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In the 1640s, the Yakuts were subjected to violent expeditions during the Russian advance into the land near the Lena River, and on Kamchatka in the 1690s the Koryaks, Kamchadals, and Chukchi were also subjected to this by the Russians according to Western historian Stephen Shenfield.
- 1580–1778
- The territory between the Ural Mountains and the Pacific Ocean falls under the control of Russia
- Russian victory, Annexation of the territory of Sibir, Dissolution of the Sibir Khanate
- Siberia
The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. From 1550 to 1700, Russia grew by an average of 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi) per year.
Article History. Yakutsk, Russia. Yakutsk, city and capital of Sakha republic (Yakutia), in far northeastern Russia, on the Lena River. A fort was founded on the Lena’s low right bank in 1632 and transferred 43 miles (70 km) upstream to the present site of Yakutsk in 1642.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Russian settlement of Yakutsk was founded in 1632 as an ostrog (fortress) by Pyotr Beketov. In 1639, it became the center of the Voivode of Yakutsk, who became the most important Russian official in the region and directed expansion to the east and south.
- 122 km² (47 sq mi)
- 1632
- 95 m (312 ft)
- Russia
Mar 13, 2022 · Yakutsk was founded by Pyotr Beketov in 1632. A detachment of cossacks under his command founded the city as the Lenskii fort, on the right bank of the Lena River (the tenth longest river in the world), which grew into (and changed its name to) Yakutsk in 1647.
In 1822, Yakutsk was designated a city, and in 1851 became the administrative capital of the Autonomous Republic of Yakutia. Today Yakutsk is a major administrative, industrial, cultural, and research center—standing out as one of the most dynamic and fast-developing cities in the Russian Far East.
Feb 23, 2021 · Anna Ivanova (1730-40) Anna Ivanova was the niece of Peter the Great: married aged 17 to the Duke of Courland and quickly widowed, Anna spent her early 20s in Courland. When the Tsar died in 1730, Anna was one of the five possible candidates for the throne: she was elected as the new Empress of Russia by the Supreme Privy Council – in part ...
