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Roushie Empire

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Roushie Empire

Россійская Имперія  (Pre-reformed Russian)
Российская империя  (RussianCyrillic)
Rossiyskaya imperiya  (transliteration)
1721–1917
Location o Roushie
CaipitalSt. Petersburg (main caipital), Moscow
Common leidsOffeecial
Roushie
Releegion
Offeecial
Roushie Orthodox
GovrenmentAbsolute 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
Emperor exercises legislative
pouer in conjunction wi the
State Cooncil an State Duma[1]
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
186622,800,000 km2 (8,800,000 sq mi)
191621,799,825 km2 (8,416,959 sq mi)
Population
• 1916
181,537,800
CurrencyRuble
ISO 3166 codeRU
Precedit bi
Succeedit bi
Tsardom o Roushie
Roushie Republic
Ober Ost
Karafuto Prefectur
Department o Alaska
Northren Caucasus
State o
Buryat-Mongolie
The day pairt o

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]

References

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  1. "The Sovereign Emperor exercises legislative power in conjunction with the State Council and State Duma". Fundamental laws, art. 7
  2. . 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.