Russian Colonial Wars
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Czars, Tsars
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, 18th Century European History, Renaissance History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Scandinavian History, 17th Century European History, Asian History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Central Asia, Siberia, Finland
- Date: 1462-1917
Article abstract: At issue: Russian expansion toward the East. Result: An end to czarist Russia.
Background
Russian expansion over indigenous, nomadic, and semi-nomadic peoples of the east began when the 240-year-rule of the Mongol Empire in Russia ended in the late fifteenth century. Muscovite ruler Ivan the Great conquered the native Finno-Ugrian peoples to the northeast, and his successors began the trek across the Ural Mountains. By 1643, Russian settlers, merchants, and warriors had mastered the entire stretch of Siberia to the Pacific Ocean. By...
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