Many people know that Russia is the largest country in the world, but what many people don't know is that Siberia accounts for about 77% of it.
What many people don't know is that it only took 800 people to take this land!
Let's find out what was going on in Siberia at that time.
Mongolia, which ruled Russia at that time, has fallen apart. In this region, there is a country called the Siberic Khanate, with a population of only 200,000, but it covers a large area, and it is absolutely vast and sparsely populated. In addition, there are also many local forces in Siberia, but their strength is weak, at most they are small tribes, and many of them are still in the stage of fishing and hunting.
In other words, at that time, the Siberian region was still in the era of cold weapons.
Moreover, Siberia is located in a cold region, and many countries in Central Asia, as well as China in Asia, are really not interested in this land. It is equal to the Russians "picking up leaks".
On the other hand, at that time, the ** army already had muskets and artillery, and in war, this was a huge dimensionality reduction blow. 800 men wiped out the Siberian Khanate and then annexed the Siberian region. The whole process is quick and easy, and if there is a confrontation, it may be against the harsh natural environment.
After taking it, how can 800 people hold on to such a large area of land? No matter how strong the arms are, they can't do it.
This was a return to the Russian expansion pattern of the time, where small groups of Cossacks ventured out and then the regular army followed.
What is a Cossack? The word Cossack comes from the Turkic word meaning "free people", so what about where they are free? That is, they are not subject to the jurisdiction of the tsar, they are self-managed, and they do not have to pay taxes to the tsar, but in exchange, they must be loyal to the tsar and fight for the tsar. This is the Cossack.
This was also the pattern when Tsarist Russia invaded and occupied places such as Yaxa, an ancient frontier city in northeastern China.
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