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Seventeenth-century Russia In Siberia Management

Posted on:2006-02-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360242998641Subject:World History
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The second half of the sixteenth century, united Russia strengthened its aggression, and prepared to go to furry Kingdom- Siberia, because furry can be selled at international market and earned a huge sum of profits, adding the Russian military and administration expenditure, satisfying the nobles' extravagant life. In 1581, Yermark and many soldiers went on an expedition to Siberia. because of the weapon of Russia more advanced than the local residents in Siberia a, the local residents lived disperedly, their power disunitly, and the Russian troops made use of beneficial geography in Siberia, in no longer than a century, Russia captured the wide Siberia.In the process of conquering Siberia, in order to rule the possessed land and captured new land, Russia established central adminition—Siberian Prikaz, being the organization of working out managing policies for Siberia in all. In Siberia Russia established razriads and towns,villages. They also established voevodas,vice voevodas,diaks,pod' iacheis and so on. At the end of the seventeenth centuries, there are totally four razriads and nineteen towns.Russia conquesting Siberia mainly wanted to loot its furry resource, so after having captured Siberia, it started to collect taxes from the local residents(furry was main), and the local residents gave Russia a great deal of furry annually. In addition Russian government preventing from the businessman fighting the profits with it, established many toll-gates on the main routes of Siberia, preventing from the businessmen fighting the profits with it. The businessmen going through them need give taxes which was one from ten. In addition, the local residents in Siberia and the Russian persons who moved to it had to hand over various taxes , the heavy taxes arised the local residents to resist continuously.The reasons that the Russian troops can capture Siberia quickly had something to do with its military organization. The military organization of Russia in Siberia was divided into two layers, the upper level was nobles, the bottom layer was soldieres. The nobles included voevodas, small nobles... etc. the soldiers included streltsy,ossacks etc. The upper level possessed many privileges, having the power of managing the bottom layer, drawing up some regulations. These military persons played huge roles in conquering Siberia.The earlier period management systems of the Russian established in Siberia was simple, original, and had very strong militarity, having not many uses to the economic construction for Siberia. But it was important to Russia, Russia looted a great deal of furry from Siberia, resolving the problem of tightly financial shortage. At the same time early management systems layed the foundation for afterward Russian governance.
Keywords/Search Tags:early, Siberia, manage
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