HIST 1007 Chapter : 2 27 13
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The fur trade drew hunters in: russian expansion eastward: these people who go out and hunt called cossack they are outlaws, people who have escaped serfdom. They are very valuable to the merchants who are running this fur trade and they hire these cossacks to go out and hunt and they move eastward, beginning in late 1500"s and happens fast. Siberia-the native siberians that these russian cossacks run into, get all these diseases, and the. They are hunting these animals almost to extinction so they keep moving east. The russian king pays for and hires vitus. Bering to lead a russian mission into north america. A bunch of russian settlers go with them too. Also, once railroad comes in more russian settlers move into siberia: the north american complex: as we start moving southwards things change, climate, etc. People want to start setting up farms and stuff and that conflicts with the native americans there.
