seek accesss to warm-water ports
Warm water ports are not frozen in winter. A warm water port allows you to carry on trade and commerce throughout the winter.
There are no warm water ports any where near Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal freezes solid to depths of up to 10 metres during the Siberian winter.
A warm water port is essential to getting shipping and fishing boats in and out when other ports are frozen over in the winter.
A warm water port is essential to getting shipping and fishing boats in and out when other ports are frozen over in the winter.
some of the largest and most strategic in the world, including ports in cities like St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, and Novorossiysk. These ports play a crucial role in facilitating Russia's trade with other countries and are important for both military and economic purposes.
A warm water port is essential to getting shipping and fishing boats in and out when other ports are frozen over in the winter.
This is a Huge topic. To grossly simplify, I'd say Russia lacks a strong currency base, a viable agricultural infrastructure, and warm water ports (i.e. ports that can be used 12 months of the year).
The warm water ports on the southwestern tip of Russia and Manchuria.
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Warm water seaports. Russia wanted ice-free seaports for it's growing navy, that particular region of Asia had those ports. Japan didn't want Russia so close to Japan, and they considered Korea to be a "dagger" pointed at Japan (if Russia controlled it). Korea was in the areas considered to be ice free.
it influenced the history