About as much as British Paraguay.
Well, considering their was quite a bit of Welsh immigration to Argenitna and Brazil and some Australian 'colonization' in Paraguay itself,
that may not be the best comparison.
About as much as British Paraguay.
As the title says: "What if Russia did not colonize east of the Urals?"
What would be the fate of Siberia if Russia just does not care about expansion eastwards?
Who colonizes Siberia and why?
Who colonizes Alaska and why?
Who colonizes Siberia and why?
The Chinese colonize large aprts of far eastern Siberia only to quickly lose it to the Japanese in the early 1900s. Follwoing their defeat in the Pacific war, the Untied States does not want an independent Siberia falling to either Soviet, or the looming Maoist communsim.
The solution, since Japanese Siberia only has a thin indigenous population that is out numbered by Japanese colonists, the area is declared part of Japan proper. The Japanese get to keep it.