The conquest of a continent; Siberia and the Russians.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The conquest of a continent; Siberia and the Russians.

Lincoln, W. Bruce.

Cornell U. Press

2007

500 pages

$25.00

Paperback

DK761

Lincoln (late a professor of Russian history, Northern Illinois U.) narrates the long history of the Russian conquest of Siberia. He begins his story with the Mongol invasion and its role in the rise of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and continues through to an assessment of the Soviet legacy in Siberia. Much ...

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