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Topographic map of the Russian Empire in 1912 Map of the Russian Empire in 1745 By the end of the 19th century the area of the empire was about 22,400,000 square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi), or almost one-sixth of the Earth's landmass; its only rival in size at the time was the British Empire .
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11 de mar. de 2024 · Russian Empire, historical empire founded on November 2, 1721, when the Russian Senate conferred the title of emperor of all the Russias upon Peter I. It ended with the abdication of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917. Learn more about the history and significance of the Russian Empire in this article.
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The story of the Russian Empire begins with the founding of the principality of Moscow, also known in Western tradition as Muscovy, in the mid-13th century. At the time, Moscow was more-or-less a vassal of the Mongol Empire. But by the mid-14thcentury, Mongol power was declining, allowing Moscow to assert greater independence. At the same time, Mos...
Ivan IV, who ruled Russia from 1547 to 1584, managed to expand Russian territory well beyond the Ural Mountains, into north-central Asia, and southward towards the Caspian Sea. He also radically and ruthlessly centralized power in favor of himself and the monarchy in general, punishing anyone who questioned his authority in even the slightest way, ...
By the late 17thcentury, Russia was already the largest state in the world. At the same time, however, the vast empire had a population of just 14 million. It was also overwhelmingly agrarian, with only a small portion of its population living in cities. It is at this point that Peter I, otherwise known as Peter the Great, became Russia’s ruler. Pe...
After the Napoleonic Wars, Russian power began to wane. Even though the empire managed to conquer more territory in the Caucuses and Central Asia over the course of the 19th century, it was also lagging behind the rest of Europe economically and technologically, as other European powers enjoyed rapid growth due to the Industrial Revolution, sea tra...
13 de mar. de 2024 · Early nineteenth century map of the European part of the Russian Empire. Map depicts administrative seats, as well as cities, towns, and villages; customs houses; post stations; large and ordinary postal roads; distances between postal stations in versts; imperial, government, and district boundaries; rivers and lakes; place names ...
30 de jul. de 2021 · Russia and its Empire in Eurasia: Cartographic Resources in the Library of Congress. This research guide assists in identifying maps and atlases of Russia and nations formerly governed by Russia in the collections of the Library's Geography and Map Division.
18 de abr. de 2024 · Our project documents, interrogates, visualizes, and interprets the history of Imperial Russia. In other words, we are building a spatial history of the Russian Empire. In other phases of the project we create databases and make maps.
The atlas is composed of 60 maps, including a general map of the empire. Despite its quirks (for example, not only the scale but even the projection varies across the series), the atlas offers better insight into the spatial structure of the Russian Empire than any Google Map or NASA satellite image or expert recreation of historical space ever ...
