- Motto
- За Веру, Царя и Отечество, "For Faith, Tsar, and Fatherland"
- Founded
- November 2, 1721 ; 304 years ago ( 1721-11-02 )
- Disbanded
- 14 September 1917 ; 108 years ago ( 1917-09-14 )
- Service branches
- Regular troops Cossack troops Muslim troops State militia
- Headquarters
- Imperial Main Headquarters
- Commander in chief
- Emperor of Russia
- Governing body
- General Staff Stavka of the Supreme Commander (1914–17)
- Supreme commander 1914 17
- Grand Duke Nicholas (first), Nikolai Dukhonin (last)
- Chief of the general staff
- Pyotr Volkonsky (first), Vladimir Marushevsky (last)
- Military age
- 21–43
- Conscription
- 2–6 years; compulsory service