Colonization of the east
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Were a series of military and exploration campaigns where Russia gradually extended into the territories of northeastern Asia.
Chronology
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January 1914: Russian colonization of Emperor Nicholas II Land (today called the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago).
January 1698: The Tsardom of Russia expands into Kamchatka through the colonization or voluntary entry of Asian tribes and tribal unions.
January 1646: The Tsardom of Russia expands through the colonization or voluntary entry of Asian tribes and tribal unions.
January 1726: The Tsardom of Russia expands through the colonization or voluntary entry of Asian tribes and tribal unions.
January 1757: In 1756, the southern part of the Altai Territory, Altai Republic, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk regions of Russia, and East Kazakhstan region was annexed by the Russian Empire. This event marked the expansion of Russian territory into the Altai region.
January 1763: In 1762, Russian explorers Semyon Chelyuskin and Dmitry Ovtsyn led the colonization of the eastern part of Novaya Zemlya island. This territory was then claimed by the Russian Empire as part of their expansion into the Arctic region.
January 1771: The New Siberian Islands were colonized by the Russian Empire.
January 1783: Ainu tribal unions brought to Russian citizenship by 1782.
January 1874: Russian colonization of Franz Josef Land.
January 1868: Russian occupation of Wrangel island.
January 1719: Territorial losses of the Khazakh Khanate by 1718 (based on maps).
February 1855: Under the treaty of 1855, the South Kuriles went to Japan.
February 1855: In 1855, Russia and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimoda, which declared that nationals of both countries could inhabit the island: Russians in the north, and Japanese in the south, without a clearly defined boundary between.
January 1927: Russian occupation of Arctic islands.
January 1650: In 1649, Russian explorer Erofei Khabarov founded the city of Albazin in the Far East of Russia, in the territory covering the left-bank basin of the Amur River.
May 1875: The Sakhalin island remained under shared sovereignty until the signing of the 1875 Treaty of Saint Petersburg, in which Japan surrendered its claims in Sakhalin to Russia.
January 1704: In 1703, the Dzungarian Khan Tsevan Rabdan resettled the Yenisei Kirghiz and their Kyshtyms (about 15-20 thousand people) to the Irtysh River region. Thus ended the history of Hongoray.
January 1757: In 1756, the southern part of the Altai Territory, Altai Republic, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk regions of Russia, and East Kazakhstan region was annexed by the Qing Dynasty. This event marked a significant expansion of Qing influence in the region.
January 1748: Russian colonization of the northern areas of Altai Territory, Altai Republic, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk regions of Russia, and East Kazakhstan region.
May 1875: The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) stipulated that Japan cedes to Russia the part of Sakhalin island it then owned in exchange for the group of the Kuril Islands owned by Russia. Japan thus acquired the northern Kuriles.
January 1593: Expansion of Russia by 1592.
January 1850: Russian settlers began establishing coal mines, administration facilities, schools, and churches on the island of Sakhalin.
