Russians on the German West coast

so reading up on Catherine The Great, and it came out that when her little brother, Prince Frederick August of Anhalt-Zerbst died with out heirs his territory was split and Catherine as his only living sibling got the small coastal town of Jever in 1793, and the Russians held the town till 1807 when Napoleon took it, it was turned back over to the Russians in 1813, and they gave it to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in 1818, but what if the Russians had not given it away?
 
I could see Jever as a base for an Atlantic fleet, if the Russians were so inclined to make one and put it in a remote location surrounded by potential competitors.

Thing is, you'd have to have something major to interest you to maintain both that fleet and the town it harbors in that situation. Perhaps Catherine does give military aid to the British during the Revolutionary war, and in turn gets trade concessions that create the demand for a harbor in Western Europe?
 
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so reading up on Catherine The Great, and it came out that when her little brother, Prince Frederick August of Anhalt-Zerbst died with out heirs his territory was split and Catherine as his only living sibling got the small coastal town of Jever in 1793, and the Russians held the town till 1807 when Napoleon took it, it was turned back over to the Russians in 1813, and they gave it to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in 1818, but what if the Russians had not given it away?

Britain goes nuts ASAP.
 
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