How did Russia's territory come from? There is only one country to the north of the Eurasian continent on the world map, that is Russia. The land area is 17.0982 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to two United States and can also be 45 Japans. But when the country was first founded in 882, it was just a small place. So how did it become the largest country in the world?
This has to be thanked to the Mongolian cavalry.
13th century, the brave and warlike cavalry of the Mongol Khanate went westward and conquered the Khanate of Kiev, which had lived a good life for hundreds of years. Some of the Kievans fled to Moscow overnight and established the Duchy of Moscow here. The humiliation of being ruled lasted for more than 240 years. Until the mid-14th century, Zhu Yuanzhang led the Han Chinese armed forces to overthrow the huge Mongol Empire at that time. During the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, the Duchy of Moscow, which was a vassal state, began to cause trouble.
Moscow Principality's little thoughts were put directly on the surface. Mongolia's two troops from 1472 to 1480 ended in failure, and thus the Principality of Moscow became a true independent kingdom. The bloodline of the fighting nation was also completely awakened.
Under the leadership of Ivan III , the Principality of Moscow began to expand outward. Of course, its original territory could not be given up. Nowadays, Russia's territory in Europe is basically derived from this.
1547, the more ambitious Ivan IV ascended the throne, and he gave himself a new title - Tsar. In Russian, it is pronounced as Caesar. At this point, the Duchy of Moscow became Russian Empire , and the rulers also became "double-faced".
In the eyes of the western territory, they said that the successors of Kiev Rus, in front of the eastern countries, became descendants of Khonchar Khanate , and the "reasonable" expansion was in full swing, and the Russian Empire's land area was getting bigger and bigger. With the lessons of Mongolia , the subsequent tsars began to expand their territory in a crazy way.
11613 to 1917, Russia's expansion in Siberia was invincible. It was said to be expansion, but it was actually "opening up". In that era, whoever pioneered first would belong to whom. Of course, it did not encounter any difficulties in opening up the land.
The backward defense of the primitive indigenous people and the lack of harassment from other countries, the Russian civilian "judge team" easily got 13 million square kilometers of Siberia's land.
Compared with the desolate east where there are basically no opponents, the expansion in the west makes Russia a little worried. One very evil thing is that the Russian monarchs, whether virtuous or foolish, have fanatical ideas about expanding their territory. It is only a matter of time for them to annex the world.
With the support of this belief, the expansion of European territory was the most frequent. In order to make Russia's territory expand smoothly, Peter the Great traveled across Europe in anonymously. After returning home, he won the estuary of the Baltic Sea with twenty-one years of hard and bloody battle and built the famous St. Petersburg. He beat Polish and Swedish into "hurtless" appearance.
and Katerina the Great HTML during the reign of Turkish Empire, annexed Crimean Khanate , and obtained the important Black Sea estuary. After this battle, Katerina made a bold statement: "If I were to live two hundred years old, I would conquer the entire Europe and turn Russia into a great empire with six capitals."
After the prosperous era, Russia's land expansion became particularly difficult. It was lost and gained and lost. 22 million square kilometers was the limit.
Russia's area is 17.0982 million square kilometers, while the part in Europe accounts for only one-quarter, and the vast majority of its territory is in Asia, accounting for 13 million square kilometers. So why is it a European country?
Because on this land, it is basically a permafrost covered by glaciers all year round, which makes the powerful fighting nations say they can't stand it. So to now, the population density of Siberia is only 2 people per square kilometer.In the era of conquest of Tsarist Russia, the population density was even lower, only about 0:00.
In fact, only 15% of the land in the whole of Russia is suitable for living. Coincidentally, these livable lands are concentrated in Europe. Of course, the political center Moscow is also an important reason for Russia to be a European country. In addition, economically developed cities such as St. Petersburg are also distributed in Europe.
Russia has a small population, and about 140 million Russians live on 2.25 million square kilometers of livable land, so their lives are not crowded. In addition to the beautiful scenery brought by the vast land and the vast land, Russian girls are also particularly pleasing to the eye. Racial diversity is one of the key reasons for the number of beauties.
In fact, only 15% of the land in the whole of Russia is suitable for living. Coincidentally, these livable lands are concentrated in Europe. Of course, the political center Moscow is also an important reason for Russia to be a European country. In addition, economically developed cities such as St. Petersburg are also distributed in Europe.
Russia has a small population, and about 140 million Russians live on 2.25 million square kilometers of livable land, so their lives are not crowded. In addition to the beautiful scenery brought by the vast land and the vast land, Russian girls are also particularly pleasing to the eye. Racial diversity is one of the key reasons for the number of beauties.
