I don't understand why a Facist Russia would butterfly the Nazis away, since Facism is nationalist, not internationalist, until it turns militarist Facism doesn't have that much impact in the world sphere, just within their own nation.
You just said it yourself: Without the threat of Russian International Communism, there's no fear of revolution in the West (or at least less), hence the Prussian Junkers and Ruhr magnates won't have any reason to put up with sillynesses like the Nazis.
A fascists Russia would likely be very Conservative and Pan-Slavic. I imagined a Russia ruled by von Ungern-Sternberg once; that's ASB, of course, but that's the way it would have to go: An extreme Tsar with extreme, but still competent, ministers.
One idea might be to have Lenin become Conservative instead of Marxist.
And a fascist Russia would completely butterfly away the Nazis. Heck, Germany and Western Europe might go communist so BRitain and the US fear them instead.
Russia being ruled by the Baron von Sternberg is not ASB, look at my TL. Moving on form my shameless TL advert, I agree with what you said about Germany going Communist but the rest of Western Europe, I don't think so. Also, in order to get a Fascist Russia, just get one of the White leaders in charge. A lot of them were authoritarian and antisemitic but few were Pan-Slavic so maybe you could get a Fascist Russia but not a Pan-Slavic one unless there is some major Pan-Slavic White figure I never heard of.
Really?
It's not like people were expecting the Russians to invade in 1933. Socialists are still around in Germany....
Sure, arguably OTL Nazis are unlikely, but it's not impossible.
I would not go into details of your "Fascism for Dummies" comparison, although most specialists see mixing of Totalitarianism (which was obviously well presented in USSR) and FascismIf Stalin's WW II USSR wasn't the very definition of a fascist dictatorship, it is had to imagine what country fits the bill.
Autocratic rule? Check
The good of the State raised far above the individual? Check
The individual being nothing but a cog in the State's machine? Check
Glorification of the military (especially of the warlord)? Check
Suppression of opposition? Check
Racism as a tool of the State? Check
State controled economy? Check
Extreme social controls? Check
Cult of personality regarding ruler/ruler personified as the State? Check
Repressive secret police? Check
Yea, looks about right.