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Siberia-FederalSubjects

Siberia, shown against the modern borders and subdivisions of the Russian Federation.

Siberia (/saɪˈbɪəriə/; Russian: Сиби́рь, tr. Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] is an extensive geographical region constituting almost all of North Asia. The region has been dominated by the Russians since its conquest in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The territory of Siberia extends eastward from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic drainage basins. Siberia stretches southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan, then to the national borders of Mongolia and China. Siberia makes up about 77% of Russia's territory (13.1 million square kilometres), but is home to only 28% (40 million people) of Russia's population.

Siberia in 1632[]

In the 1630's, Siberia was formally under Russian control, but the Russian government in Moscow had little (if any) effective control over the area, and it was sparsely populated. Thanks to information from Grantville, Siberia was known to possess resources such as gold, other metals, and petroleum. In February 1635, Czar Mikhail proclaimed that Russia's "Forbidden Years" were "Limited Years", and that serfs would be allowed to buy out from under their lords, as long as they were willing to move to Siberia and look for those resources.

In June 1636, Mikhail called on Russians to follow him east into Siberia, where he intended to build a Russia without serfdom.

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