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How did Russia manage to acquire so much land in Siberia?

Question by .: How did russia acquire so much land in siberia?

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Answer by cp_scipiom
the usual way- armed conquest

The only difference between the Russian colonial empire and the others, is that the russian colonies were in one piece and therefore could pretend that they were “one nation”. The russians also acted differently- they did not educate the conquered people- just killed them. And it made no difference whether the rulers in russia were tsarist, communist or Putin-ist

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  1. gravybaby says

    Not so many people in Siberia – in the C17th Russian expansion was spearheaded by fur trappers travelling by river, and the portages from river to river..
    But the fate of the native peoples is a bad story though mostly untold.

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  2. yankee_sailor says

    not much to add to cp-s answer; he got it all right

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