What if~The Russian Revolution never happened?

Russia's history is mired in blood and political turmoil. Either if it foreign or even domestic, but only a few nations had such inner turmoil as Russia as they had not one, but a series of revolutions that shook the nation to its core. Which was about rebelling by a Tsar who is quickly losing his luster, to rebelling governments who are divided on what to do about World War 1 to a Communist superpower that has a rivalry with Democracy governments.

But, what if the Russian Revolution never happened? Remember that it just wouldn't change Russian History, but the history of other countries and even the world. But first, I have to give you a history lesson, just scroll down to the What if category if you just want to read about the Alternate History category.

## Real History

Remember, that the Russian revolution is not just one revolution, but a series of them. It all started with one revolution in 1905 where Tsar Nicholas the 2nd sent the imperial military to quell rioters. His army won this revolution, but this also prompted Nicholas to create what is known as the Duma which is to form a small government so the Tsar can better organize his empire. The Duma also supposed to come up with new policies for the Russian population as food and water were beginning to be on short supply in Russia.

By 1914, World War 1 began and many nations in Europe are now wanting to slug it out with each other, and Russia wants in on the action. But because Russia had a bad economy and wasn't really prepared for war, they suffered crushing defeats by both the German Empire.

By 1917, the war was so devastating for Russia that food shortages ran wild and riots broke out (especially in the Russian city of Petrograd (Modern Day St. Petersberg). Tsar Nicholas immediately sends his military to try to quell the rioters. But it wouldn't be long before the Tsar's private military would rebel against him and join the rioters. Chaos soon enveloped all of Russia and the *February Revolution* had begun.

After the Tsar's tour on the Eastern Front, his train was then stopped by rebel Russian troops, this is where they negotiated with the Tsar to give up his throne. Tsar Nicholas had no choice but to Abdicate the throne, and with no one else to take the throne, the Tsar Dynastys in Russia ended.

After the February Revolution, the Russian State Duma turned into the Provisional Government (led by Alexander Kerensky).

Unfortunately for Russia, the Provisional Government wasn't any different than the Tsar as they make the decision to stay in the war and didn't give farmland to the peasants.

This would also lead to another political party: A Communist Party was known as the *Bolsheviks* (led by Vladimir Ilych Lenin) wanting to take power. Lenin and his Bolsheviks had negative thoughts on the war (and was funded by the Germans) he head back to his native Russia from Switzerland, where he tried to attack the Russian Provisional Government during the *July Days*, the assault failed and the Provisional Government threatened Lenin and his Bolsheviks with arrest, he went into hiding and found a safe haven in Finland which he stayed for several months.

Meanwhile, Russia still continued on in the war, but unbeknownst to the Russian Government that the Bolsheviks were slowly but steadily gaining supporters, then Lenin and his Bolsheviks returned to Russia, thus beginning the *October Revolution*, there the Bolsheviks have layed a Seige to Petrograd and attacked the Provisional Government at the Winter Palace, Lenin gives a speech saying that the Provisional Government has been deposed and the Bolsheviks have taken charge.

This would lead to the Russian Civil War where 2 factions (the Anti-Communist White Army and the Communist Red Army) would fight for dominance for Russia, within just 5 years the Red Army would defeat the White Army.

With it, the Soviet Union was born. Though this would throw Russia into a civil war that would see the deaths of around 2 million Russians and Lenin would die soon thereafter. Thus, the USSR would become the totalitarian dictatorship it is known in history fighting off against Fanatic Nazis as well as be in an arms race with the United States. Only to dissolve on Christmas Day in 1991.

## What if?

Now, the universal question. What if the Russian Revolution never happened? What if either the Tsar held onto power, or the Provisional Government were to defeat the Bolsheviks? Well, because there were a series of Revolutions, this would technically make this not being a revolution happening, but end in another victory. Here are several scenarios.

### Scenario 1: No February Revolution

This scenario is very unlikely to happen. Because the Tsar would have to do quite a bit in order to stay in power.

1. He would have to see the Duma through. Much like how a famous celebrity would do humanitarian work, Tsar Nicholas created the Duma to get the Populace on his side. But if he were actually serious on creating the Duma, he would've stayed in power for at least a few more decades, and making Russia more like a constitutional monarchy.

2. The Tsar would also have to stay out of World War 1, in our reality what really hurt the legitimacy of the Tsar was the war as German victories hurt the Russian army badly, and put the Tsar into a bad state politically and popularly speaking.

Though this seems unlikely, but for the sake of the first scenario, let's say this happens.

This would change the dynamics of Russia, but all of Europe as well. For one thing, World War 1 would go on for much longer, there's also a possibility that the Central Powers may win as in our reality (and the war was bad for Russia) but it made the Central Powers (Germany in particular) fight a 2-front war, thinning out the German lines on the Western Front and making it easier for the Struggling Western Alliance of Britain and France to fend off the Germans. In this alternate reality, they may have a more difficult time with the Germans as the Germans would only have to concentrate their forces on 1 front. But let's say the Central Powers still lose the war, Germany would still be in bad shape financially speaking, but whoever rises to power would be in question.

In Russia, it would still remain agricultural as it had been for decades before the war, the Romanov family would still be in power but with limitations thanks to the State Duma. Though the nation could industrialize but it would take longer in this alternate reality, so Russia would be playing catch-up with the other industrial nations of the United States, Europe, and Japan for the large part of the 20th century.

### Scenario 2: No October revolution

In this scenario, Tsar Nicholas is still overthrown during the February Revolution, and the Provisional Government comes into power. They would also have to stay out of the war in order to not cause any political uprisings, but let's say that they still fight in the war. In our reality, the war in Russia was unpopular and looked bad, one of the reasons why the Bolsheviks gained support from the Russian masses. But if the Provisional Government were get Russia out of the war and deal with other internal problems, the Bolsheviks wouldn't be that popular.

As mentioned before, this wouldn't just change history for  Russia, but other nations as well.

In Europe, this would change history in some of the nations. The Central Powers would still lose the war and thus Germany would still be in a bad financial state after the war, but the question would be, who would come to power in Germany? As with no February Revolution, in this alternate reality without a communist revolution, Hitler might not rise to power as he wasn't just against Judaism but also Communism. So, there's a chance where the Wiemar Government would stay in power.

The history of the United States wouldn't be too much changed. But what would be different is that it would never have the rivalry it had with Russia as it did in our reality, though not perfect, but better than it did in our reality.

One of the reasons for that is because the Provisional Government was socialist, but unlike the Bolsheviks, they wouldn't be fanatically communist and consider nations run by Democracy as evil.

This also dramatically changes the history of Asia. Because with the help from the Soviets, the Chinese Communist Party (led by Mao Tse Tung) was able to defeat the Chinese Nationalist Party in their own civil war. Remove the Soviets, and Mao Tse Tung would never rise to power, and with it, Communism would never rise to power in China, and so the Nationalist Government would come to power in China. The Korean and Vietnam Wars would also not happen since China is Nationalist and the Soviet Union never funded Ho Chi Minh and his North Vietnamese army.

No matter the scenario here, one thing remains certain, there would be no Cold War, no Eastern Bloc in Europe (which would unite earlier) no arms race, no, space race, and no fear of nuclear conflict.

That is all I have to say on this page, what do you think the world would be if the Russian Revolution never happened? Don't forget to check out my Games and Movies wikis as well. Until next time, this JohnnyOTGS signing out.