Russian Empire

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autocracy former empire monarchy sovereign state

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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All labels observed (43)

Label Occurrences
Russian Empire canonical 5,201
Imperial Russia 91
Tsarist Russia 10

Statements (88)

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

Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Tsarist Russia
areaPeakApprox over 22 million square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austro-Hungarian Empire

German Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
surface form: Persia

China ⓘ
surface form: Qing dynasty
capital Moscow ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
coatOfArms Imperial double-headed eagle of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Imperial coat of arms of Russia
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
conventionalLongName Russian Empire self-link ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
currency Russian ruble ⓘ
dissolutionEvent Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II

Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: February Revolution
dissolutionReason Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
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 Provisional Government ⓘ
surface form: Russian Republic

Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Soviet Union ⓘ
founder Peter the Great ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
autocracy ⓘ
greatPower 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of All the Russias ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of All Russia

Tsar ⓘ
lastRuler Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: 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 Wars ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

World War I ⓘ
navalAccess Baltic Sea ⓘ
Black Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
notableEvent Bloody Sunday (1905) ⓘ
Decembrist revolt ⓘ
1905 Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Revolution of 1905
notablePolicy Russification ⓘ
notableRuler Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
Alexander II of Russia ⓘ
Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: 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 reform of 1861 ⓘ
surface form: Emancipation of the serfs (1861)
religion Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Romanov ⓘ
startTime 1721 ⓘ
stateReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
symbol double-headed eagle ⓘ
territoryIncludes Alaska ⓘ
Baltic states ⓘ
surface form: Baltic provinces

Belarus ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
North Asia ⓘ
surface form: Northern Asia

Poland ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Transcaucasia

Ukraine ⓘ

Referenced by (5,383)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → Russian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Russia
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 ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars → countryInvolved → Russian Empire ⓘ
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim → birthCountry → Russian Empire ⓘ
House of Romanov → country → Russian Empire ⓘ
Alaska Purchase → seller → Russian Empire ⓘ
Alaska Purchase → predecessorTerritorialStatus → Russian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian America
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 ⓘ
federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) → historicallyControlledBy → Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian Black Sea Fleet → foundedBy → Russian Empire ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy → countryOfCitizenship → Russian Empire ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy → placeOfBirth → Russian Empire ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy → placeOfDeath → Russian Empire ⓘ
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia → birthPlace → Russian Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia → countryOfCitizenship → Russian Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
Russian Empire → alsoKnownAs → Russian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Russia
Russian Empire → alsoKnownAs → Russian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsarist Russia
Crimean Khanate → annexedBy → Russian Empire ⓘ
Ukrainians → historicallyInfluencedBy → Russian Empire ⓘ
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → countryOfCitizenship → Russian Empire ⓘ
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → reignAsEmpressConsortOf → Russian Empire ⓘ