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Originally Posted by Winter
Is the land rightfully "Russian"? Do Slavs have exclusive rights to these lands?
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In my opinion, yes, Siberia and the Far East are the natural continuation of Europe and these lands are russian 100% and they should be keeped by the russians towards the chinese inmigration. I have a friend from Birobizhdan, in this area, and he tell me that a lot of russians are upset of the chinese presence in the zone.
Historically, whith the conquest of this inmense territory by the cossacks of Yermak and the exploration of Siberia in the XVII century, these lands entered in the history of european civilization. Before, there were empty lands except for some tatar khanats that had only a superficial control of the area and sparse tribes that more or less welcomed the russian presence (I only know of the
Chutkchi of the Bering Area fighting the russians, is it true?). Naturally, the russians take control from it.