Timeline (Rossiskaya Imperiya KD)

What if the Tsar Alexander II had not been assassinated in 1881 and he implemented the reforms (the only that seemed true democratic of the tsars of Russia?)

The Serfs would have been emancipated in 1861, and 1866, in the same years that in the real history. This would have lead to a series of reforms that would have come to its high in 1881, in 1875 the constitutional monarchy was implanted: The Tsar was the head of State while the prime minister was the head of the government, The head of government was chosen by the parliament between the parties with parliamentary representation. First completely democratic elections were conducted on 15 December 1875, in the same year that freedom of speech was instated in all the empire; the initial election period was six years but in the second elections of 1881, when the women voted for the first time, which was changed from six to four years. In 1883, more reforms were implemented in the Grand Duchy of Finland, and that reforms were:

- Increasing Finnish autonomy from Russia, giving to Finland complete control of her own internal affairs and some international relations.

- Implementation, as a test for all Russia, of the compulsive education of all people, paid by the state. The education would be in Swedish, one of the two native languages of Finland.

- Possibility to Finland of make referendum concerning internal questions

- Possibility of marriages between nobles and common people

- Possibility of adoption by noble families of Orphan Children of the common people.

Freedom of speech and was already instituted in the Grand Duchy of Finland.

The first two elections were won by the Conservative Party of All Russias, who were in favour of all the reforms and have similar political ideas to the British Conservatives.

1885 Elections marked the appearance of a new political party, the National-Liberal, which was a more Centrist party which wanted some more reforms like the reduction of the powers of the Tsar (for example, his authority to condemn to prison) and, as a bigger test for all Russia, the application of all the reforms implemented in Finland to the Baltic Provinces and Congress Poland the (part of Poland belonging to Russia).

Results of following elections.

1889= Conservative Party

1893= National Liberal Party

1897= Social Democratic party (this was the first victory of a left wing party in Europe prior to the victory of the SPD in Germany, but being a modern-left wing party, similar to the leftist parties of Today, and not against the monarchy; it was more or less like British Labour.)

In 1899 new Elections are held in Finland and for the First time a Woman is elected as Prime Minister of Finland, by the name of Sigrid Lindstörm Szymanowska, a noble Swedish-speaking woman of Polish origin from Finland, and a member of the Swedish Popular Party.

Tsar Alexander II dies in 1900 and his funeral is even today the largest funeral attended in Russian History, with at least 2 million people at his funeral. He is remembered as the tsar who made Russia a democratic country. Elections are moved because that from 1901 to 1900 conservative party wins again. Alexander III never comes to throne as the Imperial Duma see in him a potential danger for the democracy in Russia, so comes to the throne as PaveI I the duke Paul Alexandrovich, one of the youngest sons of Alexander II and who, as was his father, was loved by the people and he was a very accessible man, he was one of the first tsars to walk among the people. 1904 elections mark the appearance of a new party, the Centrist Party, which wins all the elections till 1914. In that year, compulsory and free education is Extended to the whole Russian Empire. In 1918 Poland achieves independence, of Austria, Russia, and Germany. Baltic countries and Finland become independent, Poland becomes a Republic and Finland becomes a monarchy as they planned to be in principle when they gained their independence. Being totally independent, thr Baltic countries decide to maintain the Russian Emperors as heads of state of their countries as a pure ceremonial figure. All countries that in OTL are independent today from russia, continue to being part of russia due to the vote in a referendum for leaving the empire and being independent of Russia, all that countries decide to Remain in the Russian Empire, so the Russian Empire is now formed by: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova (which never ceased to be russian after its cession to russia in the 1830's) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzystan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Tadjikistan, and Turkmenistan.

In the first decade of the 1900’s, with Japan not having any dictatorship, Korea starts a modernisation process like Japan did 50 years later and maintains its monarchy, now in a constitutional form.

Catalonia becomes independent in 1925 due to an all-Catalan uprising in all Catalan speaking territories who want to unite in one fully independent country which secedes in stages. The uprising triumphs in Catalonia proper (OTL: The autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain), then in northern Catalonia (OTL: Part of France), then in the Balearic Islands (OTL A.C of the Balearic islands in Spain, the Western Strip (OTL: Part of the Autonomous community of Aragón in Spain), L’Alguer (OTL: Part of Sardinia, Italy) and lastly the Valencian country (OTL: A.C of Valencia in Spain). All that happens in September 1925 and the Catalan Provisional Armed Forces (Catalan: Forçes Armades provisionals de Catalunya, Occitan: Forças Armadas Provisionaus d’Era Catalonha, Sardinian: Sas Fortzas Armadas Pruvsiunarias de Sa Catalogna, in the three official languages of Catalonia) control all the Catalan territory and proclaim the independence of Catalonia the 11th September (coinciding with the national day of Catalonia).

In 1936 Paul Alexandrovich dies and Kiril II succeeds him on the Throne. In 1939 the Spanish civil war ends and due to the fact that the war had become just one more conflict of the Second World War and that Portuguese European troops and British Troops invaded Spain, the Republican side wins. However, to assure that no one tries to take power by force, it is agreed that a democratic constitutional monarchy will by putted in place instead of the Republic.

In 1939 a referendum for the Basque Country becoming independent is scheduled for November of that Year. The affirmative vote for independence wins with the 74% of the votes.

The same year, but a month later, Galicia votes in favour of independence with an affirmative vote of 55%.

Elections are for 1940 and a new party, the Democratic Liberal Party of Spain, wins it.

In 1941 Aragón votes for independence also with 56% of the votes in favour.

There is first and Second world war like it was today with the exception that France becomes part of the axis instead of Japan which becomes part of the allies like in the first world war, thus, there is no Pearl Harbor but France helps Germany in Invading Poland, which is invaded in only 15 days. France annexes Galicia instead of Germany because Germany gives them Galicia as a price; France occupation is more moderate though, because as Italy, French did want to develop their own fascism and not to follow the German one. Jews in Galicia are treated well together with the native population, being the only difference with pertaining to Poland that France exploits Galicia for the favour of France, France even develops the Region building hospitals, roads, although it not industrialise it because they want Galicia to be an agricultural region. Ukraine, that becomes independent in 1918, becomes part of the axis though they had their fights with France for Galicia as they supported greater Ukraine, in 1940, Ukraine invaded Galicia and was kicked out of the axis and fight in a third side of his own known as "Central Ukraine", they achieve the invasions of all parts considered to be part of Greater Ukraine.

In 1944 Russia and the UK start to think of a large-scale invasion of Germany and France, including Galicia. The UK invades France from the Channel Islands and Russia invades Germany from the East, in March 1944 the General Government (occupied and annexed by Germany as a mix between a colony and a directly annexed part of Germany) is liberated and Russian troops are welcomed as liberators. As most French people did not support fascism they also welcome British Troops. Germany then loses all the territory of that had conquered in the second world war and the changes of borders that in OTL occur in 1945 occur also in this alternate history, so Germany has the same borders than today in our days in OTL., but keeps united and democratic instead of being divided in two countries like it occured in OTL.

France is divided in four occupation sectors

- Russian(North-Eastern France, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Martinique)

- Italian (North-Western France)

- British (Central France, South American Colonies)

- Japanese (Southern France, Corsica, Paris, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia)

Helgoland becomes British again. Galicia starts to think about independence after being the change currency between Poland and Ukraine and Russia immediately supports the movement. Part of Galicia is given to Poland as a punishment to Ukraine and Lwów becomes Polish again. The 14-5-1944 Galicia becomes independent. Galicia, as one of the regions with most influences in Jewish culture and language, becomes like a second Israel in Europe, with lots of Galician Jews staying there and European Jews emigrating in the same way to Israel that to Galicia, though Galicia is not a Jewish state, it has Hebrew and Yiddish as official language together with Ukrainian, polish, and Ruthenian. Podkarpatiskij my Rusiny becomes its National Anthem.

Indonesia becomes integrated in Netherlands after a referendum in which Indonesians choose complete integration into the Netherlands instead of Independence, however, Indonesia has the right to be represented itself at all international sports events and some international organizations (they have the same status that have the overseas territories of Netherlands) Papua is made a separate dependency with the same status in 1964. Right of self determination is recognized since before the referendum was made.

Königsberg region (Kaliningrad Oblast in OTL) is given to Russia as a punishment for Germany.

Due to the non existence of communism as a block and Russia being a democracy, no eastern block is formed.

Occupation of France ends in 1950 but France loses a great amount of territory:

- Savoy and Nice go back to Italy

- Brittany becomes independent

- Martinique and Saint Pierre and Miquelon went definitely under Russian Rule, though with the option of a referendum for independence.

- Corsica becomes under PROVISIONAL Catalan administration till 1965, the administration of Corsica by part of Catalonia is due to the tensions running high in Corsica between French who repressed it for centuries, Italian Irredentists, and Corsican separatists. Catalan flag is however of Compulsory flying in all official buildings and schools. Catalan government also invests a lot of money in Corsican language for make it the first language of Corsica after French repression, and Corsican accepts it, however, like with the new territories of Russia, the possibility of becoming independent through a referendum is included in both new Corsican constitution and in Catalan Constitution through an amendment. A referendum takes place in 1983 with three options (actual status under Catalonia, being converted in another federal state of Catalonia together with the principality of Catalonia. The Balearic Islands…., etc, etc. Corsicans choose independence and Catalonia abandons the territory.

French Flags are lowered, including the ceremony at 31st of December at 12:00 with the French anthem in all its ex–colonies in South America when Russian flag is raised up.

In 1948 the United Party won the elections in South Africa against all odds and Jan Smuts is the prime minister of South Africa, as he not was in favour of apartheid but it was already discrimination to the blacks without apartheid, he declares that he wants blacks to be equals to whites, same measures applied to the coloureds, the Bantustans, thus, are not created and all the discriminatory laws referring to blacks are repelled and declared null and void by decree of Smuts (Wet afschaffing van alle diskriminerende praktyke teen swart /bruin / ander nie-wit rasse. wet die beëindiging van die register van die bevolkingsregistrasie) In South West Africa hwhite population is as great as the South African one, speaking primarily German and Afrikaans South Africa then continues to being a monarchy. All discriminatory laws to blacks and coloureds and all other not white communities are abolished. South Africa establishes an equal representation law (Reg vir gelyke verteenwoordiging in die parlement en die Suid-Afrikaanse instellings.)

Meanwhile, the Communist party of the Russian Empire, who accepts the monarchy and democracy as the Japanese Communist party, won the 1940, 1952, 1974, 1991, 1994, and 2000 elections. The Conservative party won all the elections since 2004 to 2012, in which the National Liberal party obtains a landslide victory. Thanks to Russia, the UK, and Germany, as leading force of the majority of European countries, the EU idea has not been well received but they are still some defenders, however, border crossing is free for all the citizens of any European country (including Israel and Russia)

Kiril II dies in 2012 with 112 years and having reined the historical amount of 76 years. His son Bogdan, born in 1920, renounces to the throne and so does his son Pyotr, born in 1946, in 1983, Princess Sonia Alexandrovna (wife of Pyotr) announces a surprising pregnancy at 37 years old and princess Sigrid is born in Moscow. The youngest daughter of the marriage, Sigrid, Inherits the throne as the 4th Tsarina of Russia with 29 years old. As marks the tradition, the anthem is changed to the feminine version like the UK (god save the queen/god save the king) in this case “Bozhe, Tsarina, Khrani” “sylna i derzavhna” “tsarina pravoslavna” Tsarina na straj vragam”

Russia is still divided in “Guberniyas” and oblasts with the exception of Moscow (Special Oblast), Karelia, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Alania (Member States of the Russian Empire), those last being regions that an integral part of Russia but have control of almost all internal affairs( Parliament, Police, Education System, Health System, Monetary System, and can have embassies in foreign countries, though subordinated to the Russian one. Please note that the member states of the Russian empire are not like Puerto Rico or Hong Kong and Macau, which are completely independent except in defense and foreign policy, those member states constitute an integral part of the Russian Empire with Special privileges. Laws regulating that policy were passed on 1930, together with the approbation of the second constitution of the Russian Empire (first one was in place since 1875 to 1930), as said in the in 1930 constitution:"Районов Карелии, Чечни, Ингушетии, Дагестане и Алания, будут называть, так как теперьи так как теперь быть. "''государства-члены" в русский империи. Они будут продолжать быть неотъемлемой частью империи, но они будут иметь общую внутреннюю автономию, за исключением вопросов национальной обороны. Это автономия будет применяться следующим образом: - Денежные автономия: Государства-члены будут иметь право выпускать собственные деньги, если они хотят, если при этом, они должны будут применять свои собственные политики разработать свои собственные валютной системы и денежно-кредитной, если они хотят. -Политическая автономия: Государства-члены будут иметь полный контроль над своими внутренними делами, кроме национальной обороны и спорта. Каждое государство-член будет иметь парламент, чтобы управлять государством. -Полицейский автономии: Каждое государство-член будет дана своя полиция отличается от имперской. Учитывая, которые будут добавлены как 145 статья Конституции в Москве, русский империи,Его Императорского Величествацарем Павлом II на 8 декабря 1930 года., во имя Государственной думы депутатов, тело суверенитета русского народа.''" ("The regions of Karelia, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Alania, are to be called and be since now "member states" of the Russian Empire. They will continuing being an Integral part of the Empire but they will have total internal autonomy except in national defense matters.

That autonomy will be applied as follows:

{C - Monetary autonomy: The member states will have the right of issuing their own money if they want, if thus, they will have to apply its own policies for develop their own currency and monetary system if they want.

{C -Political Autonomy: The Member states will have total control of its internal affairs except national defence and sports. Each member state will have a parliament to govern the state.

{C -Political Autonomy: Each Member state will be given its own police different to the imperial one.

{C Given to be added as the 145 article of the constitution in Moscow, Russian Empire, by his Imperial Majesty Tsar Pavel II of Russia at 8th December of Year 1930., in name of the Imperial Duma of Deputies, the body of the sovereignty of the Russian people".

Russia maintains a policy of promoting the regional languages of each region though the majority of the population speaks Russian, with the exception of Karelia, where Finnish is the most spoken language. Russian State TV has channels in Russian, Finnish, Polish, and German due to the law specified in the 1930 constitution that states that: “Polish, Finnish, and German national minorities are due to be considerate of special interest and protection by the state” (Польском, финском и немецком языках национальных меньшинств, должны быть внимательными, представляющие особый интерес и защиту со стороны государства). As there was no communism German minority is still one of the biggest in Russia and in Europe. German language is spoken by 50% of the people living in Kaliningrad oblast as first language, and by the 70% of members of the German minority in all Russia.. Actually Russia is governed by National Patriotic Democracy, a conservative party who has nothing to do with the neo-Nazi NPD of Germany. NPD of Russia is just a conservative party with strong centrist policies in social and moral aspects. It is not against the immigration if that is controlled and is a euro-skeptic party. This party was created in 1994 and it was a minor party till 2008 elections in which achieved a representation of 52 seats in the Imperial Duma and then won the 2012 elections.

Due to the Moldavia and Russian and Ukrainian speaking populations to join Russia or Ukraine, four-party talks (Moldova, Transnistria, Ukraine, and Russia) are held to find a solution to the problem, being that the substitution of the Moldovan unitary state by the Federal Republic of Moldova and Prindnestrovie (official name of Transnistria). The Flag of the new Republic is like the actual Pridnestrovian one with the Moldovan coat of arms in the middle of the flag in a big size instead our OTL sickle and hammer of Transnistria.

The Kuril Islands were handed back to Japan in 1995.

No independentists movements exist in Russia due to the pacification and autonomy of each of the guberniyas of Russia and no terrorists movements exists in Russia, inhabitants of Chechnya and all of the Caucasus regions are proud Russians ( as they are in Ossetia and Ingushetia in OTL). Russian Rubble is the currency of Russia and Russia makes border with, the German Empire,Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Galicia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Republic of China, the Empire of Korea, and the Great Empire of Manchuria, the in OTL region of China that is independent without being a puppet state of Japan and in which a sizable Russian minority exist due to the not expulsion (contrary to OTL) of Russians of that country. It also shares a maritime border with Japan.