So when Russia expanded during the 15th 16th and 17th centuries, their rule was pretty uninvolved for lack of a better word. Like any empire at the time, they set up trading posts but they didn't really rule their Asian empire with a lot of efficiency like they did in the West. Think of it like French Louisiana. It was nominally under French control and there were a number of trading posts and economic interests in the region, but overall, not really the mode of an all-encompassing bureaucracy.

This started to change, however, in the 19th century. That's when the Russian government decided that they wanted to exploit resources in the East, so the Tsar decided to start displacing many of the Asian ethnic groups and moving Russians into the territory to start actual economic use of the land. So in another parallel to the American West, the 19th century saw the US settling people into what had been Indian land in order to exploit natural resources, so the US government started rounding up Indians and putting them into reservations. That's basically what happened with Russia. So I hope that helped.