Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that extended across northern Eurasia from 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in 1917, forming the final era of Tsarist Russia and the wider Russian monarchy. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km2 (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history, behind only the British and Mongol empires. The 1897 Russian census found a population of 126 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity.
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Rulers
- Rus and Russia
- Peter the Great 1682 – 1725, Catherine I 1725 – 1727, Peter II 1727 – 1730, Anna 1730 – 1740, Ivan VI 1740 – 1741, Elizabeth 1741 – 1762, Peter III 1762 – 1762, Catherine the Great 1762 – 1796, Paul I 1796 – 1801, Alexander I 1801 – 1825, Nicholas I 1825 – 1855, Alexander II of Russia 1855 – 1881, Alexander III the Peacemaker 1881 – 1894, Nicholas II 1894 – 1917
Events on its territory
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire
- 1724 Founding of the Academy of Sciences
- 1733–1743 Great Northern Expedition
- 1755 Founding of Moscow University
- 1762 Accession of Catherine the Great
- 1764 Founding of the Hermitage
- c. 1768 Extinction of Steller's sea cow
- 1773–1775 Pugachev's Rebellion
- 1783 Russian annexation of Crimea (1783)
- 1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia
- 1825 Decembrist revolt
- 1853–1856 Crimean War
- 1861 Emancipation of the serfs in Russia
- 1867 Alaska Purchase
- 1869 Tolstoy's War and Peace
- 1869 Mendeleev's periodic table
- 1877 Premiere of Swan Lake
- 1881 Assassination of Alexander II
- 1891–1916 Building the Trans-Siberian Railway
- 1895 Popov's radio receiver
- 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War
- 1905–1907 Russian Revolution of 1905
- 1908 Tunguska event