The Cossacks
The major territorial gains of the Russian Empire in the 19th century were its expansion into central and far eastern Asia, most significantly Siberia, in terms of land area. Although a Russian presence had periodically existed in these regions since the 17th century, their control of the territories was consolidated in the 19th century. Wikipedia contains several articles on the Russian Empire detailing these events: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_history,_1855-1892
Porto Siberia was one of the doors to the city of Genoa in the 16th century.
Ivan the Terrible drove the Mongols out of Russia and established control over western Siberia.
1. Russian leadership under foreign rulers (Catherine the Great was German/Polish; Tsar Nicolas was a cousin to Germany's Kaiser, etc.) 2. European nobility verses Russian peasants (European rich men verses Russian poor people). 3. Russian expansion EASTWARD into Siberia and to the pacific coast. 4. The Trans-Siberian Railroad; a transcontinental railroad crossing east/west (west/east) across the Russian continent (Eurasian Continent). 5. The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 which removed Russia from the naval arms race in the 20th century, and led to the rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, which culiminated in the Russian Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution in 1917).
The region of Russia known as "The Russian Freezer" is known as Siberia.
The major territorial gains of the Russian Empire in the 19th century were its expansion into central and far eastern Asia, most significantly Siberia, in terms of land area. Although a Russian presence had periodically existed in these regions since the 17th century, their control of the territories was consolidated in the 19th century. Wikipedia contains several articles on the Russian Empire detailing these events: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_history,_1855-1892
Russian State Ballet of Siberia was created in 1978.
Siberia broke free of Mongolia in the late 15th century. The Russians started to take control of parts of Siberia in the 16th century and by the mid 17th century controlled Siberia to the Pacific. Siberia has not been independent for a long time.
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Siberia
As Siberia is in Russia, Russian is the primary language of Siberia. However, there are also a number of indigenous ethnic minorities who speak their own languages, e.g. Tartar and Bashkir. These languages differ immensely from Russian. There are also a lot of immigrants from Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan in Siberia, so you will hear these languages being spoken too.People in Siberia speak Russian--Siberia is in Russia--and most likely some Mongolian or Chinese in the easternmost parts, since both of those countries border on the region.
He is considered Russian because he was from the Siberia area of the Russian empire.
FC Sibir Novosibirsk is a Russian football team based in Siberia.
Ancient non-Russian people in Siberia.
Siberia is part of Russian Federation.
The tsar, Nicholas II Romanov, ruled Siberia and the whole of the Russian empire in 1914.
Porto Siberia was one of the doors to the city of Genoa in the 16th century.