User blog comment:Calthrina950/The Best Article I Ever Wrote on AltHistory Wiki/@comment-1988424-20100703224318

A more powerful Russia, would mean that Russia easily defeats Germany in both world wars. They would be over so quick, nobody would call them world wars. And America wouldn't get involved, which means no U.S. Superpower. China would feel threatened by Russia and unite quicker and get industrialized leading to a Russo-Chinese cold War. Once you realize that, a whole world of possibilities opens up.