Why did the Russian expansion policy focus particularly on central Asia?Select one:a. Most of the Russian population remained ethnically Mongol with clear cultural ties to central Asia.b. Russians wanted to control the lucrative fur trade in Siberia.c. The Russians wished to seize control of the trade routes with China.d. The Russians were motivated by a desire to push the former Mongol overlords farther back to prevent renewed invasion. e. There were natural barriers to westward expansion.

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