 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweZera reKutsvaga, mazhinji eaya aimbova machinda eKievan Rus akabatanidzwa neGrand Duchy yeMoscow. Rakaziviswa kuva Tsardom yeRussia, pakuguma kwezana ramakore rechi 16 nyika yacho yakanga yatora nharaunda dzokumabvazuva zvikurusa dzeEurope kupfurikidza nokukunda Khanate yeKazan muna 1552 uye Khanate yeAstrakhan muna 1556, nokudaro ichiwana kudzora kuzere pamupata worwizi rweVolga. Mugwagwa unoenda kuAsia wakavhurwa, uye muna 1581 Yermak Timofeyevich akayambuka Makomo eUral neboka revanotsvaka mafaro, akakunda Khanate yeSiberia ndokutanga kukunda kweRussia kweSiberia. 