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Russian Empire
The
Russian Empire
(
Pre-reform Russian orthography
: ,
Modern Russian
: ,
translit
: ) was a
state
that existed from 1721 until overthrown by the short-lived liberal
February Revolution in 1917
. One of the
largest empires
in world history, stretching over three continents, the Russian Empire was surpassed in landmass only by the
British
and
Mongol
empires. The rise of the Russian Empire happened in association with the decline of the neighboring rival powers: the
Swedish Empire
, the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
,
Persia
and the
Ottoman Empire
. It played a major role in 1812–14 in defeating
Napoleon
's ambitions to control Europe, and expanded to the west and south.
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