Russian lands (Chaos)

This part of the world - even bigger than OTL's Soviet Union - also includes some history of not inhabited by ns. But since the histories of these areas are intertwisted very much (also due to the common Slavic origin and/or Orthodox Christian religion), I've put them together in one world region.

The history of the Russian lands changed very much, since the conquests of the never took place. Especially, Russia stayed divided for much longer, and the different parts developed very differently, esp. culturally.