The Rus that Ibn Fadlan met in the 9th century.............from west of the Ural mountains and the Volga river valley............went on to conquer everything east..........clear to the Pacific coast..........pretty much what the Americans did going west...............after Tom Jefferson sent an expedition there in the very early 1800s.........................to do recon on how to kill the Indians..

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Feb 19, 2010 - Russian officials have mused openly about the prospects of a de facto takeover of the country's ... The Chinese 'Invasion' Of Siberia Is A Myth.