Futurist
Ad Honoris
- May 2014
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- SoCal
How many additional people would Rostov-on-Don have right now if it became Russia's capital in the 19th or early 20th century? It seems to me that, had Tsarist Russia considered relocating its capital once more, Rostov might have made an ideal location. That way, Russia would have had a great city on the Baltic Sea (Petrograd), in its center (Moscow), and on the Black Sea (Rostov).
Rostov currently has a little over a million people, but I was wondering how much larger its population (and also, the population of its suburbs--which in real life appear to be almost nonexistent) would have been had the Russian Empire moved its capital there sometime in the 19th or early 20th century and had Russia subsequently avoided Communist rule.
Any thoughts on this?
Rostov currently has a little over a million people, but I was wondering how much larger its population (and also, the population of its suburbs--which in real life appear to be almost nonexistent) would have been had the Russian Empire moved its capital there sometime in the 19th or early 20th century and had Russia subsequently avoided Communist rule.
Any thoughts on this?