Russian Imperial History 2/20

Russia: Land Of The Tsars

The Russian Empire (Pre-reform Russian: Россійская Имперія, Modern Russian: Российская Империя, translit: Rossiyskaya Imperiya) was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union. It was the second largest contiguous empire the world has ever seen, surpassed only by the Mongol Empire, and the third largest empire the world has ever seen, surpassed only by the Mongol Empire and the British Empire . At one point in 1866, it stretched from eastern Europe, across Asia, and into North America.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Russia was the largest country in the world, extending from the Arctic Ocean to the north to the Black Sea on the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean on the east. Across this vast realm were scattered the Emperor's 176.4 million subjects, the third largest population of the world at the time, after Qing China and the British Empire, but still represented a great disparity in economic, ethnic, and religious positions. Its government, ruled by the Emperor, was one of the last absolute monarchies left in Europe. Prior to the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 Russia was one of the five major Great Powers of Europe. The empire had lasted ultimately for 196 years, from 1721-1917.

Russian Empire:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_empire

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[Code5601]

the thing historians from the west seem to always leave out is the fact that all of russia was never captured(mongols turened back at novgorod lands) and Vladimir monamah and aroslav the wise(person who made the first russian law code(did not contain capital punishement, probably the only one at the time )) and Alexander Nevski, the military leader of Novgorod and eventually all of rus when the time came... the West don't want to admit the russians crushed the sweeds and teutonic Knights Poccia!

[AntonZemtsov]

Novgorod was not the Mongols. Only to pay tribute.

[277imperator]

I really like these documentaries. If you have more, please put them up. Thanks!

[SyCo888]

@AntonZemtsov They say that.

[hoeryong]

@AntonZemtsov of couese, novgorod is synthesis of slavic and viking culture

[untipok]

who to be amongols at that time?

[DSDunlap72]

@Code5601 Yes, but Alexander Nevsky paid the Mongols off.... he was wise. The Mongols DID rule nearly all of Russia. He crushed the Swedes and the Teutonic Knights, but was wise enough to know that Novgorod could NOT have beaten the Mongols at that time.

Nevsky, by doing so, probably saved Russia. Not that the Mongols were interested in destroying the culture... they just wanted the money. Most of the "Mongol Yoke" was, in fact, Rusian-imposed.

[meProudToBeCaucasian]

@ireedui1 And youre using Cyrillic alphabet now in the end.

[majnos]

@1oden2dva3tree я не понимаю, чешский перевод. перевод на русский язык, пожалуйста:)

[ireedui1]

everyone is jealous of our history. without us Russia and China wouldn't be part of the one country. without us Moscov never becomes capital of Russia, without us Beijing wouldn't be capital of China. we wrote  250 years of russian history whether they like it or not.