And if there was no Stalin ? The revolution would ' ve happened anyway making the loss in WW 1 and the civil war inevitable . So , now , please tell me , which bolshevik could ' ve led ruined , weakened agrarian USSR to victory against the Third Reich ? Lenin himself recommended Trotsky as his successor . <| sep |> Yup , and especially retconing the epic death of flaga . It just cheapened the whole thing . <| sep |> Pigeons are actually incredibly smart . They are often the goto bird for behavioral psychology experiments . <| sep |> came here hoping someone else noticed . <| sep |> It would only take less than an hour to remove and reflow another chipDisassembly maybe 15 minsAnd if they know the cause they have the spare parts on handBut it ' s much easier for them to swap the main board back instead of getting someone with that level of technical skill .