AHC: Russian Hawaii

With a POD as early as you like, but preferably post 1836, make Hawaii a Russian territory much like Alaska.

You may include other Pacific islands as well.

Given the well-known shortcomings of Russia in the Pacific IOTL, you may have these territories sold or lost in a war later on.
 
how about:
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Can't help but think of how Russians started striking right off the ship when they arrived and how many left for California and NYC or that Soviet Russia went about trying to bring the hawaiian Russians back.
 
Most likely, all you need is a less than moral Russia captain shell Hawaii or Oahu to the point where the local kings surrender, he plants a flag, and it becomes "Russian" until someone who genuinely wants to use the islands takes it over.
 
Most likely, all you need is a less than moral Russia captain shell Hawaii or Oahu to the point where the local kings surrender, he plants a flag, and it becomes "Russian" until someone who genuinely wants to use the islands takes it over.

Wouldn't it be a useful terrritory for the Czar though? After all, it's a fine port, halfway between Alaska and the Russian Far East, it's not a frozen hellhole and gives a nice reach to branch out in the Pacific. Not to mention that it's nicely out of reach for most potential rivals, except for the British. Given the Great Game though, it might also be a nice way to bother the Brits.
 
Have them arrive before Kamehameha unites the islands and have them back up the alii of Kauai (where they built a fort IOTL). If Hawaii is united under Russian patronage, that gives them a political edge.

The problem will be, of course, the whalers -- most of whom were Anglos or Americans. They had a much bigger presence and presaged the later planter influence in the kingdom.
 
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