 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pasinei nokukunda uku, kukura zvishoma nezvishoma kworuzivo rwokugadzira zvinhu uye kwoupfumi kweRussia muhafu yokutanga yezana ramakore rechi 19 kwakaita kuti ive shure kwemamwe masimba enyika munhau yokuvaka ngarava dzomumvura. Muna 1826 vaRussia vakavaka chikepe chavo chokutanga chine zvombo chinonzi Izhora. Pakatanga Hondo yeCrimea muna 1853, ngarava dzomumvura dzakanga dziri shoma uye ngarava dzomugungwa dzainyanya kushandiswa. Hondo yeSinope, yakakundwa naPavel Nakhimov, inorangarirwa munhau sehondo yokupedzisira huru yegungwa yaibatanidza ngarava dzinofamba negungwa. Mukati meKukombwa kweSevastopol muna 18541855, vafambisi vengarava vokuRussia vakaratidza muenzaniso wokushandisa nzira dzose dzinobvira dzokudzivirira hwaro hwavo kubva kunyika nomugungwa. Kunyange zvazvo vaRussia vakatanga kuchera zvikepe zvemazuva ano muBaltic uye vakadzora Kurwiswa kwePetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiymugungwa rePacific, Sevastopol yakazopedzisira yaiswa mumaoko evavengi asi pashure pokunge vaRussia vanyudza ngarava dzavo kuti vasashandise chiteshi chacho. Maererano neChibvumirano cheParis, Russia yakarasikirwa nekodzero yayo yokuva nezvikepe zvehondo muGungwa Dema. 