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and as an old man became blind, dying in exile with distant relatives sometime around 1605.

Conquest and exploration

In order to subjugate the natives and collect yasak (fur tribute), a series of winter outposts (zimovie) and forts (ostrogs) were built at the confluences of major rivers and streams and important portages. The first among these were Tyumen and Tobolsk--the

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