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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.