Russian Empire

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The Russian Empire was a vast, autocratic state that existed from 1721 to 1917, spanning Eastern Europe, Northern Asia, and parts of North America, and serving as a major political and military power in world affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autocracy
former empire
monarchy
sovereign state
administrativeDivision guberniyas (governorates)
oblasts
okruhs
alliance Holy Alliance
Triple Entente
alsoKnownAs Imperial Russia
linked to: Russian Empire

Tsarist Russia
linked to: Russian Empire
areaPeakApprox over 22 million square kilometers
borderedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
German Empire
Ottoman Empire
Persia
linked to: Iran

Qing dynasty
linked to: China
capital Moscow
Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
coatOfArms Imperial coat of arms of Russia
continent Asia
Europe
North America
conventionalLongName Russian Empire
country Russia
currency Russian ruble
dissolutionEvent Abdication of Nicholas II
linked to: Russian Revolution

February Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution
dissolutionReason Russian Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution
economicActivity agriculture
serf-based agriculture (until 1861)
endTime 1917
firstRuler Peter the Great
flag black-yellow-white tricolour (imperial flag)
white-blue-red tricolour (merchant and later national flag)
followedBy Russian Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

Soviet Union
founder Peter the Great
governmentForm absolute monarchy
autocracy
greatPower 19th century
early 20th century
headOfStateTitle Emperor of All Russia
Tsar
lastRuler Nicholas II of Russia
legalStatusOfMonarch autocrat of all the Russias
legalSystem autocratic law under the Emperor
legislature State Duma
majorWar Crimean War
Napoleonic Wars
Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
linked to: Russo-Turkish Wars

World War I
navalAccess Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Pacific Ocean
notableEvent Bloody Sunday (1905)
Decembrist revolt
Revolution of 1905
notablePolicy Russification
notableRuler Alexander I of Russia
Alexander II of Russia
Catherine the Great
Nicholas I of Russia
officialLanguage Russian
partOf Concert of Europe
populationPeakApprox over 170 million
precededBy Tsardom of Russia
rankByArea one of the largest empires in history
reform Emancipation of the serfs (1861)
religion Russian Orthodox Church
rulingDynasty House of Romanov
startTime 1721
stateReligion Eastern Orthodoxy
symbol double-headed eagle
territoryIncludes Alaska
Baltic provinces
linked to: Baltic states

Belarus
Caucasus
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Finland
Northern Asia
linked to: North Asia

Poland
Siberia
Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus

Ukraine

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Joseph Stalin countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Joseph Stalin placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Soviet Union precededBy Russian Empire
Crimea historicallyContestedBy Russian Empire
Crimea annexedBy Russian Empire
Crimea CrimeanWarBelligerent Russian Empire
Seven Years' War mainBelligerent Russian Empire
Alaska purchasedFrom Russian Empire
St. Petersburg capitalOf Russian Empire
Second Polish Republic precededBy Russian Empire
Tiflis Governorate country Russian Empire
Tiflis Governorate establishedBy Russian Empire
Tiflis Governorate historicalEra Imperial Russia
linked to: Russian Empire
Tiflis Governorate sovereignState Russian Empire
Kato Svanidze countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Kato Svanidze placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Kato Svanidze placeOfDeath Russian Empire
Kato Svanidze residence Russian Empire
Russian Civil War countryInvolved Russian Empire
Tiflis Spiritual Seminary country Russian Empire
House of Romanov country Russian Empire
Alaska Purchase seller Russian Empire
Alaska Purchase predecessorTerritorialStatus Russian America
linked to: Russian Empire
Caucasus historicallyContestedBy Russian Empire
Hermann Minkowski countryOfBirth Russian Empire
Esperanto countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
World War I mainAlliedPower Russian Empire
Age of Sail notablePower Russian Empire
Russian Black Sea Fleet foundedBy Russian Empire
Leo Tolstoy countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Leo Tolstoy placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Leo Tolstoy placeOfDeath Russian Empire
Nicholas II of Russia birthPlace Russian Empire
subject linked to: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II of Russia countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
subject linked to: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Nadezhda Alliluyeva placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Napoleonic Wars mainBelligerent Russian Empire
Crimean War conflictBelligerent Russian Empire
Karelian Isthmus historicallyPartOf Russian Empire
Yalta historicallyPartOf Russian Empire
Koba politicalContext Russian Empire
Russian Empire conventionalLongName Russian Empire
Russian Empire alsoKnownAs Imperial Russia
linked to: Russian Empire
Russian Empire alsoKnownAs Tsarist Russia
linked to: Russian Empire
Crimean Khanate annexedBy Russian Empire
Ukrainians historicallyInfluencedBy Russian Empire