Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia. As a result of the Russian conquest of Siberia and of the subsequent population mo
A group of Kachin Khakas
Selenga Buryats
A Nenets family in Novaya Zemlya
A Nanai family in traditional garb
Russian conquest of Siberia
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The Russian conquest of Siberia took place between 1581 and 1778, when the Khanate of Sibir became a loose political structure of vassalages that were being undermined by the activities of Russian exp
Indigenous peoples of Siberia
…Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia. As a result of the Russian conquest of Siberia (16th to 19th centuries) and of the subsequent population movements during the Soviet era (1917–1991), the modern-day demographics of Siberia is dominated…
Yermak's Conquest of Siberia, a painting by Vasily Surikov
Muscovite voevodas in the new-built fortress of Tyumen, from the Remezov Chronicle.
Laminar armour from hardened leather reinforced by wood and bones such as this was worn by native Siberians
Lamellar armour traditionally worn by the Koryak people (circa 1900)