Overview of the Russian Empire

Russia was somewhat new in terms of state affairs for the European states at the beginning of the 18th century, which took a while to understand its sovereign title, i.e., “The Tsar.” The Russian Empire was known for its diversity of population, which followed distinct cultural ethics in which the majority of people were Christians, Jews, and Muslims. The kingdom came into existence in the course of Peter the Great’s reign (1694–1725), after emerging as the supreme power by defeating the Swedish and Polish in the great war that occurred in 1700–21.

At the beginning of 1721, King Peter officially announced the Russian Empire, which lasted until Russia declared itself pure-democratic in 1917. The origination of the Russian Empire sowed the seeds when Peter the Great received the throne because his half-brother (Ivan V) was dull-witted and could not contribute to state affairs and died in 1696. Czar Peter gave a seal of approval to westernize Russia in all ways for the betterment of the Russian people. Surprisingly, he reformed the new capital of Russia, shifting the old capital Moscow to a new city, St. Petersburg, which reformed after him.

For the first time in the Russian memoir, Peter the Great came to honor some of his specialties with a shield of “count” to the armed chief Boris Sheremetev, senior politician Nikita Zotov, captain Fyodor Apraksin, and more for their contribution to the monarch.

Alexander Menshikov became the first prince (Knyaz) in 1707, even though he did not belong to the emperor’s bloodline but grasped the royal title at the command of the Tsar’s legislate. Usually, the titles of count and prince were given to the bloodline of emperors in the European sovereignty that emerged as new governing laws in Russian history.

In 1710, after a wonderful victory for Russia against Sweden in the Poltava War, the British diplomat referred to Tsar Peter as the Caesar in his speech, which was similar to the Holy Roman Emperor.

List of countries in Russian Empire: The world’s third-largest sovereign state in human history is immersed in the regions of Asia, North America, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe. In the course of its region, the Russian Empire secured the third-largest kingdom after the British Empire, which was the first, and the Mongol Empire, which was the second. Read below this article to find out the complete list of countries in the Russian Empire.