Russia’s Brutal Conquest of Siberia

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🎥 Watch 230+ exclusive videos on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw/join Support Kings and Generals: ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals ✔ PayPal ► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/kingsandgenerals ✔ Bitcoin (BTC)► bc1qe0a9266ksksncp44flhgrwex5sm94w3y576z7t ✔ Ethereum (ETH)► 0x6F453dBc50F21816dCe8fdaE797AA9071c8d3a8a ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsandgenerals Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the early modern world and colonization continues with a video in which we discuss how Russia became so big. From Novgorod’s first probes beyond the Urals to Yermak’s cannon-smoke at Chuvash Cape, this video tells the brutal, world-shaping story of Russia’s conquest of Siberia. We trace how Cossack warbands, state charters, and the hunger for sable furs pushed east across taiga and tundra, imposing yasak on dozens of indigenous nations. You’ll see how settler-colonialism clustered around riverine ostrogs, how disease and depopulation compounded the gunpowder gap, and why parallels with the American “Wild West” are hard to ignore. We examine Russia’s collision with the Qing Empire—Albazin, the Amur, and the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk—then follow campaigns to Kamchatka and Chukotka, where Koryaks and Chukchis mounted fierce resistance. Finally, we connect the conquest’s legacy to the Trans-Siberian Railway, demographic change, Soviet policies, and the present day, where indigenous com

Published 2025-09-25 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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