"In The Conquest of a Continent, the historian W. Bruce Lincoln
details Siberia's role in Russian history, one remarkably similar
to that of the frontier in the development of the United States. .
. . It is a big, panoramic book, in keeping with the immensity of
its subject." Chicago Tribune"Lincoln is a compelling writer whose
chapters are colorful snapshots of Siberia's past and present. . .
. The Conquest of a Continent is a vivid narrative that will inform
and entertain the broader reading public." American Historical
Review"This story includes Genghis Khan, who sent the Mongols
warring into Russia; Ivan the Terrible, who conquered Siberia for
Russia; Peter the Great, who supported scientific expeditions and
mining enterprises; and Mikhail Gorbachev, whose glasnost policy
prompted a new sense of 'Siberian' nationalism. It is also the
story of millions of souls who themselves were conquered by
Siberia. . . . Vast riches and great misery, often intertwined,
mark this region." The Wall Street JournalStretching from the Urals
to the Arctic Ocean to China, Siberia is so vast that the
continental United States and Western Europe could be fitted into
its borders, with land to spare. Yet, in only six decades, Russian
trappers, cossacks, and adventurers crossed this huge territory,
beginning in the 1580s a process of conquest that continues to this
day. As rich in resources as it was large in size, Siberia brought
the Russians a sixth of the world's gold and silver, a fifth of its
platinum, a third of its iron, and a quarter of its timber. The
conquest of Siberia allowed Russia to build the modern world's
largest empire, and Siberia's vast natural wealth continues to play
a vital part in determining Russia's place in international
affairs.Bleak yet romantic, Siberia's history comes to life in W.
Bruce Lincoln's epic telling. The Conquest of a Continent, first
published in 1993, stands as the most comprehensive and vivid
account of the Russians in Siberia, from their first victories over
the Mongol Khans to the environmental degradation of the twentieth
century. Dynasties of incomparable wealth, such as the Stroganovs,
figure into the story, as do explorers, natives, gold seekers, and
the thousands of men and women sentenced to penal servitude or
forced labor in Russia's great wilderness prisonhouse."
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