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Russian Empire, the second largest empire in the world

2022-11-02 18:28:45Histori SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Russian Empire, the second largest empire in the world
Russian Empire (1721-1917)

The expansion of Russia began in 1462, when Ivan III took the throne of Muscovy. But in the 1700s, with Peter the Great, Russia turns into an empire, opening the western frontier.

After blocking Sweden's ambitions and ceding Caucasian territories to the Ottomans, Russia took control of Poland and Ukraine.

This empire was the successor of Russian Tsarism and the predecessor of the Soviet Union.

It was the second largest empire in the world, second only to the Mongol Empire, and the third largest in the world after the Mongol Empire and the British Empire.

At one point in 1866 the Russian empire stretched from Eastern Europe across Asia to North America.

It was ruled by the emperor and was one of the remaining absolute monarchies in Europe, and at the time before World War I, Russia was one of the five great powers in Europe.

The peak of the empire since 1866, before giving Alaska to the US. In 1917, after a bloody war, most of the territory passed to the former Soviet Union.


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