Timeline: Russia Never Expands East

So in this timeline, Russia never expanded eastward into Asia. Still, for European Russia, much of it still remains the same, however, in this timeline, Russia is a completely Europeanized nation. As to whether it's part of the European Union or NATO, I still haven't decided yet.

Key Differences

 * PoD: Ivan the Terrible never conquers the Khanate of Siberia
 * So rather than Russia, there is..........another giant of the East that wants to conquer and lead the Eastern World, (drumroll..................................), CHINA! So the Ming Dynasty conquers swaths of Mongolia, and soon launches offensives into Siberia, beginning an alternative era known as the Sino-Siberian wars, as well as the Sino-Turkic Wars, an era of warring and conquests of North and Central Asian kingdoms by the Chinese
 * Now, this sets off a "somwhat" radically different modern-day
 * Since Russia never had any ambitions in Asia, the Russo-Japanese War never happens
 * The communist revolution fails horribly, and I mean HORRIBLY in Russia, however, democratic-republican revolutions against the monarchy STILL occur, so the Russian Republic is successfully established, Alexander Kerensky becomes the first president of the Russian Republic, and borders the Qing Dynasty to the east
 * It is however, in CHINA that the communist revolution occurs, so we see an alternate Red China where China becomes the communist giant of the East in 1917
 * So CHINA goes on a tirade of communist takeovers in Asia, all of the USSR's history is transferred to China
 * So one may ask, communism never takes over Russia, who does Hitler hate, and who does he target? Well, Hitler is still anti-Slav, and still sees Slavs and Jews as inferior, so Hitler still targets Russia as World War I's history in Europe still don't change
 * Joseph Stalin STILL comes to power, and upon hearing of Hitler's plans by Russian insiders in Germany, begins rapidly industrializing Russia
 * So here's another plot-twist: in our OT, Germany and the Soviet Union squeezed Poland, now, in this timeline: Germany and China attempt to invade Russia, with China invading from the east and Germany invading from the West
 * The Battle of Stalingrad is consequently fought between Russia and China
 * With Polish defeat against Germany looming, Stalin knows his time fighting the Chinese in the east is limited, and he would have to re-divert some of his eastern forces to the west
 * However, thanks to Imperial Japan attacking China, and providing some cushion for Russia, Chinese forces are defeated in Stalingrad as Beijing re-diverts its forces to fight Imperial Japan (and still ends up getting their asses whooped for the most part)
 * Germany begins to feel the sting of defeat, like in our OT, similar events play out
 * Thanks to Germany's defeat, Russia re-diverts its forces to the east, bordering China
 * The Empire of Japan is defeated, and China grows out of the ruins of World War II as one of two military superpowers
 * In 1991, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, East Turkestan, North Korea, Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan all break away from China as the communist regime is toppled