Russian Siberia

Russian Siberia was a colony in Western Siberia and the Altai (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1582 to 1917 CE, about 335 years. Its people spoke Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian).

Cossacks and fur traders pushed east from the Urals, building forts at Tyumen and Tobolsk and taking fur tribute from native peoples. Peasant settlers, exiles and the Trans-Siberian Railway from 1891 filled the south.

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Facts

Dates

1582 to 1917 CE

Duration

335 years

Type

Colony

Region

Western Siberia and the Altai, Central and North Asia

Language family

Slavic

Capital

Tobolsk, later Omsk and Irkutsk

Came from

• Khanate of Sibir c. 1468 to 1598 CE

Became

• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1582 Yermak takes Sibir
• 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk
• 1755 Destruction of the Dzungars
• 1865 Russia captures Tashkent
• 1908 Tunguska explosion

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Kazakh Khanate 1465 to 1847 CE
• Khanate of Bukhara 1500 to 1785 CE
• Northern Yuan 1368 to 1635 CE
• Qing rule in Mongolia 1691 to 1911 CE
• Qing Xinjiang 1759 to 1912 CE
• Dzungar Khanate 1634 to 1758 CE
• Russian Turkestan 1867 to 1917 CE
• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE
• Russian Far East and Yakutia 1632 to 1917 CE
• Four Oirat 1399 to 1634 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia

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