Ermak

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Second half of the 16th century. One of the most tragic and controversial pages of Russian history. The reign of Ivan the Terrible. The era of strengthening of the Russian state. The years that marked the beginning of the now familiar indissolubility of the concepts of "Russia" and "Siberia". Ermak is a real historical and a mythical person. Many legends, traditions, songs have been created about him. The Cossack army, led by Ermak Timofeevich, made a campaign for the Ural Mountains, which served as the actual annexation of the Siberian lands to the Russian Kingdom.