Russian Adventurer Planned African Colony In 1880s
Russian adventurer Nikolai Ashinov planned to establish a Russian colony in Africa in the mid-1880s. Russian authorities supported his plan in March 1888, sending him and 150 Cossacks to create a new Moscow near the coast of modern-day Djibouti.
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“Russian adventurer Nikolai Ashinov planned to establish a Russian colony in Africa in the mid-1880s. Russian authorities supported his plan in March 1888, sending him and 150 Cossacks to create a new Moscow near the coast of modern-day Djibouti.”
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