“Over the past five centuries, russia increased its size by 52 times by conquering neighboring countries. For those who are used to believing russian officials who loudly deny Moscow’s bloody colonization, let’s look at the timeline. In the 16th century, russia conquered the Khanate of Kazan, Chuvashia, Mordovia, Udmurtia, Mari El, Bashkiria, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Nogai Horde, the Siberian Khanate, and six states in Siberia. In the 17th century, the empire captured Buryatia, the rest of Siberia and the Far East of russia, and Left-Bank Ukraine. In the 18th century, russia took over part of present-day Kazakhstan, Altai, Ingria, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Southern, Central, and a part of Western Ukraine, the Crimean Khanate, the Aleutian Islands, and Alaska. In the 19th century, it seized Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Circassia, Dagestan, Chechnya, the rest of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Bessarabia, Finland, and parts of Poland.
In the 20th century, it captured the rest of Ukraine, Belarus, and East Prussia.”
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Give back Siberia to China
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