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C H A P . I.
Firji irruption of the Ruffians into Siberia—-Second inroad
— -Yermac driven by the Tzar of Mufcovy from the
Volga, retires to Orel a Ruffian Settlement— -Enters
Siberia with an army of ColTacks— His progrefs. and
exploits.— Defeats Kutchum Chan— conquers his dominions—
cedes them to the ‘Tzar— receives a reinforcement
of Ruffian troops— is furprized by Kutchum
Chan— bis defeat and death— Veneration paid to his
memory—-Ruffian troops evacuate' Siberia— re-enter
and conquer' the whole country— their progrefs flopped by
the Chinefe.
SIBERIA was fcarcely known to the Ruffians before irruption
■ . • o f the Ruffians
the middle of the fixteenth century *. For although
an expedition was made, under the reign of Ivan Vaffi-wILrtlh i:
Iievitch I. into the North Weftern Parts of that country,
as far as the river Oby, by which feveral Tartar tribes
were rendered tributary, and fome of their chiefs brought
prifoners to Mofcow; yet this incurfion bore a greater
refemblance to the defultory inroads of barbarians, than
to any permanent eftabliffiment of empire by a civilized
nation. Indeed the effects of that expedition foon va-
* S. R. G. VI. p.199—211. Fif. Sib. Gef. Tom. I.
A a ' ’ niffied ;