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What if Nicholas I (the fox) tried to steal the straits (the eggs/hens) when invited by the Sultan to protect the OE (the henhouse) in 1833?
British raid Baltic coasts. Blocade Dardanelles, if not Bosphorus. Privide money(!) and troops to Ottoman holdouts. Provide money to Austria. Austria happens to have a LONG land border with Russia. It almost certainly foments unrest in Poland (like it IMO helped organise the January Uprising)...- Word Count: 190
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What if Nicholas I (the fox) tried to steal the straits (the eggs/hens) when invited by the Sultan to protect the OE (the henhouse) in 1833?
I voted #2. Russia is broke, after the end-of-twenties wars with Persia and Ottomans and putting down the Polish Revolt. And it just had a cholera epidemic too. IMO Britain and Austria would act against Russia. Napoleon I, Frederick II of Prussia ...- Word Count: 44
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