Let´s assume, the Russian Empire manages to get a significant colony in Africa during the 19th Century ( It depends on the location). How would it have been administrated ? Would the Orthodox Church try to covert the locals (there are Orthodox Aleuteans until today) ? What would the hierachy look like, would there be Cossacks on horseback in tropic climate ? What if they send their fleet to the Pacific for instance and conquer the partly Coptic-Orthodox province Eritrea from the Ottomans instead of Italy ? ( In such a scenario, how might relations with Ethiopia develope ? The British Empire would most likely don´t like it).