The Russian Empire (Russian: Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.
The Russian Empire fought the Great War and the ensuring Civil War with a lot of armoured cars of all origins. Some tanks were nevertheless tried.
Personal Encounters. The City. Russian cities swarm with people. Most city dwellers live in small apartments in large multi-storied buildings rather than in detached houses.
The State Duma or Imperial Duma was the Lower House, part of the legislative assembly in the late Russian Empire, which held its meetings in the …
Byzantine Empire: History and geography of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
The Decline of the Ottoman Empire was also caused by internal factors which had to do with the way the Ottomans organized their Empire on the one side and the upcoming nationalism of the peoples.
Galactic Empires, vol 1 (1976). Artwork by Karel Thole. click for larger image
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Russia (Russian: Россия, Rossija) is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, spanning Eastern Europe and northern Asia.