Suppose that the revolution and it's aftermath weren't so bloody after, so that Lenins red terror wasn't necessary. Followed by a far more sane successor of Lenin (Putting Stalin out of the way), who this would have been, the Soviet Union transforms into a peaceful, democratic, socialist state.
But what consequences would this have had on the USSR?
- Maybe no rapid industrialisation (Since there was no Stalin to push it)?
- Far less militaristic?
- Even more fond of "Socialism in one country", or even more fond of "liberating the world from oppressive fascism and capitalism"?
- With less militarism, would Nazi Germany have an easier game in Russia, or would the Germans have it had even more difficult (Since more people would fight for a democratic Soviet Union)?