From what I undersood during the 1000-1100s, the vikings were able to access kiev and areas near nizhni novgorod and eventually saint petersburg, I read somewhere in a russian textbook a long time ago
Ships leaving the Black Sea on the way to the Mediterranean Sea first go through the Bosporus Strait, then through the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles Strait, then south through the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Crete. From the Sea of Crete they enter the Mediterranean Sea. The Black Sea serves as a primary highway for the transport of energy to Europe from Russia and western Asia.
By way of the Istanbul Straits. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=43.598940~39.727449&lvl=6&dir=0&sty=b&q=Sochi%2C%20Russia&form=hphot4
Ships get from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosphorous Strait, Sea of Marmara, and Aegean Sea.
The land mass of Europe is between Italy and the Baltic Sea. If you intend to sail to the Baltic Sea from Italy, it's going to take awhile. Check out the cool map of the Baltic Sea I've listed in the related link below:
The Baltic Sea.
The Baltic Sea.
The Russian trade route ran from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.
Oresund. The Baltic is between Finland and Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
a distance between black sea and baltic sea
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The Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, and Estonia (south to north) form the western border of Russia. Poland and Lithuania border the Baltic Sea port of Kaliningrad, which is physically separated from the rest of Russia.
The sea that separates Iceland and Norway is The Baltic sea.
The Eastern Front stretched from the Baltic sea to the Black sea in WWI.
Europe is bounded by the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.It contains the Baltic Sea, The Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea.
The Baltic Sea.