I've had a thought for a while about Australia, or at least Western Australia, being a Russian colony, with Afrikaans as one of the main languages.
How do you think it would play out?
How do you think it would play out?
Dutch make settle colony in Australia, Russians smash them in a big European war (to get land access to the Dutch) and take Australia. They also rush the Far east to get better access to Australia. Though you need Russia to actually WANT Australia instead of just taking piles of cash and trade concessions.
Britain seized the Dutch-held bits of the East Indies during that war, too, it's just that we gave those back afterwards...The Dutch were already in the East Indies and these Dutch settlements would be under their protection.
Ivangorod Prosperous has Russia actually taking the Philippines from Spain but the farthest south Russia's Pacific colony got was OTL Papua New Guinea. Maybe northeastern Australia might be a good Russian colony on the Australian continent.There is a really important line in the above reply, if you have Russia wanting Aussie then most likely so would others which could well give you a Spanish colony as well. AS for the why did, have the mineral wealth found earlier
This is going to be difficult since Russia didn't acquire a Pacific port until 1812, and getting to Australia from the Atlantic is going to mean going past Britain, which is going to be quite tricky.
I havent internet access to confirm the details but wasnt there a Russian expedition in the Pacific late 1700-early 1800s? ...
There's a big difference between Alaska and Siberia, and Australia. For one, you have to get down past China and Japan.Semyon Dezhnev's expeditions in Alaska and Siberia did occur in the 1650s, but no one paid attention to Dezhnev's expeditions. Perhaps if Russia expands first into Manchuria though, that would be another story.
I've had a thought for a while about Australia, or at least Western Australia, being a Russian colony, with Afrikaans as one of the main languages.
How do you think it would play out?
I've had a thought for a while about Australia, or at least Western Australia, being a Russian colony, with Afrikaans as one of the main languages.
How do you think it would play out?
There's a big difference between Alaska and Siberia, and Australia. For one, you have to get down past China and Japan.