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    Russian Empire

    Former empire in Eurasia and North America (1721–1917)

    The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km², roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history, behind only the British and Mongol empires. It also colonized North America between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of its rivals: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. From the 10th to 17th centuries, the Russians had been ruled by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom was the tsar, an absolute monarch. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    19th-century establishments in the Russian Empire (14 C, 7 P) 20th-century establishments in the Russian Empire (2 C, 1 P) A. Airports built in the Russian Empire (1 P) P. Populated places established in the Russian Empire (115 P) This page was last edited on 2 June 2022, at 14:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
  3. ritslog.hms.harvard.edu

    Oct 31, 2024Establishment of the Russian Empire: Marked the beginning of the Russian Empire and its rise as a major European power: 1783: Annexation of Crimea: Gave Russia access to the Black Sea and expanded its influence in the region: 1917: February and October Revolutions: Marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and the establishment of the Soviet Union
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    The Russian Empire [e] [f] was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km 2 (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history, behind only the British and ...
  6. britannica.com

    Dec 9, 2024The empire had its genesis when the Russian nobility sought a new bloodline for its monarchy.They found it in Michael Romanov, a young boyar (nobleman), who was elected tsar in 1613. The early Romanovs were weak monarchs. Crowned at age 17, Michael shared the throne during the crucial years of his reign with his father, the patriarch Philaret.Michael's son Alexis came to the throne in 1645 ...
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  7. encyclopedia.com

    Russian Empire Type of Government. The Russian Empire stretched from the Baltic Sea and eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean, and during its nearly two-hundred-year history (1721-1917), it was ruled by a succession of autocratic czars who assigned varying degrees of local authority to as many as fifty appointed provincial governors.. Background. Czar Peter I (1672-1725) founded the Russian ...
  8. en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org

    May 30, 2023Template:Infobox former country. The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia, [a] [b] was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917. It consisted of most of northern Eurasia.The Empire succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad.The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the ...
  9. worldatlas.com

    The Russian Empire was a vast empire that once spanned large parts of Europe and Asia. ... Upon vanquishing their enemies, the Bolsheviks proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, otherwise known as the Soviet Union. Thus, the Russian Empire came to an end. Share. Jason Shvili November 19 2021 in Geography.
  10. history-maps.com

    Oct 13, 2024The Russian Empire was a historical empire that extended across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisiona ... This war lasted until 1922, resulting in a Bolshevik victory and the establishment of the Soviet Union, which replaced the Russian Empire with a ...
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