Российская Империя (ru–Cyrl) Rossiyskaya Imperiya (translit) The Russian Empire
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| Motto Съ нами Богъ! (God is with us!)
| Anthem "God Save The Tsar!"
| The Russian Empire in 1866 [1]
| Capital
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Saint Petersburg (1721–28) Moscow (1728–30) Saint Petersburg/Petrograd (1730–1918)
| Language(s)
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Official: Russian Recognised regional languages: Finnish, Swedish, Polish Second language: French
| Religion
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State Church: Russian Orthodox Minorities:Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Old Believers, Muslims, Buddhists
| Government
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Absolute Monarchy
| Emperor
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Peter I
| - 1894–1917
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Nicholas II
| Legislature
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State Duma
| History
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| - Accession of Peter I
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May 7, 1682 NS, April 27, 1682 OS¹
| - Empire proclaimed
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October 22, 1721 NS, October 11, 1721 OS
| - Decembrist revolt
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December 26, 1825 NS, December 14, 1825 OS
| - Abolition of feudalism
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March 3, 1861 NS, February 19, 1861 OS
| - Revolution of 1905
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January–December 1905
| - Constitution
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April 23, 1906
| - February Revolution
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March 15, 1917 NS, March 2, 1917 OS
| - October Revolution
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November 7, 1917 NS, October 25, 1917 OS
| Area
| - 1916
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21,799,825 km2 (8,416,959 sq mi)
| Population
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181,537,800
| Density
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8.3 /km2 (21.6 /sq mi)
| Currency
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Ruble
| 1: Russia continued to use the Julian calendar until after the collapse of the empire; see Old Style and New Style dates.
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