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We know almost nothing about the history of Siberia. Russian history textbooks describe the development of Siberia as if there was nothing there before. Meanwhile, there were states in Siberia before the Russians arrived. Since school, we all believe in the myth of the voluntary annexation of Siberia, that Russian colonizers brought civilization to the indigenous peoples. It was in America that the Spanish and the English oppressed the Indians and seized their lands by force, we had nothing like that. In fact, the Russian conquest of Siberia took place during the same years and using the same methods as the conquest of North and South America. There were slave markets in Siberia, Russian Cossacks slaughtered entire villages, burned women and children alive - all this was in our history. And it is high time to start talking about this. #zygar #siberia #russia #history 00:00 - Introduction 03:27 - Siberia before the Russians arrived. Were there states there? 07:56 — The Mongols in Siberia. Who were the Moscow princes really fighting? 13:38 — Terrible Geographical Discoveries. Did the Aztecs, Incas, and Siberians want to be discovered? 23:05 — What and why did Yermak conquer. The history of the most famous PMC 28:15 — Fur as oil in the 17th century. Why did the Russians colonize Siberia? 32:36 — Colonization of Sakha and Buryatia. Did Siberia have its own Pocahontas? 41:49 — Siberia and Peter I. Penal servitude and grand corruption 46:05 — The United States of Siberia. Could Siberia have separated like America? 49:15 — When did Siberia become Russian? Who resettled Russian peasants to Siberia? Guests of the program Pavel Sulyandziga — founder of the International Foundation for Development and Solidarity of Indigenous Peoples "Batani", researcher at Dartmouth College and the University of Maine, recognized as a foreign agent in Russia Marjorie Mandelstam-Balzer — professor at Georgetown University, specialist in the history of Siberia Alexander Etkind — professor at the Central European University, author of the book "Internal Colonization. Russia's Imperial Experience"