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Yermak Timofeyevich (Russian: Ерма́к Тимофе́евич, also Ermak) (born between 1532 and 1542 — August 5 or 6, 1585), Cossack leader and explorer of Siberia. His exploration of Siberia marked the beginning of the expansion of Russia towards this region and its colonization. ("Timofeyevich" is his patronimic, not the last name, so in references it must be looked up at "Yermak" or "Yermak Timofeyevich".) In 1558, the Stroganov merchant family received their first patent for colonizing "the abundant re ...

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Tobolsk was founded by Yermak's Cossacks in 1585-86 during the first Russian advance into Siberia near the ruins of Siberia Khanate's capital Qashliq. It became the seat of the Viceroy of Siberia and prospered on the trade with China and Bukhara. It was there that the first school, theatre, and newspaper in Siberia were established. Daniel Defoe made his Robinson Crusoe stay in Tobolsk from September 1703 to June 1704. With administrative divisions of the territory, Tobolsk remained the seat of the Governor-General of Western Siberia ...

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Tobolsk, Tobolsk - History, Tobolsk - Monuments

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