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The navy of a victorious White Russia

A Russian Civil War counterfactual explains why even a continental empire needs fleets in confined seas such as the Baltic.

Question

What kind of navy would a Kolchak-led government build if the Bolsheviks lost the Russian Civil War?

Short answer

After consolidating power, it would probably rebuild along Imperial Russian lines because Russia's seaborne trade passes through strategic choke points that require naval influence.

Notes

Naval reconstruction would follow political stabilization rather than precede it. The enduring driver is geography: Russian trade must pass through natural choke points, so maintaining a Baltic fleet gives the state at least some ability to contest or influence access instead of surrendering control entirely to others.