1710

Estonia, Russian army conquers Haapsalu town and Läänemaa county.

• Ingria became a province of St. Petersburg. Local place-names were translated into Russian or adjusted to Russian pronunciation

• Estonia. Russian forces were able to regroup and conquered most of the plague-stricken Baltic provinces until 1710, when the last Swedish strongholds Riga, Reval and Pernau capitulated

• The Russians captured Riga and all Swedish territory in Latvia came under Russian control.

• Estonia and Livonia capitulated to Russia during the Great Northern War

• 1710-1711 Russo-Turkish War

• 1704-1711 Bashkir Uprising

• 1700-1721 The Great Northern War

• 1700-1900 The Slavic Russians outnumber all of the native peoples in Siberia

• 1600-1800 The Yukaghir population was considerably reduced in the 17th-19th centuries owing to epidemics, internecine warfare and the colonization policy of the tsarist government

• 1628-1746 To the dismay of the Russian conquerors in Nenets people lands, there were constant uprisings, in which the Nenets also participated. Caravans of tax collectors were raided and Russian strongholds attacked. In a period of one hundred years the Pustozersk stronghold in northeastern Europe suffered six major attacks

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