[quote=Jannah]
Well if this is 1953 I could technically still have Stalin in power for a few more years. Shit, I might just do that. Maybe he survived longer?
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That would be lovely, all depends on the month we start I guess, I mean the leading theory is that Beria poisoned him. But I guess if he is dead you could still maintain Stalinism by having Molotov clutch the leadership, or alternatively you could make things really interesting and have Beria take power...it'd be hard with the latter, but I mean if he moved quickly with the NKVD against individuals such as Khrushchev, Molotov & Zhukov then he has a shot.