The USSR would not only face the problem of having hostiles on its entire western border, but with a surviving Ukraine also the problem of not having access to either its industrial potential (aka Don-bass), or its grainexports and thus foreign exchange -> building up a industrial base strong...
Part of the answer is how a late 17 Victory (with the fewest changes) would
have come to be, namely no ASW, no Zimmermann stupidity and maybe a little better showing on the field.
The most important parts here are finance and supplies. With Britan crossing
its US creditlimit by mid17 it was...
While i agree with the first part, I do disagree with the second.
The best time would probably be late 1917, since at that point the conservatives and monarchy largly discredited themselves and a more democratic Germany (nominaly monarchic) was all but garanteed.
An early victory however...
An extreme far-right takeover doesnt seem all that likely to me.
For one a proper unification of the right would be difficult without Hitler (that is if the NSDAP or something like it would have taken off at all).
Additionaly 32 nearly spelled the end for the Party and it was only Hitlers...
Because a few months prior to that (21/22 August) the Sowjetunion saw a (failed) coup-attempt in Moscow and the people didnt want to chance a second (successfull) one.
If it werent for that little fact you would be better off looking at the Numbers of the Referendum regarding the continued...