1723

Peter the Great annexed maritime Dagestan in the course of the Russo-Persian War

• Russia occupied Baku

• The destruction of Obi-Ugrian idols in order to fight the heathen beliefs. 1617 different Mansi idols and spiritual dolls were confiscated and burnt in Beryosovo county alone

• 1722-1723 War with Safavid Persian Empire

• 1714-1809 Russian conquers most of Finland from Sweden

• 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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