You are 100 years behind the curve. That's exactly what Wartburg, Loeb & Kuhn had in mind when they invested $B in todays money in 1917 to topple Russian Empire by financing communist coup. (Trotsky, Lenin and murderous gang). Russia was split into republics, and republics further divided into autonomous republics and regions. Not 179 but more than 70, close to your plan. Some 60-80 million were murdered in the process and it almost worked.
It is fine for Russia to break up other countries but if anyone dare suggest Russia be broken up you screech like a Red Square patriot. Those republics were 100% owned and controlled by Russians/Moscow, they were not separate autonomous nations, your Kremlin revisionism is crap!