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What if Russia converted to Islam? // alternate history map speedart

In this timeline, Vladimir the Great converts to Islam instead of Orthodoxy and imposes the religion on the Kievan Rus'. This decision became controversial within the realm leading to some regions breaking away from Kiev and its ultimate collapse. Much of Interior Russia remained Muslim. Specifically a more moderate form of Sunni Islam with Sufi characteristics, allowing for the consumption of Alcohol ;). The Muslim Russian states mainly conducted trade along the Volga River and later into Iran as Russians settled in the Northern Caucasian Steppes. Muslim Russia remains fractured with the Emirates of Rostov and Ibrayimov being the most powerful. Meanwhile Novgorod and Ruthenia (Galicia-Volhynia) turned to Roman Catholicism from Polish, German and Scandinavian Missionaries. Novgorod especially prospered in the 15th with its involvement in the Hanseatic League, making it one of the wealthiest Russian States today. During the Late Medieval period, crusades would also be launched against the Muslim states by Novgorod and other Catholic powers leading to the conversion of previously Muslim regions like Polotsk and Tver. During the Protestant Reformation, Novgorod, having become discontent with the pope's authority, became Lutheran alongside their close ally Perm. Ironically, Kiev chose the convert to Orthodox Christianity in order to maintain ties with the Byzantine Empire. Remaining the most powerful country in the Orthodox World despite occupation from Lithuanian and Polish authorities.