Right now I have been slogging through a book (on Scribd) about Russia's expansion into Central Asia, which was seen as needed due to the history of the Asian destruction of the Russia via the Mongols, Golden Hoarde etc. and their push back in the early modern period. In other words, while western Europe was pushing into the Americas, Russia was pushing past the Urals with exploration and settlement.
This expansion resulted in their takeover of Siberia, and ultimately to take over Alaska.
John Bachelor has a podcast series about the new book on Bering's exploration party.
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