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From cossacks to cowboys, this Library of Congress special online collection looks at American westward exploration and expansion, and Russia's eastward reach into and conquest of Siberia. Includes historical information and timelines, as well as a multimedia library of digital artifacts. Site is bilingual English Russian site.
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fur trade, westward migration, westward movement, american west, american frontier, russian history, russian-american frontier, russians in alaska, siberia, chronology of russia, facts about russia, historical map of russia, information about russia, settlement of alaska, a nation expanding west (1790-1860)
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