Russian Empire
Empire that extended across Eurasia from 1721, succeeding the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad that ended the Great Northern War.
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February Revolution
The first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.
The first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.
Three days later Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, ending Romanov dynastic rule and the Russian Empire.
Emperor of all the Russias
The emperor or empress of all the Russias or All Russia (often titled Tsar or Tsarina/Tsaritsa) was the monarch of the Russian Empire.
Russian America
Russian America (Русская Америка) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867.
Ottoman Empire
Empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.
Empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.
However, during a long period of peace from 1740 to 1768, the Ottoman military system fell behind that of its European rivals, the Habsburg and Russian empires.
Peter the Great
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alekséyevich (9 June 1672 – 8 February 1725) was a monarch of the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V.
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Country and federation of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Country and federation of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Its growing weakness led to its partitioning among its neighbors (Austria, Prussia, and Russia) during the late 18th century.
Treaty of Nystad
The last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721.
The last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721.
Nystad manifested the decisive shift in the European balance of power which the war had brought about: the Swedish imperial era had ended; Sweden entered the Age of Liberty, while Russia had emerged as a new empire.
Tsar
Title used to designate East and South Slavic monarchs.
Title used to designate East and South Slavic monarchs.
Tsardom of Russia, in 1547–1721 (replaced in 1721 by imperator in Russian Empire, but still remaining in use, also officially in relation to several regions until 1917)
Tsardom of Russia
The Tsardom of Russia or Tsardom of Rus' (Русское царство, later changed to: Российское царство), also externally referenced as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of Tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter I in 1721.
Empire
About the political and historical term.
About the political and historical term.
An important distinction has been between land empires made up solely of contiguous territories, such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Russian Empire; and those created by sea-power, include territories which are far remote from the 'home' country of the empire, such as the British Empire.