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The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few peoples to fend off Mongol conquerors, but at a terrible cost. Turks, Persians, and Russians sought to seize Chechnya, and it was finally absorbed into the Russian Empire in 1859.
Stephen Kinzer

Meaning of "Russian Empire" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUSSIAN EMPIRE

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Russian Empire is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RUSSIAN EMPIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire 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. It played a major role in 1812–14 in defeating Napoleon's ambitions to control Europe, and expanded to the west and south. It was often in conflict with the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 19th century, it extended from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea on the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean, and into Alaska in North America on the east. With 125.6 million subjects registered by the 1897 census, it had the third largest population in the world at the time, after Qing China and the British Empire. Like all empires, it included a large disparity in terms of economics, ethnicity, and religion. There were numerous dissident elements, who launched numerous rebellions and assassination attempts; they were closely watched by the secret police, with thousands exiled to Siberia.

Definition of Russian Empire in the English dictionary

The definition of Russian Empire in the dictionary is the tsarist empire in Asia and E Europe, overthrown by the Russian Revolution of 1917.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian Turkestan
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WORDS THAT END LIKE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

British Empire
Byzantine Empire
Chinese Empire
Eastern Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
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First Empire
Holy Roman Empire
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Ottoman Empire
Persian Empire
Roman Empire
Second Empire
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Western Empire
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Synonyms and antonyms of Russian Empire in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Russian Empire» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of Russian Empire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Russian Empire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Russian Empire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

俄罗斯帝国
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Imperio ruso
570 millions of speakers

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Russian Empire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रूसी साम्राज्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الإمبراطورية الروسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Русская империя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Império Russo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাশিয়ান সাম্রাজ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Empire russe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Empayar Rusia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

russischen Reiches
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロシア帝国
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

러시아 제국
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekaisaran Rusia
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Đế quốc Nga
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரஷியன் பேரரசு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रशियन साम्राज्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rus İmparatorluğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Impero russo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Imperium Rosyjskiego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Російська імперія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Imperiul rus
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ρωσική Αυτοκρατορία
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Russiese Ryk
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ryska imperiet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

russiske imperiet
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Russian Empire

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Stephen Kinzer
The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few peoples to fend off Mongol conquerors, but at a terrible cost. Turks, Persians, and Russians sought to seize Chechnya, and it was finally absorbed into the Russian Empire in 1859.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUSSIAN EMPIRE»

Discover the use of Russian Empire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Russian Empire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals
Focusing on the Tsarist and Soviet empires of Russia, Lieven reveals the nature and meaning of all empires throughout history.
Dominic Lieven, 2002
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The Russian empire: a multiethnic history
Breaking completely new ground, The Russian Empire is essential reading. Andreas Kappeler is Professor of East European History, University of Vienna. The translator of this edition is Alfred Clayton.
Andreas Kappeler, 2001
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The Russian Empire, 1801-1917
This volume in the Oxford History of Modern Europe series surveys the development of the Russian empire from the reign of Alexander I to the abdication of Nicholas II. The book centres on political and social history - the history of ...
Hugh Seton-Watson, 1988
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Russian Empire: Space, People, Power, 1700-1930
Presents a new conception of the Russian empire
Jane Burbank, Mark Von Hagen, A. V. Remnev, 2007
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Nationalizing the Russian Empire: The Campaign Against Enemy ...
"During the war, the imperial regime dropped its ambivalence about Russian nationalism and embraced unprecedented and radical policies that "nationalized" the economy, the land, and even the population.
Eric Lohr, 2003
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Islam and the Russian Empire: Reform and Revolution in ...
"A particularly valuable work.
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, 1988
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Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire
Now in paperback, Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire was acclaimed by The Hartford Courant as "a thrilling discovery ... a reversal of the letters [of] Saul Bellow's Herzog ... [with] a Nabokovian delight in words and texts.
José Manuel Prieto, 2007
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Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire
The central argument of this book is that the half-century of Russian rule in Central Asia was shaped by traditions of authoritarian rule.
Daniel Brower, 2012
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Migration from the Russian Empire: June 1889-July 1890
Compilation of data on passengers of Russian nationality who immigrated to the United States from Russian territories between 1875 and 1891. Passenger lists are arranged chronolgically by date of arrival at New York harbor.
Ira A. Glazier, 1998
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The Russian Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Searching for ...
Russia's eighteenth-century drive toward modernity and empire under the two greats--Peter I and Catherine II--is fully captured in this new work by one of Russia's outstanding young historians.
Aleksandr B. Kamenskii, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUSSIAN EMPIRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Russian Empire is used in the context of the following news items.
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18 rare colour photographs of the Russian Empire from over 100 …
In 1907, the photographer decided to systematically document the Russian Empire and was given a specially-equipped railroad car darkroom by Tsar Nicholas ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
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Peter Jones: Putin set on restoring Russian empire
But on the other side of the coin, the disappearance of Russia's empire – in eastern Europe and southern Asia – which, in comparison to the dissolution of the ... «Scotsman, Feb 15»
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Anti-Nazi Group Secretly Helping Kremlin Rebuild Russian Empire
A Jewish oligarch who spent a decade serving in the Russian Federation Council (the country's rubber-stamp, upper legislative chamber), Spiegel has close ties ... «Daily Beast, Feb 15»
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The Russian Empire - Is Kazakhstan Next?
Astana's language and nationality policies have put Kazakhstan at risk of becoming a second Ukraine in 2015, according to Ilya Namovir, a Russian linguist who ... «OilPrice.com, Dec 14»
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Russia Is Repeating Old Mistakes
However, advocates of restoration tend to miss one important point: both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union ended in failure and collapse — the former in ... «The Moscow Times, Dec 14»
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Putin Is Inspired by Russian Empire
The decision to erect a monument to 19th-century Emperor Alexander I near the Kremlin, and for President Vladimir Putin to participate in the unveiling ... «The Moscow Times, Nov 14»
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Czar Putin Wants a Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was assembled by both conquest and colonization, and as each territory was added, the Czar would encourage Russian-speaking people ... «Wall Street Daily, Oct 14»
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Russia's Empire State of Mind
Following World War I, the Russian Empire bid farewell to Poland, Finland, the Baltic states and Bessarabia [in modern Moldova]. The Soviet Union later ... «The Moscow Times, Oct 14»
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'Did he mean Alaska?' Obama wrongly blames Russia for 'trying to …
As a matter of fact, Russia did not “lose” any lands on the Eurasian continent in the 19th century. A side-by-side comparison of maps of the Russian Empire ... «RT, Sep 14»
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Polish president warns Germany of Putin's 'empire' ambitions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Polish President Bronis law Komorowski said that Vladimir Putin is trying to build a new Russian empire for Moscow and that the region now ... «Yahoo News, Aug 14»

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