# Prehistoric Russia - No single ruler

URL: https://history-russia.com/rulers/prehistoric-russia
Reign: c. 1,800,000 BCE - c. 900 BCE
Dynasty: Prehistoric Russia
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_Siberia

For most of its prehistory the territory of modern Russia had no state or single ruler. Hunter-gatherer bands, Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern humans were followed by farming, herding and metal-working cultures across the steppe, forest and Siberian zones.

## Succession
- Succeeded by: [Scythians, Sarmatians and Greek Colonies](https://history-russia.com/rulers/scythians-sarmatians-and-greek-colonies)

## Timeline events during this reign
- -1800000 - [Early humans reach the Caucasus](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-1800000-early-humans-reach-the-caucasus)
- -200000 - [Denisovans in the Altai](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-200000-denisovans-in-the-altai)
- -43000 - [Modern humans at Kostenki](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-43000-modern-humans-at-kostenki)
- -32000 - [The Sungir burials](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-32000-the-sungir-burials)
- -22000 - [Mal'ta boy of Siberia](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-22000-mal-ta-boy-of-siberia)
- -9500 - [The Shigir Idol](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-9500-the-shigir-idol)
- -3700 - [Maykop culture](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-3700-maykop-culture)
- -3300 - [Yamnaya herders of the steppe](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-3300-yamnaya-herders-of-the-steppe)
- -2100 - [Sintashta and Arkaim](https://history-russia.com/timeline/-2100-sintashta-and-arkaim)