Siberia was easily acquired by the Russian czars because the native Siberians were small tribes scattered over the vast land. They lacked the organization and the weapons to resist. Siberia was taken by small bands of Cossacks employed by merchants or czars. The Cossacks established fortresses along the routes of their conquest. These served as outposts of governmental authority and trading posts for furs brought in by native people. The cultures of the native Siberians remained relatively undisturbed, except for the inevitable changes brought about by cultural diffusion, until the communists came into power.
The Cossacks
Ivan the Terrible drove the Mongols out of Russia and established control over western Siberia.
The region of Russia known as "The Russian Freezer" is known as Siberia.
He was born in a small village in Siberia called Pokrovskoye on January 22, 1869.Source: Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs by Colin Wilson
Lubianka - They said on a clear day you could see Siberia... (You can see it on Google Earth.)
He is considered Russian because he was from the Siberia area of the Russian empire.
Russian State Ballet of Siberia was created in 1978.
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Siberia
FC Sibir Novosibirsk is a Russian football team based in Siberia.
pacific
Siberia is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
Ancient non-Russian people in Siberia.
Siberia is part of Russian Federation.
Because of the severe winter weather.
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The tsar, Nicholas II Romanov, ruled Siberia and the whole of the Russian empire in 1914.