Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 904 Siberia
The Raksha Kingdom invaded Siberia earlier. Although it was not the territory of the Ming Dynasty before, the herdsmen living there were all aliens that I, the Ming Dynasty, drove away.

Siberia is sparsely populated, but it is not a no-man's land, and it is not by chance that Russia got it.

In ancient times, all parts of the world have always been scattered and unrelated; especially people who gather thousands of kilometers often do not interfere with each other.

All that changed in August 1492 when the navigator Christopher Columbus circumnavigated the world and discovered the New World.

European powers such as Portugal, Spain and the Kingdom of England went to the sea one after another, connecting the earth as a whole.

At the same time, a number of giant empires were born one after another.

With the end of World War II, colonies all over the world competed for independence, and the former colonial powers fell apart one after another.

However, after the territory of Britain and France shrunk like a cliff, Russia has an extremely large area because it owns the vast Siberia.

Because Siberia covers an area of ​​1322 square kilometers, accounting for 70% of Russia's territory
Siberia is a vast area in North Asia, starting from the Ural Mountains in the west, reaching Cape Dezhneov in the east, reaching the Arctic Ocean in the north, reaching the mountains in the north-central Kazakhstan in the southwest, and bordering Mongolia and the Outer Khingan Mountains in the south.

Most of Siberia is controlled by Russia, with only a small area in the southwest belonging to Kazakhstan.So we say that Russia has become the country with the largest area and the richest resources in the world because of Siberia.

As we all know, the biggest feature of Siberia is that it is sparsely populated. Before industrialization, it belonged to the old, young, frontier and poor areas.

So, is Siberia a land of no man? Is Russia’s occupation of Siberia picked for nothing? Are they considered colonists?

According to the Westerners' view of history, the concept of the land of no man is that the places that are not occupied by the Westerners belong to the land of no man, and they can occupy it at will.

As for the aborigines who have lived there for generations in that place, their rights and interests can be ignored.

Therefore, there is the saying that "Columbus discovered the New World".

When the European powers colonized the Americas, the Europeans did not treat the natives there as human beings at all.

They used the most barbaric method to burn Russia in Siberia, just like other Western powers, and occupied it with violence.

Before the 16th century, no one came to the vast Siberia region. According to Westerners' view of history, this place belongs to the land of no man.

But in fact, like the American continent, there are many indigenous people living here.

According to the statistics of the former Soviet Union, before Russia occupied Siberia, dozens of ethnic groups, large and small, lived in Siberia.

Siberian Tatars live in the Siberian grasslands in the Isheti River Basin; Khanty people live in the Ob River Basin in western Siberia; .

In the Siberian Plain, the Tunguska River and other watersheds, there lived the Tungus people who made a living by fishing and hunting, that is, the Evenki people; there were also Chukchi people and Eskimos who lived in the Arctic and hunted walrus seals for a living.

According to the statistics of the Raksha State, the total number of ethnic groups in Siberia is about 20 to 22.

However, due to Siberia's vast landforms, harsh environment, and scattered living of various ethnic groups, coupled with the late statistical time and limited statistical methods, this figure is obviously not accurate enough, and the actual number is likely to be far higher than this figure.

But regardless of whether this number is accurate or not, it is an indisputable fact that Siberia was inhabited before Russia invaded Siberia.

In other words, the aborigines who have lived in Siberia for generations are the legitimate masters of Siberia, and this is not an unowned wasteland.

Even by Western standards, this is not No Man's Land.

According to Westerners' point of view, without a country, one cannot have sovereignty, even if the aborigines have lived there for thousands of years.

In other words, as long as there is no political power in a place, that is, a place without a country, it is a land without owner.

So, before the Russian occupation, was Siberia in a state of primitive society like the Americas?But in fact, it's not.

Due to the harsh living environment, the aborigines in Siberia lived in a very scattered manner. Most of the ethnic groups had a low level of civilization and undeveloped productivity. They were at different stages of development of the clan system.

But it is undeniable that some Siberian nationalities developed rapidly and entered a class society.

Even individual Siberian ethnic groups established a country in their own place of residence, the Siberian Khanate, also known as the Shiberian Khanate.

It was founded in the 60s of the XV century by Mongol-Tatars and Turks.

It, together with the Kazan Khanate, the Astrakhan Khanate and the Siberia Khanate, is one of the four Khanates of the Chincha Khanate (also known as the Golden Horde) of the Great Mongol Empire.

To be precise, the Siberian Khanate was established by the Tatars living in Siberia after the decline of the Golden Horde.

Its ruling area includes the vast area between the Tobol River, the Irtysh River and the Ob River.Although the country is mostly a place of bitter cold and sparsely populated, the national population has reached about 20.

This is not a small number in the sparsely populated Siberia region.

The main ethnic groups of the Siberian Khanate are Tatars, Osgaks, Vogurs, and Bashkirs.

Residents are mainly engaged in animal husbandry and agriculture.Most people in the northern regions are engaged in hunting, reindeer and beekeeping.

The country's productivity is also relatively developed, and the residents there have basically mastered metal smelting technology and can also manufacture various metal utensils.

In any case, there is a fixed social group, a complete government management organization, its own army, and an independent head of state. It is an out-and-out country.

Although the people here are not rich, they live and work in peace and contentment; although the country is not prosperous, the society is stable.

But the arrival of Rakshasa ghost changed everything here.

In the middle of the 16th century, after the Raksha Kingdom annexed the Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate, it targeted the Siberian Khanate.

The purpose of the Raksha people is to plunder their wealth and open a channel for trade with the East.

At that time, the Grand Duchy of Moscow had become a powerful and unified country, with a military force larger than the total population of the Siberian Khanate, which was not its opponent at all.

But it was not the Rakshasa government army that invaded the Siberian Khanate, but a group of Cossack cavalry.

The Cossacks have been nomadic in the steppes of Eastern Europe for generations. They have a wide range of activities, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.

In the era of cold weapons, the Cossack cavalry attacked Europe in turn with its fast speed, strong mobility, great lethality, and bravery.

In the history of the aggression and expansion of the Raksha Kingdom, the cavalry composed of Cossacks was the main force.

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