You forgot one thing: Russia reforms into a constitutional monarchy, turning the Tsar into a figure head. That way, it's far more stable & reduces the chances of Tsar making any stupid mistakes
Great scenario! But I could see even more improvements to help the Russians such as Bloody Sunday ending better and the Russians winning the Russo-Japanese war to paint a better image of the tzar. Also as many have mentioned I do not believe the Russians would gain Constantinople, I see why you would think that they would get it but it's just to important for the brits to give to Russia, at best I could joint occupation, Lastly while unlikely you could of had Bulgaria join the Russians, if Russia worked closer with them you could have them join the against Germany and MABY just MABY they may gain Constantinople instead as a compromise deal. (Sorry this is so long, but just so you know these are not complaint's ,from what I've seen of your channel you make great stuff! these are just some bonus things I thought would be cool to add)
One thing that practically no one talks about is that Russia was the ONLY country in WWI that invaded Germany (even if for a short time), saving France from the Schlieffen Plan. Several important victories were achieved at the very beginning of the war: during the East Prussian operation, East Prussia was captured (which, however, later had to be abandoned), and as a result of the Battle of Galicia in August-September 1914, Russian troops occupied almost all of Eastern Galicia, almost all of Bukovina, Lvov and Przemysl. However, the country's economy at the beginning of the war had not yet been completely transferred to a wartime state, which led to a shortage of shells in 1914-1915. The most acute period was the summer of 1915, when all these factors came together, and the so-called Great Retreat of the Russian Army began: most of Galicia, Przemysl and Lvov, as well as almost all of Poland, were abandoned. However, a year after the outbreak of war, on August 23, 1915, at the most difficult moment, Nicholas II personally assumed command, despite the protests of the generals and the command staff. While Nicholas II was the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Russia achieved major victories at the front or the situation remained stable. In the early autumn of 1915, the withdrawal of Russian troops was halted, and the military industry was put in order in the following months. Russia began to rebuild its troops, which had been badly damaged during the retreat, and to strengthen new defensive lines. The new front line was filled with troops from both sides, leading to defensive tactics and trench warfare. It was then, in 1916, that a turning point occurred in the confrontation between Russia and Germany, during which German and Austro-Hungarian troops began to suffer defeats. It all began with the operation, now known as the “Brusilov Breakthrough”, which implied an offensive on all fronts simultaneously, which was a new and very important word in the art of war of that time (the same technique was used during the offensives of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War). The Naroch operation of March 1916, designed to divert German troops from the battles of Verdun, was successful. In January-February 1916, the Battle of Erzurum took place on the Caucasian front, in which Russian troops completely defeated the Turkish army and captured the city of Erzurum. The Russian army was commanded by General N. N. Yudenich. The Trebizond operation took place from February 5 to April 15, 1916. Russian troops and the Black Sea Fleet acted together against the Turkish army. The Russian naval landing landed at Rize. The operation ended with the victory of the Russian troops and the capture of the Turkish port of Trebizond on the Black Sea. Later, in July, Erzincan was taken, and then Mush. The Russian army advanced deep into the territory of Turkish Armenia. The operation was commanded by N. N. Yudenich. The only major defeat in 1916 was associated with the Romanian campaign, but during its course it was not the Russian, but the allied Romanian army that was defeated, to which the Russian troops were unable to provide large-scale support. Romania's entry into the war, spurred on by French support, and the subsequent defeat of the poorly prepared Romanian army exposed Russia's southwestern flank and complicated the situation. It is important to note that Nicholas II and the Russian General Staff were against Romania's entry into the war. However, in 1917, the whole world spoke of Russia's imminent and inevitable victory. In fact, by 1917 the Central Powers were completely exhausted, their situation could be called catastrophic: there were not enough reserves for the armies, famine, a fuel crisis and devastation began in the countries. The 1916-1917 border war was known in Germany as the Rutabaga Winter - rutabaga became a staple food for a time. The economic blockade of Germany undermined its combat effectiveness - it became obvious that the Entente was close to victory. Subsequently, a large-scale offensive on all fronts was planned for April-May 1917, during which the armies of the Entente countries were to reach Berlin. By that time, a secret Anglo-French-Russian agreement on Constantinople and the straits had been concluded - according to this agreement, Constantinople and the Black Sea straits were to become part of the Russian Empire after the end of the First World War. Preparations for an operation to capture Constantinople and the Black Sea straits were discussed. Whether Russia would reach the straits or not is a moot point, but the very existence of such plans in 1916 demonstrates the clear optimism of the command - at that time there was no talk of any defeat of Russia in the war. However, contrary to popular myth, in Tsarist Russia the card system was introduced only in mid-1916, and cards were introduced only for sugar. But after the February Revolution and the coming to power of the Provisional Government, ration cards for bread and meat were introduced. At the same time, an acute food crisis arose in Germany at the very beginning of the war, causing a rapid rise in food prices. On August 17, 1915, a system of food cards was introduced in Germany. Initially, it was intended to ration the consumption of bread, but later it was extended to all the most important food products: potatoes, meat, milk, fats, sugar. Moreover, contrary to a number of myths that are still actively spreading, the industry of the Empire did not collapse during the war, but even grew at a rapid pace. In other countries, there was a serious decline. In Germany, for example, by 1916 industry had fallen to 64% of the 1913 level, in France to 76.6%, in England to 89%, while Russian industry had grown to 121.5% of the 1913 level. Of course, this is mainly explained by the growth of military production, but France, Germany and England also produced munitions. Russia lost WWI for 2 reasons: the February Revolution and the October Revolution. February Revolution: With the democratization of the army, thousands of soldiers deserted and gave up fighting. The fronts that were previously stable began to fall: the Caucasus front began to fall (and there was no more progress on Russia's part), the Germans captured Riga, launched Operation Albion (capturing the Moonsund archipelago and getting much closer to the capital Petrograd) and almost all the territorial gains of the Brusilov Offensive were lost. On top of all this, the country began rationing the most important foodstuffs, such as bread and meat, while in the Russian Empire the only rationing was sugar. These and many other wrong decisions by the provisional government created the ideal climate for the October Revolution to occur. One thing that people have to understand is that the October Revolution would have been IMPOSSIBLE without the February Revolution. And the October Revolution was responsible for taking Russia out of WWI through the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
the october revolution wasn't specifically why russia left the war, rather the thinking of lenin and the quite frankly idiotic "no peace, no war" tactic. also russia lost ww1 not cuz of either revolution, but because of incompetent leadership.
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11:15 Russia wouldn't get Constantinople because neither Britain nor frances wanted them too. Likely an 'international zone''(british) would be created , similar to our timeline. (minor thing)Turkey could still become similar to what they were in our timeline , minus kurdistan and outer Armenia , IF they cooperate with the russians .If they don't then well the treaty of severes would be put into action . I consider the latter more likely due to a number of reasons. greece getting that much of western turkey is well , hard to see as they would become majority muslim or turkish with that unless a population exchange happens , I could imagine a smaller expansion in areas like smyrna 'n stuff
No matter what Britain and France wanted, it was not only promised to the Russians, but the Russians would have taken the majority of the casualties and would have been seen as crucial to the Western Entente to win the war and keep a balance of power. So they would have to give at least the city to them because of their contributions to future peace and overall performance in the war. Do you think the western powers wanted to give the soviets the Eastern Bloc. They were given it because they didn't want to fight a war over it.
@@TheCrazyHistorian Or the British could land troops in Istanbul and also punish the Ottoman government less to delay the Russians from taking Istanbul and prevent the Russians from approaching the Mediterranean from Anatolia. In return, the Russians could support Ataturk and try to weaken Ottoman power. And also because the Russians supported the royalists in Greece, if the Entente powers did not directly support the republicans, Greece would still be in civil war and could not spend resources to advance into Anatolia and Rumelia. This would lead to a different peace treaty. Maybe the Italians could try to take advantage of that.
@@TheCrazyHistorian i could imagine a lesser deal in which they can more easily send ships through the Bosporus or the city is made into an international zone with both british and russian overside
@@TheCrazyHistorian the Entente may as well give it to the Greeks and have treaties to satisfy Russians, perhaps a permanent military presence of Russians in the straits
Russia was not in a difficult situation at the beginning of the 20th century. The Russian Empire was much slandered by the West and the Soviets as a way of justifying the February and October revolutions. In 1913, on the eve of World War I, the economy of the Russian Empire was growing at one of the fastest rates in the world and ranked 3rd-4th in the world and 2nd-3rd in Europe. Comparison of the GDP of the Russian Empire with the largest economies in the world, billions of US dollars, in 1913: British Empire (947), USA (917), Russian Empire (464), Germany (440), China (428), France (299). Russia's gold reserves increased 3.7 times - in 1914, before the outbreak of World War I, it was the largest in the world and amounted to 1 billion 695 million rubles (1,311 tons of gold, more than 60 billion dollars at the exchange rate of the 2000s). What is especially curious is that in 1928 the gold reserves of the USSR amounted to only 150 tons, that is, a large part of the gold was stolen during the revolution and the Civil War, or ended up abroad. On the eve of the 1917 revolution, the country's national income was 16.4 billion rubles (7.4% of the world total). According to this indicator, the Russian Empire ranked fourth after the USA, Germany and the British Empire. In terms of growth rates of national income, the Russian Empire was ahead of many countries, and in certain periods, for example, from 1908 to 1917. Russian growth rates were among the highest in the world at that time - more than 7% in some years. Russia had 80,000 km of railways, second only to the United States in the world. Agriculture of the Russian Empire: - First place in wheat exports in 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911 (in 1912 and 1913 it was in 2nd place); - Stable 4th place in corn exports; - In terms of oil exports, 2nd place after Denmark (the gap was rapidly narrowing); - 1st place in eggs; - 3rd place in dairy products since 1911; - For rye, 2nd place after Germany (in 1911 it was the first); - 1st place in barley, the absolute market leader (more than 72% of total supplies); - 1st place in oats; - In terms of global grain exports, it is a stable 1st place in the world. The amount of agricultural products consumed per capita under Nicholas II increased sharply compared to other periods. Thus, the consumption of potatoes increased by 15%, wheat by 25%, corn by 116%, and all grains, excluding oats, by 9%. Industrial production: The average annual increase in industrial production in the Russian Empire in the period 1894-1916 was 5%. This is a good indicator for those times. It could have been even higher if it were not for two factors: at the beginning of the 20th century, there was a production crisis in many Western countries, which also affected Russia, and secondly, industrial growth slowed down during the revolution of 1905-1907. Later, in the pre-war period 1910-1913, industrial growth of 7.5% occurred.
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You forgot one thing: Russia reforms into a constitutional monarchy, turning the Tsar into a figure head. That way, it's far more stable & reduces the chances of Tsar making any stupid mistakes
The worst mistakes were made under Republican governments
Great scenario! But I could see even more improvements to help the Russians such as Bloody Sunday ending better and the Russians winning the Russo-Japanese war to paint a better image of the tzar. Also as many have mentioned I do not believe the Russians would gain Constantinople, I see why you would think that they would get it but it's just to important for the brits to give to Russia, at best I could joint occupation, Lastly while unlikely you could of had Bulgaria join the Russians, if Russia worked closer with them you could have them join the against Germany and MABY just MABY they may gain Constantinople instead as a compromise deal.
(Sorry this is so long, but just so you know these are not complaint's ,from what I've seen of your channel you make great stuff! these are just some bonus things I thought would be cool to add)
this is a very good video
I dont think the tsar's regime would survive. Probably the provisional government would be in charge.
Cool
One thing that practically no one talks about is that Russia was the ONLY country in WWI that invaded Germany (even if for a short time), saving France from the Schlieffen Plan.
Several important victories were achieved at the very beginning of the war: during the East Prussian operation, East Prussia was captured (which, however, later had to be abandoned), and as a result of the Battle of Galicia in August-September 1914, Russian troops occupied almost all of Eastern Galicia, almost all of Bukovina, Lvov and Przemysl. However, the country's economy at the beginning of the war had not yet been completely transferred to a wartime state, which led to a shortage of shells in 1914-1915. The most acute period was the summer of 1915, when all these factors came together, and the so-called Great Retreat of the Russian Army began: most of Galicia, Przemysl and Lvov, as well as almost all of Poland, were abandoned.
However, a year after the outbreak of war, on August 23, 1915, at the most difficult moment, Nicholas II personally assumed command, despite the protests of the generals and the command staff. While Nicholas II was the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Russia achieved major victories at the front or the situation remained stable.
In the early autumn of 1915, the withdrawal of Russian troops was halted, and the military industry was put in order in the following months. Russia began to rebuild its troops, which had been badly damaged during the retreat, and to strengthen new defensive lines. The new front line was filled with troops from both sides, leading to defensive tactics and trench warfare. It was then, in 1916, that a turning point occurred in the confrontation between Russia and Germany, during which German and Austro-Hungarian troops began to suffer defeats. It all began with the operation, now known as the “Brusilov Breakthrough”, which implied an offensive on all fronts simultaneously, which was a new and very important word in the art of war of that time (the same technique was used during the offensives of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War).
The Naroch operation of March 1916, designed to divert German troops from the battles of Verdun, was successful. In January-February 1916, the Battle of Erzurum took place on the Caucasian front, in which Russian troops completely defeated the Turkish army and captured the city of Erzurum. The Russian army was commanded by General N. N. Yudenich. The Trebizond operation took place from February 5 to April 15, 1916. Russian troops and the Black Sea Fleet acted together against the Turkish army. The Russian naval landing landed at Rize. The operation ended with the victory of the Russian troops and the capture of the Turkish port of Trebizond on the Black Sea. Later, in July, Erzincan was taken, and then Mush. The Russian army advanced deep into the territory of Turkish Armenia. The operation was commanded by N. N. Yudenich.
The only major defeat in 1916 was associated with the Romanian campaign, but during its course it was not the Russian, but the allied Romanian army that was defeated, to which the Russian troops were unable to provide large-scale support. Romania's entry into the war, spurred on by French support, and the subsequent defeat of the poorly prepared Romanian army exposed Russia's southwestern flank and complicated the situation. It is important to note that Nicholas II and the Russian General Staff were against Romania's entry into the war.
However, in 1917, the whole world spoke of Russia's imminent and inevitable victory. In fact, by 1917 the Central Powers were completely exhausted, their situation could be called catastrophic: there were not enough reserves for the armies, famine, a fuel crisis and devastation began in the countries. The 1916-1917 border war was known in Germany as the Rutabaga Winter - rutabaga became a staple food for a time. The economic blockade of Germany undermined its combat effectiveness - it became obvious that the Entente was close to victory.
Subsequently, a large-scale offensive on all fronts was planned for April-May 1917, during which the armies of the Entente countries were to reach Berlin. By that time, a secret Anglo-French-Russian agreement on Constantinople and the straits had been concluded - according to this agreement, Constantinople and the Black Sea straits were to become part of the Russian Empire after the end of the First World War. Preparations for an operation to capture Constantinople and the Black Sea straits were discussed. Whether Russia would reach the straits or not is a moot point, but the very existence of such plans in 1916 demonstrates the clear optimism of the command - at that time there was no talk of any defeat of Russia in the war.
However, contrary to popular myth, in Tsarist Russia the card system was introduced only in mid-1916, and cards were introduced only for sugar. But after the February Revolution and the coming to power of the Provisional Government, ration cards for bread and meat were introduced. At the same time, an acute food crisis arose in Germany at the very beginning of the war, causing a rapid rise in food prices. On August 17, 1915, a system of food cards was introduced in Germany. Initially, it was intended to ration the consumption of bread, but later it was extended to all the most important food products: potatoes, meat, milk, fats, sugar.
Moreover, contrary to a number of myths that are still actively spreading, the industry of the Empire did not collapse during the war, but even grew at a rapid pace. In other countries, there was a serious decline. In Germany, for example, by 1916 industry had fallen to 64% of the 1913 level, in France to 76.6%, in England to 89%, while Russian industry had grown to 121.5% of the 1913 level. Of course, this is mainly explained by the growth of military production, but France, Germany and England also produced munitions.
Russia lost WWI for 2 reasons: the February Revolution and the October Revolution.
February Revolution: With the democratization of the army, thousands of soldiers deserted and gave up fighting. The fronts that were previously stable began to fall: the Caucasus front began to fall (and there was no more progress on Russia's part), the Germans captured Riga, launched Operation Albion (capturing the Moonsund archipelago and getting much closer to the capital Petrograd) and almost all the territorial gains of the Brusilov Offensive were lost. On top of all this, the country began rationing the most important foodstuffs, such as bread and meat, while in the Russian Empire the only rationing was sugar. These and many other wrong decisions by the provisional government created the ideal climate for the October Revolution to occur.
One thing that people have to understand is that the October Revolution would have been IMPOSSIBLE without the February Revolution.
And the October Revolution was responsible for taking Russia out of WWI through the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
the october revolution wasn't specifically why russia left the war, rather the thinking of lenin and the quite frankly idiotic "no peace, no war" tactic. also russia lost ww1 not cuz of either revolution, but because of incompetent leadership.
Sidenote, Ruthenians live in (Carpathian) Ruthenia, they're not Ukrainians, although the Ukrainian regime would have the world believe so.
and you gave Ruthenia to Hungary on your map
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No mention of Manikovsky, dissapointed.
11:15 Russia wouldn't get Constantinople because neither Britain nor frances wanted them too. Likely an 'international zone''(british) would be created , similar to our timeline.
(minor thing)Turkey could still become similar to what they were in our timeline , minus kurdistan and outer Armenia , IF they cooperate with the russians .If they don't then well the treaty of severes would be put into action . I consider the latter more likely due to a number of reasons.
greece getting that much of western turkey is well , hard to see as they would become majority muslim or turkish with that unless a population exchange happens , I could imagine a smaller expansion in areas like smyrna 'n stuff
No matter what Britain and France wanted, it was not only promised to the Russians, but the Russians would have taken the majority of the casualties and would have been seen as crucial to the Western Entente to win the war and keep a balance of power. So they would have to give at least the city to them because of their contributions to future peace and overall performance in the war. Do you think the western powers wanted to give the soviets the Eastern Bloc. They were given it because they didn't want to fight a war over it.
@@TheCrazyHistorian Or the British could land troops in Istanbul and also punish the Ottoman government less to delay the Russians from taking Istanbul and prevent the Russians from approaching the Mediterranean from Anatolia. In return, the Russians could support Ataturk and try to weaken Ottoman power. And also because the Russians supported the royalists in Greece, if the Entente powers did not directly support the republicans, Greece would still be in civil war and could not spend resources to advance into Anatolia and Rumelia. This would lead to a different peace treaty. Maybe the Italians could try to take advantage of that.
@@TheCrazyHistorian i could imagine a lesser deal in which they can more easily send ships through the Bosporus
or the city is made into an international zone with both british and russian overside
@@TheCrazyHistorian the Entente may as well give it to the Greeks and have treaties to satisfy Russians, perhaps a permanent military presence of Russians in the straits
Idea: have Napoleon II aka Napoleon's son become the Emperor of France!!!
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@@TheCrazyHistorian and also maybe conquer all of Europe?~ like sources say he is good in the military and is almost like his father
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Russia was not in a difficult situation at the beginning of the 20th century. The Russian Empire was much slandered by the West and the Soviets as a way of justifying the February and October revolutions.
In 1913, on the eve of World War I, the economy of the Russian Empire was growing at one of the fastest rates in the world and ranked 3rd-4th in the world and 2nd-3rd in Europe. Comparison of the GDP of the Russian Empire with the largest economies in the world, billions of US dollars, in 1913: British Empire (947), USA (917), Russian Empire (464), Germany (440), China (428), France (299).
Russia's gold reserves increased 3.7 times - in 1914, before the outbreak of World War I, it was the largest in the world and amounted to 1 billion 695 million rubles (1,311 tons of gold, more than 60 billion dollars at the exchange rate of the 2000s). What is especially curious is that in 1928 the gold reserves of the USSR amounted to only 150 tons, that is, a large part of the gold was stolen during the revolution and the Civil War, or ended up abroad. On the eve of the 1917 revolution, the country's national income was 16.4 billion rubles (7.4% of the world total). According to this indicator, the Russian Empire ranked fourth after the USA, Germany and the British Empire. In terms of growth rates of national income, the Russian Empire was ahead of many countries, and in certain periods, for example, from 1908 to 1917. Russian growth rates were among the highest in the world at that time - more than 7% in some years. Russia had 80,000 km of railways, second only to the United States in the world.
Agriculture of the Russian Empire:
- First place in wheat exports in 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911 (in 1912 and 1913 it was in 2nd place);
- Stable 4th place in corn exports;
- In terms of oil exports, 2nd place after Denmark (the gap was rapidly narrowing);
- 1st place in eggs;
- 3rd place in dairy products since 1911;
- For rye, 2nd place after Germany (in 1911 it was the first); - 1st place in barley, the absolute market leader (more than 72% of total supplies);
- 1st place in oats;
- In terms of global grain exports, it is a stable 1st place in the world.
The amount of agricultural products consumed per capita under Nicholas II increased sharply compared to other periods. Thus, the consumption of potatoes increased by 15%, wheat by 25%, corn by 116%, and all grains, excluding oats, by 9%.
Industrial production:
The average annual increase in industrial production in the Russian Empire in the period 1894-1916 was 5%. This is a good indicator for those times. It could have been even higher if it were not for two factors: at the beginning of the 20th century, there was a production crisis in many Western countries, which also affected Russia, and secondly, industrial growth slowed down during the revolution of 1905-1907. Later, in the pre-war period 1910-1913, industrial growth of 7.5% occurred.