Siberia - A Place of Contradictions

Siberia was a part of the russian empire. In many ways, it was where the empire drew its power. Mercenaries, traders and ruthless explorers set their sights on siberia. They sowhit as an opportunity to enrich themselves out from under the eye of the czars. The mongols understood that ruined people could not pay tribute. Under the czars, r Russian frontiersmen showed no such forbearance. They came to plunder. It was a place of contradictions. If we're more familiar with america's wild west, well that's only because for Americans it's closer to home. Russia's wild east wasn't all that different when it came to the