Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy, spanning most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. 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. It also colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity.

thumb|Simeon I of Bulgaria, the first Bulgarian tsar and the first person who bore the title "tsar", by [[Alphonse Mucha|alt=Alphonse Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.4: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (1923)]] thumb|Reception of the Tsar of Russia in the Moscow Kremlin, by [[Ivan Makarov]] thumb|Crowning of Stefan Dušan, [[Emperor of the Serbs, as tsar, by Paja Jovanović]]

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1649–1764 Cossack state in Ukraine

overview of Estonian national awakening in 19th century

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Sagallo (; ; ; ) is a village situated on the Gulf of Tadjoura, in the country of Djibouti, famous for having been occupied by a Russian expedition in 1889.

Diamond-encrusted crown first used by Catherine the Great

historic boundary of three European empires

former residence of Sardar, the ruler of the Erivan Khanate

thumb|Ivan Cherkasov started his career as a podyachy A podyachy or podyachiy (; from ) was an office (bureaucratic) occupation in prikazes (local and upper governmental offices) and lesser local offices of Russia in the 15th to 18th centuries. The podyachyes were classified into junior, middle and senior. A senior podyachy (старший подьячий) could be a deputy to a dyak and helped him in some duties. Junior and middle ones were usually employed only as scribes.