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Encyclopedia > Russian Tsarist Empire
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History of Russia
Early East Slavs
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Kievan Rus'
Volga Bulgaria
Mongol invasion
Golden Horde
Muscovy
Crimean Khanate
Imperial Russia
Revolution of 1905
Revolution of 1917
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Росси́йская Импе́рия, (also Imperial Russia) covers the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great into the Russian Empire stretching from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposition of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917.


Russia was officially named "Российская империя" (Russian Empire) in 1721–1917.

  • Russian history, 1682-1796
  • Russian history, 1796-1855
  • Russian history, 1855-1892
  • Russian history, 1892-1920

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Russian Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (657 words)
The Russian Empire formed from Muscovite Russia, which was ruled by the successors of Ivan IV as Tsars.
In 1914 the Russian Empire consisted of 81 provinces (guberniyas) and 20 regions (oblasts).
Russian Orthodox Christianity was the official faith of the Empire and was controlled by the tsar through the Holy Synod.
Soviet Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (808 words)
Soviet Empire was a controversial, politically charged and pejorative term used to critically describe the actions and nature of the Soviet Union.
to be one of the main empires of history, equal to such notables as the British Empire and the Roman Empire, and borrowing some of the foreign policy of the Tsarist Russian Empire that it replaced.
Supporters of the Soviet Union (mostly intellectuals or Communist parties aligned with it, such as Cuba), meanwhile, reject such claims and argue that the relationship between the Soviet Union and countries within its "empire" was in fact one of voluntary cooperation.
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