Renaissance · Central Asia · Exploration

1632

Russians Found Yakutsk

1632

Cossack fur hunters working their way east along Siberian rivers established a fortified outpost called Yakutsk on the frozen Lena, deep in the territory of the Sakha. Within twenty years, Russian traders would reach the Pacific. The vast imperial geography of Asia was being drawn with crossbows and muskets, and the largest land empire in history was taking shape.

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Before and after in Central Asia

Before: 1581: Ermak Crosses the Urals
After: 1639: Russians Reach the Pacific

Before and after in Exploration

Before: 1617: Raleigh's Last Voyage to Guiana
After: 1634: Jean Nicolet Reaches Lake Michigan

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.