Russian Empire

Russian Empire

Former empire in Eurasia (1721–1917)
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The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history, behind only the British and Mongol empires. It also colonized North America between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity.

Religion
1897 census
Majority:
71.09% Orthodox
Minorities:
11.07% Islam
9.13% Catholic
4.15% Jewish
2.84% Lutheran
0.94% Armenian
0.76% Other
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Legislature:Upper house
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Legislature:Lower house
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