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The Russian Empire (or Imperial Russia) covers the period of Russian history from the expansion of the state of Muscovy under Peter the Great into the Russian Empire stretching from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposition of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

This period is also regarded by many as the Russian Empire, however many also consider the Soviet Union to have been a continuation of the empire up until the fall of the Soviet government in 1991. Fixing the period of the Russian Empire is contentious, whereas fixing the period of Imperial Russia is more straightforward.

Early Imperial Russia

Ruling the Empire Transformation of Russia in the Nineteenth Century The Last Years of the Autocracy
  • Russian Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1905-1907
  • The Stolypin and Kokovtsov Governments of Russia
  • Russian Active Balkan Policy, 1906-13
  • Russia at War, 1914-16
  • The Fatal Weakening of Tsarism in Russia

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