Yk what? Fuck this *unalternates your history hub*

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Please do what if indonesia turned communist! Ma and many other of your viewers are indonesian and we would like to see what this alternate timeline would look like

Part 2 please 🙏 love your videos

i wonder if poland would never be invaded by germany, because theres no big commie bookieman, maybe hitler does his stunt on france instead. no war declared, then they just him poland afterwards.

I am the man who arranges the blocks

That continue to fall from up above.

They come two weeks late…

@@gzer0xand they don’t tesselate

@@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBadbut we're working to Stalin's 5 year plan

Ah yes, the three nevers of alternate history

@@arthurgabriel2625exactly

Don't forget "What if X nation won Y war?"" or "What If Aliens existed during X time and were invading Earth?"

And the lesser known, but no less important, Alien Space Bats.

​@@Robbie-pc1dlnot the second one

I'd like that What If. I find it funny that his dad hated him but Nicholas was a HUGE family man. Loved his wife and kids

​@@privateeyety5735 Because you never want what happened to yourself happen to your own children

Alexander III said he would train Nicholas to be Tsar after his turned thirty...then went and died when Nicky was still in his twenties. But to be fair no-one expected the 6'3 giant who could tie silverware into knots and hold up a train carriage roof on his own to die at 49

WHAT IF THOMASARNT2933 NEVER GOT DIVORCED???????????????????? WOULD HE STILL KEEP THE KIDS?????????????

Nb: "Something *else* than my own thoughts..." Also (this is a minor point) "begun" is the past participle, whereas "began" is the past tense. That sentence should read: "So I began listening to history..." edit - You're doing VERY well. Your English is already better than many people for whom English is their native tongue. Don't be discouraged.

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been here the whole time too, what a journey.

It's good for business

- By your friendly neighbour CIA agent

We all appreciate Jimmy

What if you kicked a rock in different direction in your childhood, would you've still watched him since '15, find out in next episode of Alternate history

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Sadly thats being corrupted by capitalism as well...

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Your last point is really poignant. The bolsheviks drove tons of more moderate socialists to the Whites with their relentless power grabbing. If the SRs and Mensheviks stayed with the Reds, then taking control of the productive countryside would be that much easier.

Inclined to agree. The Reds would have been much less well organised without Lenin, but they would also have had many fewer enemies. So it balances out.

The point of his videos isn’t entirely realism, which he’s mentioned before, it’s simply an interesting exercise in alternative history. That’s not to say he isn’t trying to be realistic where he can, it’s just some scenarios are interesting. It’s similar to “what if the nazis won WW2” or “what if the confederacy won the civil war (or simply survived it)”.

The strength of the Bolsheviks was their connection with the Soviets, which were independent councils of workers that acted as the de facto government in many parts of Russia by the outbreak of the Civil War. That is a major reason why they launched the revolution in the first place.

"The Whites were deeply unpopular " The Whites weren't a unified front at all but consisted of disunified factions of Reformists, Absolute Monarchists, and Anti-communists who fought each other as much as the Reds.

That would be interesting.

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Not needed. The invasion would have gone poorly, their troops would have been cut off and destroyed, and in anything it might have ended the war in the pacific sooner (but even then that’s somewhat unlikely)

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As an Australian I almost wholeheartedly believe we would have been better off if we had one

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Lazy 🥱

​@@balabanasiretihow sad is your life that you have to just shit on someone making a harmless joke in the Internet, touch fucking grass dude.

Revolution, but with Friends theme song

Friends that were sent to gulag along the way? 🥲

Depends if you have a secret escape zeppelin in the garage.

@@Edax_RoyeauxWhat garage?

It wasn't even an order, it was a drunken squad of Red Army soldiers that were scared as White Army forces were approaching, and potentially going to capture the royal family.

The killing of the Romanovs was a result of their insufferable rule over the Russian people. They would have been killed in any timeline. It's a canon event.

@@igrex. They live if they only had the foresight to escape.

Yeah, most of his recent videos have felt that way. Dunno why.

The world would be an unaparallel utopia with equality for all and the establishment of the united galaxies of zambia who would rule over our lands for an eternity

YES YES YES PLEASE PLEASE Alternate History lords send me to that timeline!!!!

@@morbiusenjoyer2847cap

​@@FriedrichWerner-so7rb Double cap

We’d be on mars by 1980 and colonies in 1983

And Tom Clancy wouldn't have written some of his works

And btw C&C ZH was better imo

I'm escaping to the ONE PLACE that HASN'T been CORRUPTED BY CAPITALISM! SPACE!

No North Korea no China Xi ping no dominance communist no Cold War

@@jepbarhalmyradov9135 Actually the Tom Clancy would still write his works its just that the actors would be different

wow that’s a lot of words. Too bad I can’t read

Yes, without Lenin, there would have been no October revolution, and with the Bolsheviks disunited, no Russian Civil War. The 15 years from 1917 to 1923 might have seen Russia stablize and independent Ukraine, Belarus, Baltic States, and Caucasus States. Different 20th century.

line breaks are your friend and will help you out considerably if you want people to actually read what you have to say. "Walls of text" are difficult to go through and take all the information in. That's why paragraphs exist, to break ideas up into smaller bite size components that are then made up of sentences. "Walls of text" are notorious for their ability to repel readers, acting as impenetrable barriers to the comprehension and retention of information. They are akin to facing an imposing fortress with no clear path to navigate, leaving the reader feeling overwhelmed and disoriented. The inherent problem lies in their dense and uninterrupted nature, lacking the crucial breaks and divisions necessary for facilitating understanding and engagement. A continuous stream of text offers no respite for the reader's eyes or mind, leading to cognitive fatigue and a diminished willingness to engage with the content. At its core, effective communication relies on the ability to convey ideas and arguments clearly and concisely. Line breaks and paragraphs serve as the scaffolding upon which this clarity is built, offering structure and organization to the text. They act as signposts, guiding the reader through the narrative or argument in a logical and digestible manner. By breaking the text into manageable chunks, paragraphs provide natural pauses that allow the reader to process information and reflect on its significance. This rhythmic cadence not only enhances comprehension but also fosters a sense of flow and momentum, keeping the reader actively engaged from start to finish. Furthermore, the strategic use of line breaks and paragraphs facilitates the effective presentation of complex ideas and arguments. By dividing the text into distinct sections, each with its own focus or subtopic, the writer can provide clarity and coherence to their narrative or argument. This segmentation allows for the gradual development and exploration of ideas, building upon each other in a structured and systematic fashion. Moreover, paragraphs offer the opportunity to introduce transitions and connective devices, seamlessly guiding the reader from one point to the next. This cohesive progression not only enhances understanding but also reinforces the overall coherence and persuasiveness of the text. In addition to aiding comprehension and organization, line breaks and paragraphs play a crucial role in enhancing readability and accessibility. In an age characterized by information overload and constant distractions, readers have increasingly limited attention spans and patience for dense and cumbersome text. Walls of text are a significant deterrent to engagement, causing readers to quickly lose interest and abandon the text altogether. In contrast, the judicious use of line breaks and paragraphs allows for the creation of visually appealing and reader-friendly content. By incorporating white space and visual breaks, the writer can alleviate the cognitive burden on the reader and create a more inviting and approachable reading experience. This not only encourages prolonged engagement but also ensures that the message reaches a wider audience, including those with varying levels of literacy and attention. Moreover, the strategic use of line breaks and paragraphs can have a profound impact on the overall effectiveness and persuasiveness of the text. By leveraging the visual elements of typography and layout, the writer can emphasize key points and create emphasis where needed. For example, the use of short paragraphs or bullet points can draw attention to important information, making it more memorable and impactful. Similarly, the strategic placement of line breaks can create dramatic pauses or moments of reflection, allowing the reader to fully absorb the significance of a particular statement or argument. These stylistic devices not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of the text but also reinforce its rhetorical power and persuasive intent. In conclusion, the detrimental effects of "walls of text" on effective communication cannot be overstated. They hinder comprehension, impede engagement, and detract from the overall readability and accessibility of the text. In contrast, the judicious use of line breaks and paragraphs offers a solution to these challenges, providing structure, organization, and coherence to the narrative or argument. By incorporating these visual elements into their writing, writers can create content that is not only more engaging and accessible but also more persuasive and impactful. As such, line breaks and paragraphs are indispensable tools in the arsenal of effective communication, serving to bridge the gap between writer and reader and facilitate the successful exchange of ideas and arguments.

​@@RomanPhilosopher Are you making a sarcastic point?

@@zack3851 Most definitely, it’s supposed to be ironic

Realistically nothing as Kazakhstan was the last state to leave meaning it's not much of a union with one state just what if Kazakhstan stayed communist

It was actually the last member, Russia had already left and it actually took the Soviet of Nationalities to dissolve for them to finally not be in it "On 16 December 1991, the Kazakh SSR became the last republic to formally secede from the Soviet Union, causing the Soviet Union to neither control any territory nor claim to control any territory (although Soviet embassies still existed)."

Kazakhstan and Transnistria; some of the last holdouts of command economy in the old world.

@@smalltime0 I wonder why the communists who failed to prevent Russia from leaving the Soviet Union didn't just seize power in a different soviet republic?

@@smalltime0They already knew that 🤯🤯🤯

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what if- this video successfully uploaded the first time?

I don't think that word means what you think it means 😂

​@@jper4911there would be no second upload jokes

Petition for a sequel for this video

Do you have a source of that? I read a bit about the times between the February and October revolutions but never encountered that theory. From what I know he wanted to be made dictator (at least temporary, i.E. in the Roman sense) and then decided to march to the capital without the orders of the government, which must be treated as a coup-attempt, regardless of his real motives, which might never be known, as he was stopped before he could do much. Also from what I know he was clearly marching against the government after Kerensky officially removed him from his office as commander-in-chief. At that time it was objectively a coup, regardless of his original motives.

SRs not menshiviks*

I was kind of thinking the same, but the Whites winning is a much more dramatic departure. That said, the Whites did a pretty thorough job of alienating everyone who wasn't a diehard monarchist. Also, without the Bolsheviks in power, the Czechoslovak Legion might not have gotten involved in the civil war.

Without Lenin, the bolsheviks would most likely have collaborated with the left SRs and menshevik internationalists. Trotsky was good friends with Martov, and had initially been a menshevik, he only joined the bolsheviks after Lenin returned to Russia. So Russia being ruled by a revolutionary coalition seems likely

This is an interesting contention

the biggest change in this timeline is that without stalin there are possibly as much as 150 million more russians and ukrainians on the planet not only did stalin preside over multuple devastating famines after the civil war, but his government also nuked russian fertility because of his hardcore antireligion policies and distribution of both contraceptives and abortion there were tens of millions of abortions under stalin that probably wouldn't happen with a moderate or conservative government so whatever direction russia goes, as long as the russian civil war is the worst of it, they are probably a superpower today with 300+ million ethnic russians/ukrainians

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I was wondering about that

thanks i thought i deja vued an entire video

What changed?

@@user-ep8ox5xl9hhe just re voiced it cuz the old one sounded like he was very tired

Sir, you might be a genius.

​@@Donerci_Pikacu_Usta Might? Tis a certainty

HoI4 Alpine Confederation moment

this is an awesome idea

the swiss unexpectedly gets bavaria, half of austria and tyrol.

And secretly steal all the fries 😂

or he could be a member of a big chaebol, who knows

Nah he would work on the family farm

>Ukraine would also be rather willing to align with Poland provided they'd settle their border issues. Which they wouldn't. It's not a few km here and there it's area somewhere between current day Przemyśl and current day Ternopil -- around 90 000km^2

lol Pilsudski allowing Belarusian statehood is delusional

@@Poctyk Ukraine wasn't one state though. At this point, they were Ukraine (Kiev) and West Ukraine (Galicia). OTL, Kiev was willing to abandon West Ukraine (Which was invaded by Poland), in order to provide a united front against Russia with the Poles. So it's not unrealistic that they would work together in this scenario.

@@yellowyellow7476 Because there was none.

@@solsunman383 They would because they did. Problem was that Ukrainian government at the time was incompetent and collapsed.

To be fair some UPR politicians intended to have Crimea in Ukraine as some era relevant maps had it, as well as North Caucasus, displayed

Yeah strictly speaking IRL it didn't included, but there was a lot of chances, maybe they or others are used here. In 1917 there were talks between Ukraine and Crimea, though main Ukrainian policy was respecting Crimean Tatars self-determination. In 1918 Ukrainian govermnent could have pushed claims more actively after Crimean Operation and Bolbochan's work in it. Also later Skoropadskyi's government had talks with Crimean Regional Government that didn't quite reached the finish, probably nothing come here because of the Germans postponing the fate of Crimea

There was an idea to create a federative state from Ukrainian People's Republic, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Crimean People's Republic, and Kuban People's Republic but official talks concerning this never happened

Yeah this one is really weak compared to his other work.

This entire video felt oddly structured; the introduction to the divergence went for far too long and did not offer any new information if you (like me) know the very basics of the late Tsardom. Cody only glanced over the Kadets, Mensheviks, and SRs (who would probably be even more divided in this timeline), who were all important factions. He gave details of how early campaigns played out but then just said, "and the Whites reconquered Belarus and, like, 40% of Ukraine". This is at the same time he said the Entente just gave up on the Whites. I love Cody, but this was a very underwhelming video and did not bother with the actual interesting case of what a right-wing Russia would look like in the 20th century.

I think this timeline is interesting, but some of it is also hard to forecast. I think we still get a Pacific War brought about by Japanese expansion. Mussolini still becomes fascist dictator of Italy. But we're in a timeline with no Red Scare (which affects the political spectrum in the USA), Nazis being weak or nonexistent in Germany, and Russia being another generic authoritarian regime.` Without the Nazis and commies screwing them over from both sides, Weimar Germany probably limps along through the Great Depression and maybe eventually becomes stable and prosperous under Social Democrat leadership. (Not only did the communist threat give the Nazis a threat to counter, but the German communists hated the German socialists so they teamed up with the Nazis in the Reichstag to sabotage everything they could because the one thing they had in common was the goal of bringing down Weimar.) Russia is eventually headed toward revolution unless Kolchak's successor in the 1930s or 1940s implements reforms. Would Kolchak's Russia have joined the League of Nations? If so, without the Nazis or the Soviets is the League (or at least Europe on behalf of the League) willing to stand up to Mussolini when he starts getting expansionist? What does the Spanish Civil War look like without the Soviets or Nazis?

super earth here we come

I think there's already an alt history book about that. Takes place in the US Civil War I think

@@spoonsareoccasionallymadeo5728 The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove

Ah, Kalinka effect, where a fantasy world gets "And then the balkans appeared"

Nantucket Island? There was a book series about that, I think...

That is not correct. The Greeks, French and Italians have already taken most of turkey's coast and Constantinople was promised to Russia after WW1 by the peace treaty and turkey would have lost if the reds didn't supply them let alone a new front + no supplies

why do you say "tsarist russia" like there was any other russia? And why "tsarist" and not how it really was, just russia? Or at least "emperor's russia"? An emperor ruled russia, not a "tsar". You are mistaken by several hundred years

Try take it back know istanbul litterally more people than greece 😂​@@baseddepartment285

​@@asbest2092Well, tsarist Russia and communist Russia

@@bongodongo9229 1 - imperial russia, not "tsarist" do not marginalize russia by ascribing exotic 500 years old words to it. 2 - russia has never been comunist. There is literally no such thing as "comunist russia". The ussr isn't russia. Nor officially nor in fact. Comunists hate russia and russians and it was official that the ussr has absolutely *no* relations to russia. Don't use this illiterate stereotype. It's as ridiculous, even more ridiculous really, as when you call the great britain england

I guess that helps explain why Cody found that it targeted everyone indiscriminately.

For a spontaneous and disorganized event it sure did kill a bunch of people

@@dasmodem887 Rwanda exists

It was 20.000 to 100.000, it was very little and disorganised. Dont forget, this is an ahistorical video.​@dasmodem887

To be fair, everything about the Whites was disorganized and conditions varied wildly between different fronts. One thing that seriously reduced terror victims was that the Whites were continously short of manpower, and tended to forcibly conscript captured reds instead of herding them to a firing squad.

My thoughts, too. The Russian Whites lacked any kind of unifying vision other than bring back the old days, which a majority of people did not want. Also allied support was bound to dwindle after WW1 ended and their war-weary economies began rebuilding.

@@Oxtocoatl13 I was genuinely surprised to hear that right after Cody talk about just that... the whites just won unceremoniously. Like.... what? Why???? The aid was just cut off! Also the idea that without Lenin there isn't enough of a red scare or that communists aren't as big of a factor is horse shit great man theory.

Exactly what I was thinking

​@@Oxtocoatl13 I think some sort of Red victory was always the likely outcome, because the peasants were never gonna support The Whites. But the idea of Kolchak renewing the war against Turkey was quite amusing.

The point of his videos isn’t entirely realism, which he’s mentioned before, it’s simply an interesting exercise in alternative history. That’s not to say he isn’t trying to be realistic where he can, it’s just some scenarios are interesting. It’s similar to “what if the nazis won WW2” or “what if the confederacy won the civil war (or simply survived it)”.

Yeah, I got like 3 minutes into it before it was removed

Think Cody said there were some audio issues that he wasn’t happy with

He wanted to fix the audio balancing

That wasn't just it. He padded out a lot of the points made in the previous upload.

​@@TheRealSU24I was able to watch the entire video, thankfully

wow hahahahahaha! funny number! you sir, have just won not just reddit but the entire internet! hehe nice kek

Nice.

Having just gotten to this and the Chernobyl video, I agree completely. The Chernobyl video was even harder than this one for me to categorize events, but I kinda thought it was just me.

Actually, Germany would be even less likely turning communists as everyone would see Soviet Russia not being victories but the war either being a crawl or the Reds slowly loosing, so not SPD would still backstab KPD and as the first socialist state fails, KPD would receive less support from German workers who now would rather vote for SPD who would still want to achieve workers right but now without a civil war which is likely to turn into a dictatorship. Speaking of a turning into a dictatorship - since there wouldn't be a good boogeyman that was USSR, NSDAP would too receive less votes that would instead go to just nationalist parties like DNVP, DVP, etc, meaning that whilst Weimar Republic has a higher chance of retaining its democracy due to a bigger SPD and maybe other moderate parties, conservative parties would become bigger too which means Schleicher's plot of turning Germany into a dictatorship is more likely to succeed. But don't forget that mister H is still there, so overall Weimar republic would still have a lot of radicalism And don't forget that SRs in Russia weren't vanquished, meaning that due to their popular support it is still possible for the Russian State to become a democracy, as keep in mind that Mensheviks for a long time had a majority support. Or a moustache man would gain power - Boris Savinkov.

Ideologies are often just vehicles for power. At the point this video ends on, while a reactionary regime, Russia would not necessarily be self described as "fascist", a name that more relates to Italy, which would likely still take place. Now, in practice, Russia would behave in a rather fascist way, but I think might be more likely governed by the army. It would be brutal, messy, and it would still alienate just as many as the Soviets. The only difference being, that by making Sevres take place, you now have an equally revanchist Turkey. The web of alliances are hard to predict, but Sevres makes the entry of Turkey into any future WW2 far more likely. But for reality in Russia, not much changes, whether by Junta or Soviet, it will be ruled by a strongman autocrat, who might try to industrialize to prepare for the coming conflict (Russia would be farely fascist in it's goals to reform the empire), and the most significant internal change is a far more militarized society... So yeah, I guess you're right, it would be fascist as we see it, but it's also possible that fascism in Italy refuses to cooperate with Russia, or maybe it does. hard to say, as Mussolini would just be coming into power as this video ends, and how he chooses to move forward might very well define future conflicts. Given the socialists succeeding in Germany, as Cody describes, it's equally likely they succeed in Turkey, and the 20's and 30's would essentially be a 3 way battle for influence between the new socialists (Germany and Turkey), the reactionaries (Italy and Russia), and the entente, along with other countries shifting their interests to the sway of the others. The balkans and central europe would be hotly contested, and you might have some revolutions succeed where others failed in our timeline, although German/Turkish support would be limited. But, there are a lot of variables, and the great depression would likely be the trigger behind a wave of changes. The Istanbul part is an interesting mention though, as in Sevres, Turkey was planned to have zones of influence, with Istanbul being an international zone, and making a push for it might cause massive consequences. Although, a weakened Turkey would also be in little room to fight back, and if the allies fall back, yeah, they might just snatch it free by the 30s. Still, I doubt they'd be able to industrialize as fast as the Germans, so you might see them make pushes on some neighbors but hold off until the 40's on Poland. Who knows, many possibilities.

Kolchak takes Constantinople and changes his name to Constantine XII.

Greece becomes the Fascist Italy of this timeline, Yeah its Communist Germany, Italy vs Fascist Russia and Greece Who the Allies with support is up for grabs.

Just a day

Yep, this was the inspiration for his name.

Exept the Battletech one was much more competent. There is also a Japanese WW2 officer with a surename Kurita and Steiner after whom was named a failed counteroffensive during the Battle of Berlin.

​@@lukalovric2463i don't think steiner ever DID the counteroffensive

What's The Inner Sphere

@@enderkatze6129 it’s a location in a sci-fi universe called battletech.

Yeah, a mistake on the version before caused him to reupload

Lol

Hmm. Dunno who that would be. Sverdlov became important as Lenin's fixer but I don't think he'd have come to prominence without Lenin.

And thus, the Great Onion rolled over the world. And we *all* started to cry.

of course the video abt the soviet union has band kid humor

Yea it was mid ngl

Yeah, this isn't one of his better videos.

Could be AI

Yeah something about this video didn't feel right. Felt very half baked. Even the delivery. His heart wasn't in this one

I did, and I gotta say I'm happier with the reupload then the original.

@@IanPendleton-gh6ox I agree

@@IanPendleton-gh6oxthan*

What were the differences?

​@@michaelt5188 I think the original had some audio issues.

Hopefully the scenario didn’t get scrapped and we get a chance to vote for it again. But most likely people will vote for another over saturated scenario that has been made by multiple youtubers

Vilnius Region was the most polish part of Kresy. Foch Line, just sayin'.

good time line

bast

Bad timeline. Revolution would've failed.

(((@FormerChuck ))) the anguloid cannot understand that he is the sun of the Jew and not the goy.

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why did you say "katorga" the word that doesn't exist instead of a normal "prison"? Stop using new words just to make an impression of something terrible and scary because people are naturally afraid of things they don't know

@@asbest2092 Katorga was a type of punishment in the Russian Empire. It was neither a location nor a prison, it was basically being forced into slavery in Syberia. Arguably worse than a prison.

@@mastercalabaster9824 Imagine you live in new york, then you commited a crime, you *killed* some government official and for that you were just sent to live in a small town in texas for several years. That's all, that is your punishment for killing a government official. And you DARE to call it slavery? While there is even no slavery in the whole country? You clearly *mistake russia for the ussr.* There was slavery in the ussr, there were labor camps where prisoners were literally forced to work really hard for food. And those weren't villages but confined areas with barbe wire walls and machine gun towers. You have a picture of it in your head, you probably heard about it somewhere, but you don't know the history and you simply don't even know when in time it was and you assume it was somewhere in the times of the russian empire. No, it was in the ussr soon after the comunists seized power. It wasn't there in the russian empire.

Very few Jokes

Really, I can already predict that you will get the top comment. I’m fed up of you people, all you want is likes and fame…

I was literally sitting at my job with kids playing with rockets and I thought about our generation and our shared trauma over challenger

if only the episode had named the hero big bird instead…

Wouldn’t it be crazy if big bird was on that spaceship?

Should have been big bird

I feel like he's missing some contexts for this video, like Trotsky being a Menshevik before switching to the B wing, or that Central Asia had its own independence movements

​@@ayyyyph2797 There's also the question of what The Germans would have been doing. Does this alt. Red government sign something like Brest Litovsk, or does it try to continue the war?

Lotta players and history are missing too.

Honestly, I kind of expect this for any alt history involving the russian Civil War. It's so complicated with so many factors.

Lol. Almost no other political system killed so much of your average person or got in almost slavery. A lot more was done by socialist thought and similar others just being present in Europe and America, real reforms were made there

Absolutely.

everything would be the same because stalin just continued everything lenin did. Lenin = stalin. They had the same policy. Lenin was a bloody murderer.

*orange intensifies*

If they were given independence as a compromise to the Oregon territory, the US and UK would not almost go to war over a pig.

how?

The voice sound bored and stiff. Audio problem