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General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Communist International 1919-1924: Solomon Lozovsky (RSDLP)(1)

Presidents of the Confederate States: 1861-1867: Jefferson Davis / Alexander Stevens (Nonpartisan) 1867-1873: J. L. M. Curry / Lawrence O'Bryan Branch ("Dixie" Democratic) 1873-1879: Joseph E. Johnston / Alexander H. H. Stuart (Democratic-Whig) 1879-1885: Barzillai J. Chambers / William M. Lowe...

Presidents of the Confederate States: 1861-1867: Jefferson Davis / Alexander Stevens (Nonpartisan) 1867-1873: J.L.M Curry/ Lawrence O'Bryan Branch ("Dixie" Democratic) 1873-1879: 1879-1885: 1885-1891: 1891-1897: 1897-1903: 1903-1909: 1909-1915: 1915-1921: 1921-1926: Position Abolished (Title 1)...

That took me down one hell of a wiki rabbit hole

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_latrine_disaster?searchToken=4h6cemfmu4yobod42eky8bswt Which I thought was a spoof when I first heard about it and then sounds like something went horribly wrong with the sewage works at a Red Army base during the occupation of Germany

Yep, no Nazi takeover of Germany, probably a DNVP dominated Authoritarian Democracy. Still working within the post Great War international order more and less and a more aggressive Soviet Union focuses minds, at least for a couple of decades.

Central Europe Treaty Organisation: 1946 - 1967 Formed in the aftermath of the inconclusive 2nd Polish-Soviet War, the Central Treaty Organisation (CETO) was a collective security organisation which stated focus was the containment of Soviet influence in Eastern and Central Europe. First...

A Lingering October Twilight - parts one & two General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1964 - 1966: Leonid Brezhnev 1966 - Brezhnev health scare leads to Shelepin/Suslov putsch 1966 - 1973: Alexander Shelepin 1973 - 1982: Andrei Gromyko 1982 -...

While there's obviously conflict abrewing this seems,.I don't know more optimistic, than OTL Song of Ice and Fire.

Avoid partition and you will have the major figures of interwar Northern Ireland (and probably beyond barring butterflies) with major roles in Irish politics due to establishment and economic connections and interests.

Stupid sexy Truss

Would Brandt be able to hold on as SDP leader and have another tilt in '73? OTL he had a very successful election in 1972 but then he was gone very quickly in the wake of the Gulliame affair and his own personal issues. Maybe here he feels he has a point to prove and stays to fight on?

Was having a read over the Ostpolitik article on wikipedia and came across the CDU's attempt to bring him down via a constructive vote of no confidence. The attempt failed by only 3 votes, with much whispering of Stasi involvement in bribing CDU members to keep Brandt in office. What if the...

It probably helps bolster Charles and Camilla's reputation, or at least quickens up the acceptance of them as a couple. They have both done a good job of presenting themselves to the public the past two decades and you seldom hear anyone slating Camilla, certainly not as much as you did in the...

What were the basics, RoI, NI and some sort of odd Republican Autonomous Zone in the North?