Alternate Scramble for Africa to include as many colonist nations as possible?

But the main strategy of Russia that can defeat Napoleon is one that is adamant about gaining a port that is open year round, hence their push to the black sea. This get us into conflict with Ottoman who controlled the black sea. Plus Ottoman controlling Constantinople where the Orthodox head of church is a huge irritant. So either we have strong enough Russia which has expanded to black sea ports and can defeat Napoleon or we not have that an imagine a world of Napoleonic Europe. Which one?

I'm sorry... I'm having trouble reading your timing here. Who was suggesting the Russians don't get to the Crimea? There's plenty of room between 1815 and 1853 for events to diverge enough from OTL for that to be as far as they get if the Empire can reform and get one of the GPs aligned firmly with her, particularly if the Ottoman navy develops while the Russians neglect a Black Sea Fleet. Now yes this does mean they've actively stopped pursuing the Straits as being not worth the effort,but if they beat their heads against a wooden Islamic wall and fail to crack the Caucauses a shift in focus isent unprecidented. Nappy III drastically reduced his support for the Holy Father for geopolitical reasons, after all: a government shift or aknowledgement of facts on the ground by St.Petersburg could produce the same result
 
Unlikely. Their navy is garbage and they have too many security concerns close too home and internal problems. Colonization is a luxary they'd be foolish to try to afford in any reasonable post-Napoleonic POD

Depends what the POD is. The Ostend Company (and it's successors) were interested in Mozambique, in the Malabar Coast in India etc. And during the ARW actually were doing better than their Dutch counterparts thanks to the fact that Britain was at war with both the French and the Dutch. However, once the war was over, it was the death knell for the Imperial companies. But, if they have colonies before the 19th century (i.e. Fort Josef & Theresia in Mozambique, or Madagascar for instance), then, particularly if the colony isn't too important/threatening for Britain to worry about, they could potentially keep them. Having colonies and an interest overseas (think about Madagascar/Mozambique with a large number of Hungarian/Czech settlers) would mean that the navy is more than just a vanity problem. It might not be top-notch (top five in Europe in the 19th century were Britain, France, Spain, Denmark and Russia - and of those, only the first three had colonies (we're not counting Alaska), but it'd be there...
 
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