Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific for potential colonization. The Russians were primarily interested in the abundance of fur-bearing mammals on Alaska's...
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and Bjarni Herjólfsson sights coast of North America, but doesn't land (see also Norse colonization of the Americas). c. 1000: Norse settle briefly in...
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new settlements in Russian America, conducting trade with natives, and carrying out an expanded colonization program. Russia's first joint-stock company...
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and importance, the later colonization by the European powers involving the continents of North America and South America is more well-known. During...
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The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating...
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Indigenous peoples of Siberia and the Russian Cossacks, who often committed atrocities against Indigenous Siberians. The Russian conquest of Siberia began...
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Eastwards expansion was followed by the Russian colonization of North America across the Pacific Ocean. Russian promyshlenniki (trappers and hunters) quickly...
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France established colonies in much of eastern North America, on several Caribbean islands, and in South America. Most colonies were developed to export...
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The Curonian colonization of the Americas was performed by the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (now Latvia), which was the second-smallest state to colonise...
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The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, was an American organization founded...
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The languages of North America reflect not only that continent's indigenous peoples, but the European colonization as well. The most widely spoken languages...
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British colonization of the Americas is the history of establishment of control, settlement, and colonization of the continents of the Americas by England...
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Portuguese colonization of the Americas (Portuguese: Colonização portuguesa da América) constituted territories in the Americas belonging to the Kingdom of Portugal...
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Alaska Purchase (redirect from Purchase of Alaska)
established a colonial presence in parts of North America, but few Russians ever settled in Alaska. Alexander II of Russia, having faced a catastrophic defeat...
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The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial...
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list of wars involving the Soviet Union (30 December 1922 – 26 December 1991). The only party under Francisco Franco from 1937 onward, a merger of the...
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Fort Ross, California (category Russian colonization of North America)
(Russian: Форт-Росс, romanized: Fort-Ross, крепость Росс, krepost' Ross, Kashaya: Metini) is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North...
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First Kamchatka Expedition (category Russian colonization of North America)
reached the North American coast, it provided evidence that Asia and North America are not connected. During 1729, it explored the southern shores of Kamchatka...
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history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen...
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European colonization. Most scholars estimate a pre-colonization population of around 50 million, with other scholars arguing for an estimate of 100 million...
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Alaskan parchment scrip (category Russian colonization of North America)
issued by the Russian-American Company (RAC) in the colony of Russian America. Also known as seal skin or walrus skin notes, this type of scrip was printed...
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Russo-Ukrainian War (redirect from Russian invasion of Ukraine of 2014)
led to the Revolution of Dignity and the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Shortly after, pro-Russian unrest erupted in eastern...
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a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century. The Russian military...
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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. It is organized into three service...
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German attempts at the colonization of the Americas consisted of German Venezuela (German: Klein-Venedig, also German: Welser-Kolonie), St. Thomas and...
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England, France, and Portugal. See also the European colonization of the Americas. According to the Sagas of Icelanders, Norse sailors (often called Vikings)...
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The Russian invasion of Manchuria or Chines expedition (Russian: Китайская экспедиция) occurred in the aftermath of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)...
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colonization of the Americas with the establishment of trading posts and plantations, which preceded the much wider known colonization activities of the...
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maintained by colonialism. Colonization is sometimes used synonymously with settling, as with colonisation in biology, but while colonization historically involved...
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Colonial empire (category History of colonialism)
Caucasus Central Asia Russian colonization of North America: Russian America (1733–1867) Sagallo (1889) Russian Port Arthur Russian concession in Tientsin Spanish...
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