I know this is the third Mongolia topic I've done, but I've noticed that while Sternberg had become a mini-trope himself, his superior Gregori Semenov never really had been a particular feature of a timeline besides as a footnote. Unlike the mad monarchist, Semenov was a genuine pan-Mongolist supporter and was on decent terms with the Japanese. He particularly had support in Buryatia in the Transbaikal region and among other parts of the Trans-Siberian railway.
He commanded a much larger (14,500 compared to the latter's 3000-5500) and at least slightly more competent army than his more famous lieutenant and while still extremely brutal, didn't get to quite such an extreme as the Baron.
The main issue is that he was relatively secular rather than the theocratic Bogd Khan, and wanted Buryat and Cossack leadership. His army size at its peak was multiple times as large and more organised than Ungern's was at its peak, and minus the extreme excesses. My money is on delayed Societ presence in Siberia and the Far East, allowing him to get more support and find international backers.
So, in a friendly scenario, how would Semenov and his followers function as a state internally and internationally, what conditions could allow him to have more success and what would the long term implications of this be?
He commanded a much larger (14,500 compared to the latter's 3000-5500) and at least slightly more competent army than his more famous lieutenant and while still extremely brutal, didn't get to quite such an extreme as the Baron.
The main issue is that he was relatively secular rather than the theocratic Bogd Khan, and wanted Buryat and Cossack leadership. His army size at its peak was multiple times as large and more organised than Ungern's was at its peak, and minus the extreme excesses. My money is on delayed Societ presence in Siberia and the Far East, allowing him to get more support and find international backers.
So, in a friendly scenario, how would Semenov and his followers function as a state internally and internationally, what conditions could allow him to have more success and what would the long term implications of this be?
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