The Roushie Empire (Pre-reform Roushie orthografie: Россійская Имперія, Modren Roushie: Российская империя, translit: Rossiyskaya Imperiya) wis a state that existit frae 1721 till owerthrown bi the short-lived leeberal Februar Revolution in 1917.[2]
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Roushie Empire
Россійская Имперія (Pre-reformed Russian)Российская империя (Russian–Cyrillic)Rossiyskaya imperiya (transliteration) |
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1721–1917 |
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Motto: "S nami Bog!" Съ нами Богъ! "God is with us!" |
Anthem: none Imperial anthem Bozhe, Tsarya khrani! Боже, Царя храни! "God Save the Tsar!" |
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Caipital | St. Petersburg (main caipital), Moscow |
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Common leids | Offeecial Roushie
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Releegion | Offeecial Roushie Orthodox
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Govrenment | Absolute monarchy (1721–1906) Constitutional monarchy (1906–1917) |
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Emperor | |
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• 1721–1725 (first) | Peter I |
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• 1894–1917 (last) | Nicholas II |
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Chairman o the Cooncil o Meenisters | |
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• 1905–1906 (first) | Sergei Witte |
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• 1917 (last) | Nikolai Golitsyn |
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Legislatur | Emperor exercises legislative pouer in conjunction wi the State Cooncil an State Duma[1] |
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• Upper house | State Cooncil |
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• Lower house | State Duma |
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History | |
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| 7 May [O.S. 27 Apr] 1682[c] |
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• Empire proclaimed | 22 Oct [O.S. 11 Oct] 1721 |
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• Decembrist revolt | 26 Dec [O.S. 14 Dec] 1825 |
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• Feudalism abolished | 3 Mar [O.S. 19 Feb] 1861 |
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• 1905 Revolution | Jan–Dec 1905 |
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• Constitution adoptit | 6 May [O.S. 23 Apr] 1906 |
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• Februar Revolution | 15 Mar [O.S. 2 Mar] 1917 |
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• October Revolution | 7 Nov [O.S. 25 Oct] 1917 |
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Aurie |
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1866 | 22,800,000 km2 (8,800,000 sq mi) |
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1916 | 21,799,825 km2 (8,416,959 sq mi) |
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Population |
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• 1916 | 181,537,800 |
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Currency | Ruble |
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ISO 3166 code | RU |
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Precedit bi | Succeedit bi |
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Roushie Republic |
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Ober Ost |
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Karafuto Prefectur |
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Department o Alaska |
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Northren Caucasus |
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State o Buryat-Mongolie |
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a. ^ Efter 1866, Alaska wis sold tae the Unitit States, but Batumi, Kars, Pamir an Transcaspia war acquired. - b. ^ Renamed Petrograd in 1914.
c. ^ Roushie continued tae uise the Julian calendar till efter the collapse o the empire (see Auld Style an New Style dates).
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