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Sounds interesting, but I think that saying they were after the girl because "she was rich" doesn't seem to cut it IMO.

Maybe they got rich because he is the CEO of a major arms dealer that supplied much of troops that fought against the Soviets?

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And remember, if you are going to mess with history, look up the real version first.

Do not use soviet-stereotypes to project how they would act in your situations; look at the stability of the government, economy etc. at the point in history you stage something, and see if you can get the statistics to back up your alternate-history.

See if you can find any events that could turn out differently, like ones where simple human folly determined the outcome.

I cannot wait to see how this story turns out; it seems like a very interesting idea.

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No problem. If you decide to stick with this story, I'd be really interested in seeing your first chapter/prologue.

I like this idea and I don't think it's stupid at all. I'd think it'd be a very interesting read.