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  1. A Progressive Russia

    Agricultural productivity was always a problem in Russia. Even in ~1910, when Russia accounted for ~1/3 of global grain exports, productivity per hectare or per worker was way lower than in Western Europe, and growth was mostly extensive. Here's some reading for you (pdf). Improving efficiency...

  2. No Northern Crusades...

    Cynical as it may sound, but the conditio sine qua non for this is that those pagans stop piracy and leave Baltic trade alone. Spreading Christianity was just an excuse, the real reason was those pagans being a pain in the a**. :D edit: I'm very sceptical of invoking a 'charismatic leader' to...

  3. Central Powers win WWI- Timeline discussion

    I second Baltic Duchy. At that time, quite a lot of land in what is today Estonia and Latvia still belonged to persons of German descent, and Baltic Duchy was meant to protect that status quo. If you want to expand Lithuania north, you could rather take Inflanty (where German interests are...

  4. WI Andronikos Kommenos remained Emperor of the Romans and was not executed

    One thing is for sure - Fomenko doesn't get to invent much of his New Chronology, because Andronikos Komnenos and Jesus Christ being the same person is one of his favourite claims. :D

  5. Did Soviets really want a piece of Africa in 1945+?

    There is a little known fact that, in Yalta/Potsdam/other conferences of the time, Soviet Union seemingly in all seriousness asked for a mandate (or 'trusteeship', or whatever) over one (usually not named) of former Italian colonies. Link: From encroachment to involvement: a documentary study...

  6. The Giants of north america

    This can happen to accounts used to spam via private messages. To my knowledge, the most common subject line of these messages is 'replica bags'. :D

  7. Allohistorical convergence pet peeves

    Name of Latvija/Latvia being used when PoD is before 1850; even worse, the name being used before 1850. The name was coined at some moment around 1850 (conflicting theories exist) but did not come into everyday use at least until 1870. The rise of nationalism would probably still have brought...

  8. The Giants of north america

    *yawns* Falsifying evidence is much easier than hiding it from everyone. Those Sithsonians* must be really dumb and very industrious. * spelling intended :D

  9. Non-socialist, non-fascist, totalitarian dictatorship?

    In some small country (NIMBY, please :D) a laissez-faire-oriented government decides to get rid of all agricultural subsidies. A bunch of angry farmers carrying shotguns arrive in the capital and install some sort of junta without any specific ideology, just to keep things from changing. Would...

  10. Statistics on randomly observed traffic lights in ATLs.

    I find it surprising white is not used, at least not widely.

  11. A new AHC

    It's funny. :) and actually not ASB at all. Some minor details: * given Stučka's biography, it's very unlikely he would chose to style himself as 'tzar'; rather, 'king' (Latvian - 'karalis'); also, he would have to assume a new name to avoid associations with Peter I of Russia. * "aid workers"...

  12. Famous People From An Alternate World-The American Revolution fails.

    The PoD is probably too late to prevent the final partition of Poland in 1795. French revolution would probably also happen as in OTL. However, there should be butterflies as to Napoleonic wars; you'd need a coherent version of them before proceeding with maps of Europe, Asia and Africa. just...

  13. Soviet Iranian Relations

    Hardly. Soviets would rather not support them both out of principle (what? religious fundamentalists?) and out of practical considerations (spread of hard-line Islam threatens their soft belly in Middle Asia). The only case would be if there was a real threat of Islamic republic being replaced...

  14. alternate Russian leaders

    1. Victor Chernov 1917- (Socialist-Revolutionary Party) 2a. Lavr Kornilov 1918-1921 (Military Government) 2b. Lavr Kornilov 1921-1928 (National Salvation Movement) 3. Alexei I March 1928 - October 1928 (restored Romanov rule) Note: this assumes that: * Nikolay II abdicates...

  15. Soviet Iranian Relations

    Not sure about that. The whole region was pretty unstable, so an earlier PoD would have too many butterflies. I'm inclined to think that Brezhnev dying (or even resigning/forced to resign) earlier, in around 1976...77, could do the trick, leading to a more sensible Soviet policy towards the...

  16. Flamethrower Thread

    Kalmar Union wanks. (especially those where 50+ million Scandinavs take over the world - 'productivity of agriculture' is a wholly foreign word to these :D)

  17. Soviet Iranian Relations

    Well, it would take several PODs: * first of all, no Iraq-Iran war. Because of it, openly siding with Iran would alienate most Arab countries, and nobody (except maybe North Korea :D) would subscribe to that. * no 1982-83 crackdown on Tudeh. (although some think it was inevitable and Kuzichkin...

  18. Challenge: Most likely map after Napoleonic Victory

    Interesting. However, the only way you can have 'Letonia' appear is a massive Spanish invasion into the region, which is, ermm, not very feasible (although it would be fun). As a Swedish client state (which I presume it is) it would be called 'Livland' in Swedish and German languages, and...

  19. WI there were no horses

    If there were no equids at all, the whole course of human history would be much different. If there was just no Caballus ferus (wild horse)... well, probably other equids would have been domesticated. Zebras and even kiangs can be domesticated, simply horses outcompete them in most...

  20. A/H Challenge--small American territory/state in Europe

    I can easily fancy Polar Bear Expedition resulting in Americans keeping Murmansk and Kola Peninsula. Even in OTL, USA could keep it if they wanted - communications between Murmansk and central Russia consist of a single railway line, and whatever navy Bolsheviks had, they couldn't move to...
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