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  1. Provisional Government. Russian Republic. The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia or simply Russia, [e] [f] was a vast realm that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

  2. Russian intervention in the Commonwealth marked, with the Silent Sejm, the beginning of a 200-year domination of that region by the Russian Empire. In celebration of his conquests, Peter assumed the title of emperor, and the Russian Tsardom officially became the Russian Empire in 1721.

  3. The Russian Empire, also known as Tsarist Russia, Tsarist Empire or Imperial Russia, and sometimes simply as Russia, [e] [f] was a country in Europe and Asia from November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917. When the Russian Empire collapsed, it became the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR), as part of the Soviet ...

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  4. 2 days ago · Russian Empire, historical empire founded on November 2 (October 22, Old Style), 1721, when the Russian Senate conferred the title of emperor (imperator) of all the Russias upon Peter I. The abdication of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, marked the end of the empire and its ruling Romanov dynasty. Michael, detail of a mid-19th-century coloured ...

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  5. Russian Empire (1721–1917) After victory in the Great Northern War Russia became empire. The tsar Peter the Great became an emperor. Russian revolution, the intervention and the Civil war (1917–1922) The Tsarist system was completely overthrown in February 1917 in the February Revolution.

  6. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia or simply Russia, was a vast realm that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its ...

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