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On 22 January 1969, a Soviet Army deserter, Viktor Ilyin opened fire on a motorcade carrying then Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. This timeline assumes the attacker succeeded in shooting the General Secretary who died two days later in hospital. In his place took over Alexei Kosygin who successfully implemented the economic reform program that decentralized Soviet industry and prevented stagnation during the 70's. After nearly a century of its foundation the red flag of the union still trembles, mightier than ever.

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  • A Red Century
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  • On 22 January 1969, a Soviet Army deserter, Viktor Ilyin opened fire on a motorcade carrying then Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. This timeline assumes the attacker succeeded in shooting the General Secretary who died two days later in hospital. In his place took over Alexei Kosygin who successfully implemented the economic reform program that decentralized Soviet industry and prevented stagnation during the 70's. After nearly a century of its foundation the red flag of the union still trembles, mightier than ever.
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  • On 22 January 1969, a Soviet Army deserter, Viktor Ilyin opened fire on a motorcade carrying then Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. This timeline assumes the attacker succeeded in shooting the General Secretary who died two days later in hospital. In his place took over Alexei Kosygin who successfully implemented the economic reform program that decentralized Soviet industry and prevented stagnation during the 70's. In Iran the 1979 Revolution fails after a CIA plot manages to kill Ayatollah Khomeini shortly after the Shah left the country, this in turn allows Saddam's Iraq to wage a successful war against a weakened provisional government and take over oil-rich and strategic territories without sustaining great damage to the Iraq economy. Unhampered by a long and costly war with Iran, Iraq managed to grow into a major regional power in the Middle-East and after an ill-struggle by its Syrian ally, launched a major campaign against Israel prompting the Great Middle East War. Because the Soviet Union shifted earlier to a more moderate stance and reformed its economy it didn't suffered the economic recession of the 80's so harshly and democratic movements which ultimately brought the German reunification were dissolved following a military coup in 1990. Though Afghanistan was still invaded, on a later date (February 2, 1981), and caused as much strain in Soviet politics as it did in OTL, This time, the war came with a major Soviet victory following a joint invasion of Pakistan by Soviet-Indian forces that ultimately crushed all sources of Mujahideen resistance. With the fuel crisis prompted by the Great Middle East War the USSR became the world's leading gas and oil producer and furthered its development by gradually shifting toward a free enterprise economy. After nearly a century of its foundation the red flag of the union still trembles, mightier than ever.
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