- After breaking free of Mongol control in the late 1400s, Muscoviteprinces began to take control of much of Russia, eliminating theauthority of local princes.- Ivan Ill, a grand prince of Moscow, developed a policy that encouraged Cossacks (peasants) to settle in the lands that he had conquered.- Ivan centralized his authority, claimed divine right to rule, and named himself czar.- Moscow was established as the capital of the new Russian Empire.- In the early 1600s, Russia began to colonize the region of Siberia, buildingsettlements and forts and taking control of the area in much the same way as the British settled North America.

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