Maine whose sinking by an explosion on February 15, 1898 precipitated the Spanish–American War. To the south and east is the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and northeast is New Brunswick, a province of Canada. The Canadian province of Quebec is to the northwest. Maine is both the northernmost state in New England and the largest, accounting for almost half the region's entire land area. Maine is the only state to border exactly one other state (New Hampshire to the west). Maine is the easternmost state in the United States in both its extreme points and its geographic center. The
Russian cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (1885) to the Soviet Union, in return for the Kuril Islands to Japan. Russian cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (1885) Admiral Nakhimov (), was an armoured cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo-Japanese War. She was named after Admiral Pavel Nakhimov. "Admiral Nakhimov" was ordered in 1881 as one of the first armoured cruisers. She was modeled after the British Royal Navy cruisers, which were armed with four 234 mm guns in a rhomboid layout. "Admiral Nakhimov" was considered a more successful design. Her main armament consisted of 203 mm guns, which were lighter and their number could be doubled. As