If the USSR completely avoids its 1939-1940 expansions (for instance, if Hitler and the Nazis never actually come to power in Germany and an alternative German regime decides to never actually wage war over the Polish Corridor, as tempting as doing this might seem, due to the risks involved), does it subsequently become much easier for Russia to reassemble the USSR post-Soviet collapse? I'm asking about this because it was due to the 2014 Maidan Revolution in real life that Ukraine managed to avoid slipping back into Russia's orbit, and without the presence of western Ukraine, launching such a revolution would have been much harder--and even in the miraculous event that it would have still actually succeeded, pro-Russian forces could have simply been voted back into power in Ukraine after the next election had western Ukraine not been a part of Ukraine--and of course had Russia adjusted its calculations accordingly afterwards by NOT invading Ukraine and annexing some Ukrainian territory, as it might have very well done in this scenario since the Russian leadership is many things, but stupid is not one of them.
Anyway, what do you think about this?
Anyway, what do you think about this?
