Russian fur hunters and traders in Siberia had heard for centuries ... Alaska's polar coast as far as Point Barrow. By the mid-eighteenth century, several factors converged to set the stage ...

In particular, it details the epic history of the White movement in Siberia, and the fortunes of its leader, Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, using a wide range of contemporary sources. "...this examination ...

The Buryats are a group of peoples who prior to the arrival of Russian influence in Siberia were a nomadic herding people ... and tolerance can be noted in Tsarina Elizabeth's 18th century official ...