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Message:: [QUOTE="Siberian Man, post: 1119161, member: 22500"]During the next 20 years Russian cossacs (and other Russian troops) struggled for Siberia against Kuchum's tartares and won the war. At the end of XVIth century first Russian towns of Siberia was founded. At summer 1604 was founded Tomsk - town, where I was born and living now. During the XVIIth century Russians founded many towns and settlements in Siberia.Russian settlers often were exposed to attacks of Moslems from the south; especially often Moslems troops attacked Tomsk (which those years was a small fort).So we 're can see that the History of development of Siberia  is similar to history of conquest of the Wild West. And even tribes with which we were at war, were ethnically close to the American Indians.The difference consisted that Russian married women from the Siberian tribes, and Americans avoided to marry on Indean woman (as I know).Absence of slavery in Siberia was one more difference. All Siberians were free citizens.In the beginning of the XVIIIth century Siberia became the calm territory of Russia.[/QUOTE]