(was so called in russia 1860 -1917)
1RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …
2Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
3Paul I of Russia — Paul I Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias Reign 17 November 1796 – 23 March 1801 ( 100000000000000040000004 years, 10000000000000126000000126 days) …
4Nicholas I of Russia — Nicholas I Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias Reign 1 December 1825 – 2 March 1855 ( 1000000000000002900000029 years, 10000000000000091000000 …
5Alexander II of Russia — Alexander II Alexander II by Sergei Lvovich Levitsky 1870 (The Di Rocco Wieler Private Collection, Toronto, Canada) Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias Reign …
6Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia — The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ( ru. Русская Православная Церковь Заграницей, ru. Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov Zagranitsey ), also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, or ROCOR) is a semi autonomous part of the Russian… …
7Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia — Infobox Russian Royalty|grand duke name = Alexei Alexandrovich title =Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia imgw = 200px caption = spouse = Alexandra Vasilievna Zhukovskaya issue = Alexei Alexandrovich imperial house =House of Holstein… …
8Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia — Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Spouse Princess Alexandra of Saxe Altenburg Issue Grand Duke Nikolay Konstantinovich Olga, Queen of the Hellenes Vera, Duchess Eugen of Württemberg Grand Duke Konstanti …
9New York City mayoral election, 1917 — 1913 ← November 6, 1917 → 1921 …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
