Russian Empire

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Russian Empire
Россійская Имперія

1721- 1917

Capital | Saint Petersburg

Monarch | King Peter the Great

Population | 175,000,000 (1914)

Currency | Russian Ruble

The Russian Empire was the political entity overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Its last head of state was Tsar Nicholas II. At its height, it stretched from Scandinavia to the Pacific Ocean.