It was called the Cold War because there wasn't any actual fighting, but the US and Siberia/Russia were keeping an eye on each other in case one decided to start fighting.
Peter the Great contributed most, including reving arts, building up the Navy, and moving the capitol from Moscow to St.Petersburg. Catherine the Great was also a leader that seeked to advance Russia, but wasn't taken too seriously, being a woman. A series of weak tsars afterwards resulted in Russia actually going backwards to feudalism.
St Petersburg was founded because it acted as a monument to the might of Imperial Russia.
Russia was simply Russia in 1880.
Russia's society is the people who live in Russia.
The reason why is that the trans Siberian railway is the only railroad and the only longstanding way to get across Russia. Putting a city far away from that link would make no sense, so they put them next to it so that they can easily get supplies and stuff. Also building roads in Siberia is very difficult because of the permafrost, so a railroad is more effective, though they do have a highway that crosses all of Russia including Siberia.
It allows people to travel into the Asian part of Russia.
Siberia
Yes, Russia controls Siberia.
No, Siberia is in Russia.
All of Siberia is east of the Ural Mountains, the Russian Continental divide between Europe and Asia. All of Siberia is in Asia.
Siberia is part of Russia. Russia's national bird is the eagle.
No. Siberia is part of Russia.
Siberia (part of Russia)
Indeed. It is in Siberia, Russia.
No the Ural River is in Russia. It is not in Siberia.
Siberia ,Russia