Could Russians have captured Istanbul in 1848.?

[Az]

I don't think that they'd be able to bombard St. Petersburg.

[VetLegion]

St. Petersburg freezes in the winter.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Does the Brits even have to make their main effort in the Black Sea?

If they want to deter the Russians from capturing Istanbul, yes. We're pretty close to the era of 'The Great Game', when Russia and Great Britain were frequently teetering on the brink of conflict because of Russian designs on Afghanistan, Iran and the areas abutting the British holdings in India.
Hence, the British concern to prop up the sick man of Europe.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by BeBro


That wouldn't have happened, Che. While there was also in Germany a "revolutionary" climate in the 1840ies, it was in no way due to a communist movement, rather, as in the other countries, a liberal (so "bourgouis" if you will) thing. It was pro-democratic, and anti-monarchic, but not more.

Marx was president of the council at Koln, and while The Commie was an ardent democrat and German nationalist. Establishing a bourgeois republic in Germany was what he was about in those days, even if he though workers could seize power in the more industralized countries. According to Marx, Germany needed to go through industrialization and a bourgeois revolution before it could become socialist. He was rather popular in the Rhineland, you know.

[Saras]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
IIUC there response in other later crises was to threaten to send warships to bombard St. Petersburg?

The Russian Baltic fleet was at that time stationed in Reval (modern day Tallinn, Estonia) and RN had specifically commisioned bombardment ships to attack that fleet in the Crimean War, but then elected not to do it, for some reason.

[DeathByTheSword]

Could Russians have captured Istanbul in 1848.?

well depends if the russians had there science bar on 70% and already invented stealth i think they just might have won