Editing Jewish Autonomous Oblast (section)

==== Military colonization ====
In December 1858, the Russian government authorized the formation of the [[Amur Cossacks|Amur Cossack Host]] to protect the south-east boundary of Siberia and communications on the Amur and [[Ussuri]] rivers.<ref name=pereltsvaig/> This military colonization included settlers from [[Transbaikalia]]. Between 1858 and 1882, many settlements consisting of wooden houses were founded.<ref name="russianamur">{{Cite book |last=Ravenstein |first=Ernst Georg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XEEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA156 |title=The Russians on the Amur: its discovery, conquest, and colonization, with a description of the country, its inhabitants, productions, and commercial capabilities ... |publisher=Trübner and co. |year=1861 |page=156 |author-link=Ernst Georg Ravenstein}}</ref> It is estimated that as many as 40,000 men from the Russian military moved into the region.<ref name=russianamur/>

Expeditions of scientists, including geographers, ethnographers, naturalists, and botanists such as [[Mikhail Ivanovich Venyukov]], [[Leopold von Schrenck]], [[Karl Maximovich]], [[Gustav Radde]], and [[Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov]] promoted research in the area.<ref name=pereltsvaig/>