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The first thing we can learn from history is that people don't learn from history.

You're over-stating it. His 1910 legislative proposal (which would have been the culmination of his efforts) was very narrowly defeated due to a lot of intrigue. In the two years after that, Stolypin's earlier reforms were utterly vindicated, and literally every sector of the economy affected by...

Generally speaking, I'd argue that a "no World War I" scenario with a surviving Russian Empire is better for Russia's prospect than any scenario that does have World War I occurring (except, perhaps, if it's a very short war). As others have noted, Tsarist Russia was carrying out reforms and...

Even if they do, the likely outcome is that some clear winner emerges soon enough. Unlike in China, the commies have been crushed and there's no Japanese invasion. So you'd expect a Generalissimo to emerge before too long. A few extra years of civil war, before the house is put in order, is...

A lot depends on the nature of the White regime. I think in most cases, it's going to be fairly "normal", and widely accepted by the wider world. This alone is a great boon, compared to OTL. It means access to foreign investment. As has been mentioned, the lack of needless genocides and purges...