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As Russia expanded east, to the Pacific, what was the reaction of native and neighboring Asians?

by EremiticFerret

In the past I see many tribes and kingdoms across most of the map of northcentral and northeast Asia, never mind probably thousands of smaller tribes who lived there, all seemingly absorbed by Russia over a few centuries.

Was this Russia's own version of colonialism?

What was the reaction of the other Asian nations? Was this an invasion by Europeans? Was it a unifying point for them? Or was it seen as a taming of land and people who have often plagued the more southerly neighbors?

Is there continuing lingering resentment?

y_sengaku

There will always more to be said, you can refer to the following previous posts on Siberia in general /u/mikitacurve, the Amur region by /u/EnclavedMicrostate and possibly Ezo-Japan by mine respectively:

Can the Russian Empire's expansion into Siberia and Central Asia be considered equivalent to the European colonisation of Africa and the Americas? answered by /u/mikitacurve
How did China react to the Russian conquest of Siberia? I know they had border conflicts in the second half of the 20th Century but I can’t find anything before then answered by /u/EnclavedMicrostate
I also made a brief post on the interaction between Russia and the Japanese (mainly castaways and the Ainu people) before in: Are there any contemporary Chinese, Japanese (etc.) sources on Russia's eastwards expansion, and what did they say? and also in: What were relations and immigration like between Russia and Japan during the "Samurai/Medieval" Age?