I swear to god, as far as I want Russia to had a Colony in Africa, they did............. In Djibouti
Sagallo was founded by a Cossack merc and later on brought settlers and such to the colony, but France being the usual "Take-our-colonies-and-your-gonna-get-shot" colonists (Or was that the Belgians?) got P.O. that Russia was colonizing in there land (Which I found out, but forgot where, they didnt had any land rights in Djbouti back then in the 1800s since they couldn't care less of the colony) and attacked them, and Russian settlers left and lost there colony in just one year.
But what if the Russians somehow got support from other powers or defended the colony, and owned Djibouti or Sagallo they called it, Russia could've gotten more ambitions in colonizing more of Africa and would even try colonizing more areas. It would be pretty amazing to see a Russian colony in Africa and how it would work out
But that would only happen in my alt history, because some French Djboutans got mad
Discuss it.
.........Seriously France, why would you own a colony called Djibouti? I mean really, You did owned like half of West Africa, and nearly all of North Africa, give Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and the Dutch a chance