Russian Empire
former empire in Eurasia and North America (1721–1917) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Russian Empire (1721-1917), also called Imperial Russia, was a country in Europe as well as Asia. It started in 1721 when Peter I of Russia founded it. Before that, it was known as the Tsardom of Russia. It lasted until it was declared a republic in March 1917 after the Russian Revolution. It was an absolute monarchy ruled by Russian emperors known as 'Tsars'. They were members of the House of Romanov and believed that they had the divine right of kings over their people.
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Russian Empire Россійская Имперiя (Russian) | |||||||||
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1721–1917 | |||||||||
Motto: "Съ нами Богъ!" S nami Bog! ("God is with us!") | |||||||||
Anthem: "Гром победы, раздавайся!" Grom pobedy, razdavaysia! (1791–1816) ("Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!") (unofficial) "Коль славен наш Господь в Сионе" Kol' slaven nash Gospod' v Sione (1794–1816) ("How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion") (unofficial) "Молитва русских" Molitva russkikh (1816–1833) ("The Prayer of Russians") "Боже, Царя храни!" Bozhe Tsarya khrani! (1833–1917) ("God Save the Tsar!") | |||||||||
Capital | St. Petersburg (1721–1728, 1730–1917) Moscow (1728–1730) | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Russian | ||||||||
Government | Absolute monarchy (1721-1906) Constitutional Monarchy (1906-1917) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1721 | ||||||||
• Russian Revolution (end of monarchy) | 1917 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Russia Belarus Ukraine Poland Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Moldova Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan United States Turkey China |
In 1914, the area of the Russian Empire was about 21,799,825 km². In 1897, its population was 128,200,000 (1897 year). Its official language was the Russian language. Its official church was the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Russian Empire was led by a Tsar who had complete control of the nation. In this autocracy, only the Tsar could make or cancel laws. In 1905 the Tsar granted a new constitution in which he shared some power with a partly elected parliament called the Duma. The Russian Empire was a great power, and one of the biggest empires that ever existed.