Khanate of Sibir

State · 1429–1587 CE · at its largest around 1475 CE

A Muslim Tatar khanate of herders, hunters and fur traders in the forests and steppes along the Irtysh, linked by caravan to Bukhara. Its fall to Yermak's Cossacks opened Russia's march across Siberia to the Pacific, and it gave Siberia its name.

On its lands while it lasted

Sozak (c. 1468 CE): Capital of Kazakh Khanate (1468–1469).
Sighnaq (c. 1469–1599 CE): Capital of Kazakh Khanate (1469–1599).
Isker (c. 1490–1587 CE): Capital of Khanate of Sibir (1490–1587).
Chimgi-Tura (c. 1490–1587 CE): Capital of Khanate of Sibir (1490–1587).
Yermak Timofeyevich (c. 1532 CE – 1585 CE): Cossack leader whose expedition against the Khanate of Sibir began the Russian conquest of Siberia.
Russian conquest of Siberia (1580–1778 CE): Russian expansion across northern Asia from the Urals to the Pacific, beginning with the defeat of the Khanate of Sibir.