The article describes how the Russian Empire took possession of foreign territories and developed its own lands, colonizing many peoples, including the Russians themselves. The author emphasizes that Russia ac- quired most of its territory before it became an Empire, and the main reason for this gathering of land was fur fishing. When this resource was exhausted, the state underwent a catastrophic and productive transformation that laid the Foundation of the Empire. It was a period of many experiments: the Empire discovered, captured, set- tled, cultivated – in a word, civilized – the land on both sides of its moving borders. For centuries, the Russian state has combined territorial expansion with a strong immigration policy. It imported people, resettled and reset- tled them, experimented with different forms of population management

Author Name: A. V. Smirnova

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Keywords: internal colonization; Imperial period; furs; metropolis; immigration; resettlement

ISSN: 2078-7081

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