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Siberia

Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west (with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary) to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states since the lengthy conquest of Siberia, which began with the fall of the Khanate of Sibir in 1582 and concluded with the annexation of Chukotka in 1778. Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, covering an area of over – about three-quarters of Russia's total area, but home to

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Siberia is a vast geographical region in North Asia that stretches from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east and comprises about three-quarters of Russia's total area. It has been part of Russian territory since the late 1500s and early 1700s, when Russia conquered and annexed the region, making it significant to Russia's modern territorial size and composition despite its sparse population.

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