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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 republics are one type of federal subject of the Russian Federation. 21 republics are internationally recognized as part of Russia; another is under its de facto control. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ b ] The original republics were created as nation states for ethnic minorities.
Siberia (/ s aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə / sy-BEER-ee-ə; Russian: Сибирь, romanized: Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ⓘ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. [3]
The Siberian branch of the Russian Geographical Society was founded at the same time in Irkutsk, and afterwards became a permanent centre for the exploration of Siberia; while the opening of the Amur and Sakhalin attracted Richard Maack, Schmidt, Glehn, Gustav Radde, and Leopold von Schrenck, who created works on the flora, fauna, and ...
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 ...
Siberia is known for its long, harsh winters, with a January average of −25 °C (−13 °F). Although it is geographically in Asia, Russian sovereignty and colonization since the 16th century has led to perceptions of the region as culturally and ethnically European.
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 ...