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Siberian Federal District Geographic Russian Siberia Siberia according to the widest definition and in historical use The Siberian Republic (Russian: Сибирская Республика, romanized: Sibirskaya Respublika) is the idea and belief of making Siberia an independent republican state, independent from the Russian Federation.
The Siberian Republic (Russian: Сибирская Республика, Sibirskaya Respublika; July 17, 1918 – November 3, 1918) was an unrecognized short-lived state that existed on the territory of Russia during the Civil War.
The peninsula subsequently became the Republic of Crimea, the 22nd republic of Russia. However, Ukraine and most of the international community do not recognize Crimea's annexation [98] and the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 declared the referendum to be invalid. [99]
Russia is a member of the G20, the OSCE, and the APEC. It is also the leading member of organisations such as the CIS, [292] the EAEU, [293] the CSTO, [294] the SCO, [295] and BRICS. [296] Russia maintains close relations with neighbouring Belarus, which is a part of the Union State, a supranational confederation of the two states. [297]
An official government translation of the Constitution of Russia from Russian to English uses the term "constituent entities of the Russian Federation". For example, Article 5 reads: "The Russian Federation shall consist of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal significance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, which shall have equal rights as constituent entities of the Russian ...
Historically, Siberia was defined as the whole part of Russia and North Kazakhstan to the east of Ural Mountains, including the Russian Far East. According to this definition, Siberia extended eastward from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific coast, and southward from the Arctic Ocean to the border of Central Asia and the national borders of both ...
The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.
The Russian conquest of Siberia took place during 1581–1778, when the Khanate of Sibir became a loose political structure of vassalages that were being undermined by the activities of Russian explorers. Although outnumbered, the Russians pressured the various family-based tribes into changing their loyalties and establishing distant forts ...