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PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SameGjjXjmQ&t=9s

For some reason Vladimir the Great picked Islam in an alternate timeline. The ramifications for this were tremendous. Probably destroyed the idea of Russia at all. Would Russia turn to Central Asia? Would Novgorod be its own independent state?

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Edited by Grant Hurst of Casual Historian: https://www.youtube.com/@UCGwO43-vnmkQ2i1v886JjVw

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 A Tale of Two Russias
08:44 Novgorod
12:33 Christian Russia
16:00 Muslim Russia