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So, what if Russia somehow made railway from Petropavlovsk to Murmansk ( and port there ) before WW1? As we know, Murmansk is ice-free port, so that could offset loss of Turkish Straits traffic ( especially for import of weapons/ammo, but for export of grains too ).

What would be the consequences for Russia?


* Yes, I know that the name of Murmansk was Romanov-on-Murman.
** It's about 950 km of railway, so not something too difficult for Russia to build.
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