What were some big sea ports used in Russia in the 1700s?

Question

What were some big sea ports used in Russia in the 1700s?

Answer 1

Peter the Great established a port on the Baltic which he wanted to be the new European style capital, part of his attempts to modernise and industrialise Russia. It was named Saint Petersburg and rapidly became an important port due to Imperial patronage.

Peter had a great interest in trade and shipping. He even spent some time on the docks in England learning carpentry and shipbuilding-he even got his hands dirty helping to build a few!

Sevastapol in the Crimea was important in the Black Sea and Med. trade too, as was Odessa.

Answer 2

the guy above is right but forgot Vladivostok in the east.

Answer 3

The big sea ports were Archangelsk, Reveal (now called Tallinn), Riga, Sevastapol and Odessa.

See:

http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/7400/7474/...

The rivers of Russia are vast, and so some major ports are inland, Kazan', Simbirsk, Samara on the Volga.  Kiev, Zaporizhia and Smolensk on the Dneiper.

There are also ports on the Don and Donets.

Edit - Paul B, how could I forget St Petersburg?

I didn't include Vladivostok because Russia didn't extend that far in the 18th Century and the city wasn't founded until the late19th Century.

http://fortress.wl.dvgu.ru/eng/histiry_e...

http://www.world66.com/europe/russia/vla...