Russian Empire
former empire in Eurasia and North America (1721–1917)
Facts
48 properties- Instance of
- empire, sovereign state, historical country, transcontinental country, country[8][9][10][11]
- Inception
- October 22, 1721[56]
- Founder
- Peter the Great[45]
- Country
- Russian Empire[3]
- Followed by
- Russian Republic, Kingdom of Poland[50][51]
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 58.650°, 70.117°[58]
- Area
- 23.7M (21.8M–23.7M, n=3)
- Basic form of government
- absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy[46][47]
- Capital
- Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Moscow[26][27]
- Cause of destruction
- February Revolution, October Revolution, abolition of monarchy[59][60]
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of Russian Empire[53]
- Continent
- Eurasia, North America[6][7]
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 🗺️ 55.750°, 82.000°
- Currency
- gold rouble, ruble[32][33]
- Demographics of topic
- demographics of the Russian Empire
- Demonym
- Russian, руски, orosz, ruso, rusa, russe, російський, російська, ruský, ruská, ruské, ruski
- Described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Meyer's Universum
- Different from
- Russia, Russie, Russia, Tsardom of Russia, Russian State
- Diplomatic relation
- United States, Empire of Japan[54][55]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- September 1, 1917[57]
- Economy of topic
- economy of the Russian Empire
- End cause
- abolition of monarchy, February Revolution
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- Geoshape
- 🗺️ View shape: Imperio Ruso 1866
- Head of government
- Nikolay Rumyantsev, Ivan Shcheglovitov[4][5]
- Head of state
- Peter the Great, Catherine I of Russia, Peter II of Russia, Anna I of Russia, Ivan VI of Russia, Elizabeth I of Russia, Peter III of Russia, Catherine II of Russia, Paul I of Russia, Alexander I of Russia, Nicholas I of Russia, Alexander II of Russia, Alexander III of Russia, Nicholas II of Russia[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
- History of topic
- history of the Russian Empire
- Member of
- Holy Alliance[2]
- Most populous urban area
- Saint Petersburg
- Motto text
- «С нами Бог!» Tanrı bizimlədir!
- Name in native language
- Российская Империя
- Native label
- Россійская Имперія
- Office held by head of state
- Emperor of all the Russias
- Official name
- Российская империя, Cesarstwo Rosyjskie
- Official religion
- Russian Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Church
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- P14536
- 403243
- Participant in
- Treaty of Gulistan, Treaty of Saint Petersburg, First Serbian–Ottoman War
- Permanent duplicated item
- Wikidata item
- Population
- 125.6M (125.6M–181.5M, n=3)
- Replaced by
- Russian Republic
🏷️ Also known as
en Russian Empire
en Moscovy or Russia
en Rossia
en Tsarist Russia
en Russia
en Russia or Moscovy
en Imperial Russia
en Empire of Russia
en Moscovy
en Rusia
ar إمبراطورية روسية
ar الإمبراطوريه الروسيه
ar روسيا الإمبراطورية
ar الإمبراطورية الروسية
ar الامبراطورية الروسية
cs Ruské imperium
cs Ruská říše
cs Ruské impérium
da Russiske imperium
da Russiske Emperium
🔖 Identifiers · 56
- VIAF cluster ID
- 247149066396265601002
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n80001203
- GND ID
- 1086796756
- 1914-1918-Online ID
- russian_empire
- BBC Things ID
- aaefcba9-471f-493e-be78-2b6c6f1e612f
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 119405184
- CANTIC ID
- 981058512091006706
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf10109687
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140282266808180992
- DeCS ID
- 12798
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- place/Russian-Empire
- FAST ID
- 1207312
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- FactGrid item ID
- Gretchen Parlato
- Fandom article ID
- countries:Russian_Empire, russia:Russian_Empire
- France 24 topic ID (French)
- vu-de-russie
- Freebase ID
- /m/0cdbq
- Golden ID
- Russian_Empire-AAXJAG
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 3515457
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) ID
- object_299117
- Interlingual Index ID
- i83988
- JSTOR topic ID (archived)
- imperial-russia
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID
- 12943
- KBpedia ID
- RussianEmpire
- McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
- R/russia
- MeSH concept ID
- M0019310
- MeSH descriptor ID
- D012425
- MeSH term ID
- T036931
- MeSH tree code
- Z01.586.800
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA13982734
- Namuwiki ID
- 러시아 제국
- National Library of Brazil ID
- 000068333
- National Library of Ireland ID
- vtls000064955
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007557241205171
- NicoNicoPedia ID
- ロシア帝国
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3914378
- OpenHistoricalMap relation ID
- 2747250
- Personality Database profile ID
- 51439
- Quora topic ID
- Russian-Empire
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A000139545
- Reddit topic ID
- russian_empire
- SNARC ID
- Manuel Ortega
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Russian Empire
- Topic's main category
- Category:Russian Empire
- UMLS CUI
- C0035966
- University of Barcelona authority ID
- 981058512091006706
- Vatican Library VcBA ID
- 497/12957
- Vikidia article ID
- fr:Empire_russe
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- xcmkgtyv
- WikiKids ID
- Keizerrijk_Rusland
- Wolfram Language entity code
- Entity["HistoricalCountry", "RussianEmpire"]
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
- 09025184-n
- YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ID
- Russia/Russian_Empire
- Yale LUX ID
- concept/33a32d4c-5e3a-4556-8567-ce9d7fdd51a7
- Zhihu topic ID
- 20041025
🔗 Connections
Things located in country 2414
Citizens 1889
← Allegiance 187
← Country of origin 77
Participated in 74
Contained subdivisions 64
← Narrative location 44
← Country for sport 22
← Signatory 22
Residents 18
← Category combines topics 17
Head of state 14
Significant event 9
← Shares border with 9
← Work location 9
Shares border with 8
Located in this place 7
← Replaced by 7
People born here 5
← Applies to jurisdiction 5
Different from 4
Instance of 4
Basic form of government 3
Described by source 3
Followed by (predecessor) 3
Official religion 3
← Capital of 3
← Place of publication 3
Anthem 2
Belongs to 2
Capital 2
Cause of destruction 2
Continent 2
Diplomatic relation 2
Follows 2
Participant in 2
Preceded by (successor) 2
Replaces 2
← Diplomatic relation 2
← Located in/on physical feature 2
← Location of discovery 2
← Operator 2
Category for people born here 1
Category of associated people 1
Country 1
Currency 1
Employees / affiliates 1
End cause 1
Flag 1
Followed by 1
Founded entities 1
Founder 1
Has these parts 1
Head of government 1
Member of 1
Most populous urban area 1
Named after 1
Office held by head of state 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Replaced by 1
Topic's main category 1
← Affiliation 1
← Ancestral home 1
← Based on 1
← Category's main topic 1
← Commander of (DEPRECATED) 1
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
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Summary
Russian Empire is an empire[1].
Body
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Russian Empire include Novorossiya[61], a territory[62], founded in 1764[63] and Russian Mennonite[64], an ethnic group[65].
Why It Matters
Entities named for it include Novorossiya[61], a territory[62], founded in 1764[63] and Russian Mennonite[64], an ethnic group[65].