Monument to Petr Beketov in Yakutsk (Siberia), the founder ofYakutsk.Beketov was a Cossack who subju
Monument to Petr Beketov in Yakutsk (Siberia), the founder ofYakutsk.Beketov was a Cossack who subjugated the Buryats and Evenks along theAngara River as part of Russia’s program of Siberian expansion. Rival exploring parties were expanding eastwards from the YeniseiRiver, so in 1631 the government sent Beketov to begin the official conquest of theLena River. He founded Yakutsk as an ostrog (fortress) the next year. -- source link
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