We hear a lot of the United States' treatment of Native Americans during their Westward expansion, but how did Russia treat local populations during their colonization of Siberia?

by ContemplativeSarcasm
Broke22

More can always be said, but meanwhile, look at this answer from /u/poob1x

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/9ee5s4/was_the_russian_far_east_colonized_in_a_similar/

arkh4ngelsk

I highly recommend reading Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small Peoples of the North by Yuri Slezkine if you’re interested in this subject. It is, as far as I’m aware, the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject.

If you’re interested in a more regionally-specific study, this is technically an anthropological work, but The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer is an excellent work on the Khanty people that has several chapters on their history of interaction with and eventual subjugation by the Russian state. It’s also just a really great read for anyone interested in indigenous persistence and survival.

ContemplativeSarcasm

Edit: I could've worded it better, its not meant to be a "whataboutism" question.

mikitacurve

You might also be interested in this recent thread linking to several answers by me and other users (who are already pinged in there and whom I don't want to bother.)