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Congress of vienna territory

why was russia and austria able to claim more territory can u please help me answer that?

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Russian Cossacks moved to conquer lands on the other side of the Ural Mountains in Siberia and the Far East. These regions account for 77% of the Russia's total area. In other words, it was the conquest of Siberia that turned Russia into the largest country
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