardom and a socialist planned economy, but with privately-owned agriculture and small enterprises.
That's actually what I was thinking - an imperialist Russian Empire with Fascist tendencies and a Socialist economy that focused on a pan-Slavic foreign policy.It depends on the specific type of National-Bolshevik regime. Stalinism contained some elements of National-Bolshevism, so OTL Soviet Russia was to some extent National-Bolshevik. It depends especially of the degree of nationalism. If its a moderate form of Russian nationalism, as in "The 4th of July coup in Russia", then it will be a more traditionalist and conservative version of OTL Soviet Russia, which unlike OTL Soviet Russia considers itself a continuation of pre-Revolutionary Russian statehood and traditions, e.g. Russian Orthodox Christianity, and perhaps establishes a ceremonial Romanov Tsardom. If its an extreme form of Russian nationalism, it may be like a more socialist version of Nazi Germany. It will introduce anti-Semitic legislation and in the worst case commence systematic extermination of Russian Jews, and its foreign policy will be very aggressive and imperialist.
Azadi
I'm not talking about your timeline - I'm talking about what a NazBol Russia might look like.Concerning pan-Slavism, the Igor Aleksandrovich Shanskiy regime in "The 4th of July coup in Russia" rejects pan-Slavism and instead considers Russia a multi-ethnic country composed of both Slavic peoples and non-Slavic peoples. The Igor Aleksandrovich Shanskiy regime is in addition more oriented towards Asia than towards Europe.
Azadi
How about pan-Orthodoxy?A NazBol Russia can, as I have said in a previous post, be both moderate nationalist and extreme nationalist. Concerning the subject of pan-Slavism, a moderate nationalist NazBol Russia will probably be less pan-Slavist than an extreme nationalist NazBol Russia, because a moderate nationalist Russia will be cultural nationalist instead of ethnic nationalist. A moderate nationalist Russia will consider itself a multiethnic state and embrace its ethnic diversity. It will view Russian culture as history and traditions binding the many ethnicities of Russia together in a multiethnic nation. Pan-Slavism is excluding of non-Slavic Russians and will as a result be most popular among supporters of Russian ethnic nationalism. The popularity of pan-Slavism in a NazBol Russia will be strengthened if Russia primarily pursues expansion in Eastern Europe and will be weakened if Russia primarily pursues expansion in Asia.