Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Daular Rasha, Siberia an fi haɓaka shi a matsayin lardin noma. Gwamnati kuma ta yi amfani da shi a matsayin wurin gudun hijira, ta aika Avvakum, Dostoevsky, da Disamba
, da sauransu, zuwa sansanonin aiki a yankin. A cikin ƙarni na 19, an gina hanyar jirgin ƙasa ta Trans-Siberian, wanda ke tallafawa masana'antu. An kuma taimaka wa wannan ta wurin ganowa da kuma amfani da albarkatun ma'adanai masu yawa na Siberia.