Something I've always been interested in. Was there any country that had a good shot at colonizing Siberia other than Russia?
Something I've always been interested in. Was there any country that had a good shot at colonizing Siberia other than Russia?
China or Japan could colonize the far east if they were given time, I think Korea/Joseon has designs on Yeonhaeju as well.
In Qing Dynasty China, it was a common punishment for a criminal or an undesirable to be exiled to Mongolia along with their entire extended family. Maybe they'd be forced to move further north to form a colder Chinese version of Australia.
European side of the Urals, huh... maybe Kazan/Volga Bulgaria/modern Tatarstan could do it? It'd make for an interesting TL, at the least, and they seem to have many of the same advantages as the Russians.
Primorsky Krai was actually a part of Balhae, you could have a rump remnant of Balhae surviving in OTL Primorsky Krai, that is if the court of Balhae moved to Primorsky Krai.
Primorsky Krai was actually a part of Balhae, you could have a rump remnant of Balhae surviving in OTL Primorsky Krai, that is if the court of Balhae moved to Primorsky Krai.
A surviving Balhae expanding into Siberia would be a cool entity indeed. I may have to plan something along those lines.
Even Better Korea?