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Российская Империя (ru–Cyrl)
Rossiyskaya Imperiya (translit)
The Russian Empire
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1721–1917
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Motto
Съ нами Богъ!
(God is with us!)
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Anthem
"God Save The Tsar!"
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| The Russian Empire in 1866 [1]
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| Capital
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Saint Petersburg (1721–28)
Moscow (1728–30)
Saint Petersburg/Petrograd (1730–1918)
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| Language(s)
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Official: Russian
Recognised regional languages: Finnish, Swedish, Polish
Second language: French
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| Religion
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State Church: Russian Orthodox
Minorities:Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Old Believers, Muslims, Buddhists
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| Government
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Absolute Monarchy
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| Emperor
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| - 1721–1725
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Peter I
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| - 1894–1917
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Nicholas II
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| Legislature
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State Duma
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| History
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| - Accession of Peter I
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May 7, 1682 NS,
April 27, 1682 OS¹
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| - Empire proclaimed
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October 22, 1721 NS,
October 11, 1721 OS
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| - Decembrist revolt
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December 26, 1825 NS,
December 14, 1825 OS
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| - Abolition of feudalism
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March 3, 1861 NS,
February 19, 1861 OS
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| - Revolution of 1905
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January–December 1905
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| - Constitution
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April 23, 1906
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| - February Revolution
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March 15, 1917 NS,
March 2, 1917 OS
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| - October Revolution
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November 7, 1917 NS,
October 25, 1917 OS
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| Area
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| - 1916
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21,799,825 km2 (8,416,959 sq mi)
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| Population
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| - 1916 est.
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181,537,800
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| Density
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8.3 /km2 (21.6 /sq mi)
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| Currency
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Ruble
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| 1: Russia continued to use the Julian calendar until after the collapse of the empire; see Old Style and New Style dates.
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The "coat of arms flag", the official flag of the Russian Empire from 1858 to 1883
The Romanov double-headed eagle was the Emperor's standard, used as the flag of the Empire before 1858
Russian Empire
- ↑ After 1866, Alaska was sold and South Sakhalin lost to Japan, but Batum, Kars, Pamir, and the Transcaspian region (Turkmenistan) were acquired.
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