Siberia
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Siberia is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russi
Horseman hunting, with characteristic Xiongnu horse trappings, southern Siberia, 280–180 BC. Hermitage Museum.
Chukchi, one of many Indigenous peoples of Siberia. Representation of a Chukchi family by Louis Choris (1816)
Siberian Cossack family in Novosibirsk, after 2000
View from Haiyrakan mountain, Tuva
Khanate of Sibir
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The Khanate of Sibir was a Siberian Tatar state in western Siberia. It was founded at the end of the 15th century, following the break-up of the Golden Horde. Throughout its history, members of the Sh
Siberia
…formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states since the lengthy conquest of Siberia, which began with the fall of the Khanate of Sibir in 1582 and concluded with the annexation of Chukotka in 1778. Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, covering an area of over 13.1 million square…
Eastern region of the Khanate of Sibir in 1594-1598
The Conquest of Siberia by Ermak, painting by Vasily Surikov
The fall of Qishlaq to Yermak, and the flight of Kuchum. A miniature from the Kungur Chronicle