In the 7th century, after a brief rule under the Turkish Khaganats, it was conquered by the Arabs and then the Mongols and much later, by the Russians.

In the 15th and 16th centuries the lower and middle courses of the Irtysh lay within the Tatar Khanate of Sibir, which the Russians conquered in the 1580s.

The Khazarate lasts until 10th century, being overrun by Russians, and finally conquered by Russian and Byzantian forces in 1016.

Over the next fourteen years, however, the Russians slowly conquered the khanate.

Bonded by a common interest in defeating Khalkha, both Galdan and the Russians simultaneously attacked Khalkha and conquered most of the territories of Khalkha.

Spain was driven to establish missions and other outposts in Alta California out of fear that the territory would be claimed by either the English, who not only had colonies on the East Coast of the continent, but had recently conquered Canada, or the Russians whose fur hunters were pressing down from Alaska to the Pacific Northwest's lower reaches.

After the Russians conquered the Kazan and Astrakhan Khanates in the 16th century, the trade routes to the Urals, Siberia, and Central Asia opened for travel and traders and Cossacks moved eastwards.

In 1392 it was conquered by Timur, by the Ottoman Turks in 1471, by the Russians in 1696, again by the Turks in 1711 and by the Russian Empire in 1771.

Mohammed Yakub ( also known as Yakub Beg ), 1820-1877 conquered Khotan, Aksu, Kashgar, and neighbouring towns with the help of the Russians in the 1860s.

In 1735, on the eve of the war, the Russians made peace with Persia, giving back all the territory conquered during the Russo-Persian War.

The Russians founded the border town of Kushka in the conquered territory ; it was the southernmost settlement of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

It has been conquered by Mongols, Persians, Tatars, Russians, Sarmatian and thus has a very distinct, vibrant culture.

In order to be able to defend the conquered coastline and attack enemy's maritime communications in the Baltic Sea, the Russians created a sailing fleet from the ships built in Russia and imported from abroad.

In the end of 14th century duchy declined and in the beginning of 15th century Russians conquered it.

He labeled the area surrounding the Persian Gulf as the Middle East, and said that after the Suez Canal, it was the most important passage for Britain to control in order to keep the Russians from advancing towards British India.

Early ancestors of the Russians were East Slavic tribes migrating to the East European Plain in the early Middle Ages.

Several influential Russians would propose new terms for the territories, as in 1805 when the Russian explorer Timovski revived the use of " Turkestan " to refer to Middle Asia, and " East Turkestan " to refer to the Tarim Basin east of Middle Asia in southern Xinjiang ; or in 1829, when the Russian sinologist Nikita Bichurin proposed the use of " East Turkestan " to replace " Chinese Turkestan " for the Chinese territory east of Bukhara.

From the Middle Ages, Priozersk was known as Korela to Russians and Käkisalmi to Karelians and Finns.

Unfortunately, Rosenzweig's scientific breakthrough has made Israel a target for hostile states eclipsed in power and influence, particularly the Russians, who joined with the Libyans, Ethiopians and some other Middle Eastern countries to launch an all-out strike just months before the Rapture.

Although Abul Khayr's intent had been to form a temporary alliance against the stronger Kalmyks, the Russians gained permanent control of the Lesser Horde as a result of his decision.

As a result of these migrations and Russian conquests, after the liberation from the Mongol Golden Horde domination during the 15th and 16th century, Russians settled the Volga, Urals and Northern Caucasus regions.

He is known to have gone to the Horde himself and achieved success in exempting Russians from fighting beside the Tatar army in its wars with other peoples.

Some historians see Alexander's choice of subordination to the Golden Horde and refusal of co-operating with western countries and church as an important turn to the east for the Russians.

As hinted above, the title Khan was also common in some of the polities of the various – generally Islamic – peoples in the territories of the Mongol Golden Horde and its successor states, which, like the Mongols in general, were commonly called Ta ( r ) tars by Europeans and Russians, and were all eventually subdued by Muscovia which became the Russian Empire.

It could be that Ivan's final decision to face the Horde was affected by the Russians who had demanded action on the part of the Grand Prince.

The Russians persistently battled against the successor states of the Golden Horde, chiefly the Khanate of Crimea.

Nogai Horde, Nogai Yortu was a confederation of about eighteen Turkic and Mongol tribes that occupied the Pontic-Caspian steppe from about 1500 until they were pushed west by the Kalmyks and south by the Russians in the 17th century.

She had been picked up by the Russians, questioned in connection with some pamphlets, sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage.

The first choice, abandoning tests entirely, would not only be unpopular domestically, but would surely be exploited by the Russians.

However, there was no real question of the justice of creating a strong Poland, both industrially and agriculturally, and one unplagued by large minorities of Germans or Russians.

Against such a termination of human life on earth by human action, he then proposes as an alternative that we `` negotiate at once with the Russians and get the best terms which are available '', that we deliberately `` negotiate from comparative weakness ''.

It is danced by some thirty-five men and no women, and it contains everything in the books -- lusty comedy, gregarious cavorting, and tricks that only madmen or Russians would attempt to make the human body perform.

The island of Hokkaido was known to the Ainu as Ainu Moshir, and was formally annexed by the Japanese at the late date of 1868, partly as a means of preventing the intrusion of the Russians, and partly for imperialist reasons.

Despite his subsequent defeat by the Prussians, Russians and British allies, exile and death, no victorious power has reversed that decision or tried to remove Corsica from France.

War was once more declared against Russia in 1787 and in the following year the Russians were joined by Austria.

In May 1784, according to written by Katsuragawa Hoshū interviewing Daikokuya Kōdayū, local Amchitka people revolted against the Russians.

After that, by Nevizimov's order, two Russians, Stepano ( ステッパノ ) and Kazhimov ( カジモフ ), killed the chieftain's daughter and Nevizimov's mistress, Oniishin ( オニイシン ), because Russians had doubted that Oniishin pushed islanders ' back.

The Russians, although very intrigued by their body art, thought their piercings and tattoos were “ hideous ” and made the younger women believe that body art did not make them attractive.

Some of the groups include ethnic Russians, however in recent times the growth in interest in the Balalaika by non-ethnic Russians has been considerable.

Holders of a Russian passport need a visa authorized by Costa Rica, or alternatively Costa Rican authorities will accept Russian nationals with a visa stamp for the European Union, Canada, USA, South Korea, or Japan valid for 90 days after arrival ; with a tourist visa, Russians can stay in Costa Rica for a maximum of 90 days.

Its banner was again picked up by the Avar Imam Shamil, who fought against the Russians from 1834 until 1859.

Similar treaties were subsequently negotiated by the United Kingdom ( Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty, October 1854 ), the Russians ( Treaty of Shimoda, 7 February 1855 ), and the French ( Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan, 9 October 1858 ).

In short, it was an indirect insult by the Ottomans to the HRE and the Russians.

The Russians, whose side lost, failed to keep up and despite newer models coming into service, I-16s were outfought by the improved Bf 109s in World War II, while remaining the most common Soviet front-line fighter into 1942.

Nevertheless, the " bellies of leather " ( the nickname given to the legionnaires by the Russians because of their bandolier on their stomachs ), behaved bravely.

The Worker's Security Guards and Red Guards ( later called solely the Red Guards ) were often recruited through their local party sections and the labour unions, and were armed by the Russians.

However, the Russians believe the attack was orchestrated by the Americans, and a diplomatic crisis ensues which threatens to escalate into war.

Meanwhile, the Russians have their own plans to counter the threat posed by Godzilla, and a Russian control ship disguised as a freighter in Tokyo Harbor prepares to launch a nuclear missile from one of their orbiting satellites should Godzilla attack.

*" Red Dawn ", a 1984 American war film about a group of high school students become engaged in guerrilla warfare after their country is invaded by Cubans and Russians.

In response this latest change of mind by the Ottomans / Turks, the Russians, on 2 July 1853 occupied the Turkish-satellite states of Wallachia and Moldavia, as they had during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774.