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 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

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Kiev Infantry Junker School country Russian Empire
Battle of Bautzen belligerent Russian Empire
General Pavel Liprandi country Russian Empire
subject surface form: Pavel Liprandi
Dubrovno historicalTerritory Russian Empire
Dubrovno countryBefore Russian Empire
Dubrovno locatedInFormerState Russian Empire
Zaraysky Uyezd country Russian Empire
Zaraysky Uyezd locatedIn Russian Empire
Battle of Schöngrabern belligerent Russian Empire
Order of St. Stanislaus laterAwardedBy Russian Empire
Order of St. Stanislaus usedBy Russian Empire
Harbin historicalInfluence Russian Empire
Tsarevna of Russia associatedWithState Russian Empire
Tsarevna of Russia timePeriodOfUse Russian Empire
this entity surface form: imperial Russia
Congress System coreMember Russian Empire
Battle of Dürenstein belligerent Russian Empire
Anna Korvin-Krukovskaya residence Russian Empire
Hermitage Theatre historicPeriod Russian Empire
Pravdinsk belligerent Russian Empire
subject surface form: Battle of Friedland
Wrangel countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
subject surface form: Pyotr Wrangel
Wrangel countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
subject surface form: Ferdinand von Wrangel
Annunciation Church (Alexander Nevsky Lavra) locatedIn Russian Empire
this entity surface form: Russian Empire (historical context at time of construction)
Battle of Pultusk belligerent Russian Empire
subject surface form: Battle of Pułtusk
Bennigsen countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
subject surface form: Levin August von Bennigsen
Bennigsen allegiance Russian Empire
subject surface form: Levin August von Bennigsen
Governor-General of Saint Petersburg historicalPeriod Russian Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Russia
Governor-General of Lithuania country Russian Empire
Governor-General of Lithuania usedBy Russian Empire
Prince of Smolensk country Russian Empire
Prince of Smolensk associatedState Russian Empire
Battle of Hollabrunn belligerent Russian Empire
Battle of Hollabrunn combatant Russian Empire
Moscow Governorate country Russian Empire
Moscow Governorate locatedInTimePeriod Russian Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Russia
Moscow Governorate partOf Russian Empire
Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Kostrikov countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
subject surface form: Sergei Kirov