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German Volga Republic - an alternate history map

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This was originally intended to be part of a larger series depicting a World Cup set in an alternate history world where WW2 was a far more limited conflict, until I remembered I know nothing about football. So, with very little pre-amble, the German Volga Republic, in a world where the Volga Germans were never forcibly dispersed by Stalin. Halfway through this map I realised my source images were taken from a Polish encyclopedia, resulting in a last-minute attempt to re-Russi-Germanify the city and river names. I didn't find sources for most of them and I suspect some of the names are accordingly more Polish than they should be. The flag is my own creation in Inkscape, but heavily inspired by Xumarov's effort here. I also only realised after polishing my version that the eleven kernels on the ear of corn represented the eleven provinces; my version only has 9, but I still have 11 provinces. Oh well.
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Would you be able to do a map of the Volga Republic and just add on the rest of Saratov Oblast? That would be a cool alternate history version of it for a world where the Soviets and Germans were on the same side in WW2, and Stalin rewarded the loyal service of the Volga Germans in the Russian Army.