Roushie Empire
a state that existit frae 1721 till 1917
(Reguidit frae Imperial Roushie)
The Roushie Empire (Pre-reform Roushie orthografie: Россійская Имперія, Modren Roushie: Российская империя, translit: Rossiyskaya Imperiya) wis a state that existit frae 1721 till owerthrown bi the short-lived leeberal Februar Revolution in 1917.[2]
Roushie Empire Россійская Имперія (Pre-reformed Russian) Российская империя (Russian–Cyrillic) Rossiyskaya imperiya (transliteration) | |||||||||||||||||||
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1721–1917 | |||||||||||||||||||
Caipital | St. Petersburg (main caipital), Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||
Common leids | Offeecial Roushie Regional | ||||||||||||||||||
Releegion | Offeecial Roushie Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||
Govrenment | Absolute monarchy (1721–1906) Constitutional monarchy (1906–1917) | ||||||||||||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1721–1725 (first) | Peter I | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1894–1917 (last) | Nicholas II | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1905–1906 (first) | Sergei Witte | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1917 (last) | Nikolai Golitsyn | ||||||||||||||||||
Legislatur | |||||||||||||||||||
State Cooncil | |||||||||||||||||||
State Duma | |||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
• Accession o Peter I | 7 May [O.S. 27 Apr] 1682[c] | ||||||||||||||||||
• Empire proclaimed | 22 Oct [O.S. 11 Oct] 1721 | ||||||||||||||||||
26 Dec [O.S. 14 Dec] 1825 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 Mar [O.S. 19 Feb] 1861 | |||||||||||||||||||
Jan–Dec 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 May [O.S. 23 Apr] 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 Mar [O.S. 2 Mar] 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 Nov [O.S. 25 Oct] 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||
Aurie | |||||||||||||||||||
1866 | 22,800,000 km2 (8,800,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
1916 | 21,799,825 km2 (8,416,959 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1916 | 181,537,800 | ||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Ruble | ||||||||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | RU | ||||||||||||||||||
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References
eedit- ↑ "The Sovereign Emperor exercises legislative power in conjunction with the State Council and State Duma". Fundamental laws, art. 7
- ↑ . Swain says, "The first government to be formed after the February Revolution of 1917 had, with one exception, been composed of liberals." Geoffrey Swain (2014). Trotsky and the Russian Revolution. Routledge. p. 15.; also see Alexander Rabinowitch (2008). The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana UP. p. 1.