![Yermak’s Cossack brigade drives a wedge into Khan Kuchum’s Tatar horde in the climactic Battle of Chuvash Cape on the Irtysh River in 1582.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/M-Win22-Siberia-1-760x354.jpg)
Military History
Russia’s Conquest of Siberia
By Victor KamenirRussian historical documents dating back to 1095 speak of an unknown people living beyond the Ural Mountains in Siberia who spoke an incomprehensible language and traded furs for iron knives and axes. Read more