Can an alien from the future single-handedly change the world? Smart politicians and venerable scientists prove that no. Writers of numerous alternative history novels prove the opposite. But if even a single person can change the world, what might happen if an entire country is transported back in time? June 22, 1941. 3:00. The border of the USSR from the Black to the Barents Sea. The Wehrmacht prepared to strike the Soviet Union. March 5, 1953. 3:00. THE USSR. Moscow region. The head of the Soviet state, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, dies at the Near Dacha. An unknown day in an unknown year. In unknown spaces. Accident in the Big Time Laboratory.