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  1. Russian Empire

    of Russian translit small conventional long name Russian Empire common name Russia continent Europe ... symbol Coat of arms of the Russian Empire symbol type Imperial Coat of arms image map Russian Empire orthographic projection .svg image map caption Asynchronous map of the Russian Empire anchor ... Russia State Council house2 State Duma of the Russian Empire State Duma stat year1 1866 stat area1 23700000 stat year2 1916 stat area2 21799825 stat year3 Russian Empire Census 1897 stat pop3 125640021 ... Ukraine flagu United States flagu Uzbekistan flagu Mongolia History of Russia The Russian Empire Reforms ... of the 19th century the Russian Empire extended from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black .... With 125.6 million subjects registered by the Russian Empire Census 1897 census , it had the third ... 1838.jpg thumb left Peter the Great officially renamed the Tsardom of Russia the Russian Empire in 1721 ... Empire which brought a significant weakening of Ottoman vassal Crimean Khanate , a long term Russian ... the Russian Empire would play a leading political role in the next century, secured by its defeat ... direction vertical width 220 image1 Romanov Flag.svg caption1 Flag of the Russian Empire for Celebrations ... the Late Imperial China Chinese Empire between 1858 1860 and sold Alaska Russian America to the USA ... File Russian Empire Map 1912.jpg thumb Russian Empire in 1912 The administrative boundaries of European ... lived in the Russian Empire, with ethnic Russians comprising about 45 of the population. Territory ..., Russian Empire had occupied all territories of the present day Russian Federation, with the exception ... Erzurum from Turkey then part of the Ottoman Empire . Between 1742 and 1867 the Russian Empire administered ... was incorporated into the Russian Empire as an Autonomous entity autonomous grand duchy grand principality ... and significant portions of Ottoman Empire Ottoman Armenia . While the modern Russian Federation ... article of the Organic law , the Russian Empire was one indivisible state. In addition, the 26th ...   more details



  1. Oblasts of the Russian Empire

    In the Russian Empire , oblast s were considered to be administrative units and were included as parts of Governorates General or krai s. The majority of then existing oblasts were located on the periphery of the country e.g. Kars Oblast or Transcaspian Region Transcaspian Oblast or covered the areas where Cossacks lived. List Amur Oblast Armenian Oblast Batumi Oblast Belostok Oblast Bessarabia Oblast Don Voisko Oblast Dagestan Oblast Zabaikalskaya Oblast Imeretinskaya Oblast Caucasian Governorate Caucasian ? Kamchatka Oblast Russian Empire Kamchatka Oblast Kars Oblast Caspian Oblast Kwantung Oblast Kuban Oblast Oblast of Orenburg Kirgiz Orenburg Kirgiz Omsk Oblast Russian Empire Omsk Oblast Primorskaya Oblast Sakhalin Oblast Russian Empire Sakhalin Taurida Governorate Taurida ? Tarnopolsky District Tarnopolsky ? Terek Oblast Turgai Oblast Russian Empire Turgai Oblast Ural Oblast Russian Empire Ural Oblast Yakut Oblast Oblast s of Governor Generalship of the Steppes Stepnoy Krai Aqmola Oblast Russian Empire Aqmola Oblast Oblast of Siberia Kirgiz Siberia Kirgiz Semipalatinsk Oblast Russian Empire Semipalatinsk Oblast Oblast s of Turkestan general governorship Turkestan Krai Transcaspian Oblast Samarkand Oblast Semirechenskaya Oblast Syr Darya Oblast Turkestan Oblast Fergana Oblast See also Oblasts of the Soviet Union Oblasts of Russia Oblasts of Ukraine Subdivisions of the Russian Empire Category Oblasts of the Russian Empire ...   more details



  1. Northwestern Front (Russian Empire)

    The Northwestern Front Russian Empire Front was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War . It was established in August 1914. In August 1915 it was split into Northern Front Russian Empire Northern Front and Western Front Russian Empire Western Front . This unit participated in the Russian invasion of East Prussia 1914 . Commanders of the Northwestern Front 19.07.1914 03.09.1914 general Yakov Zhilinskiy 03.09.1914 17.03.1915 general Nikolai Ruzsky 17.03.1915 04.08.1915 general Mikhail Alekseyev Armies deployed on the Northwestern Front 1st Army Russian Empire 1st Army July 1914 August 1915 2nd Army Russian Empire 2nd Army July 1914 August 1915 3rd Army Russian Empire 3rd Army June 1914 August 1915 4th Army Russian Empire 4th Army June 1914 August 1915 5th Army Russian Empire 5th Army September 1914 August 1915 10th Army Russian Empire 10th Army August 1914 August 1915 12th Army Russian Empire 12th Army January 1915 August 1915 13th Army Russian Empire 13th Army June 1914 August 1915 See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units Category Fronts of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations established in 1914 Category 1914 establishments in Russia mil hist stub ar pl Front P nocno Zachodni rosyjski ru uk ...   more details



  1. Krais of the Russian Empire

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Mergeto Subdivisions of the Russian Empire date February 2011 Expand list date August 2008 The Russian Empire at various times included the subdivisions known as krai s . Some of these krais were Northwestern Krai Southwestern Krai Turkestan Krai Privislinsky Krai Tannu Uriankhai Uriankhaisky Krai See also Krais of Russia Category Subdivisions of the Russian Empire Russia hist stub ar ko ru ...   more details



  1. Western Front (Russian Empire)

    The Western Front lang ru was a Front Russian Empire major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War . It was formed on the base of the Northwestern Front Russian Empire Northwestern Front and disbanded in 1918. ref http www.genstab.ru oob ww1 ru.htm Armies of the World War I Participants ru icon ref Composition Field Office HQ 1st Army Russian Empire 1st Army August 1915 April 1916 2nd Army Russian Empire 2nd Army August 1915 the beginning of 1918 3rd Army Russian Empire 3rd Army August 1915 June 1916, July 1916 early 1918 4th Army Russian Empire 4th Army August 1915 October 1916 10th Army Russian Empire 10th Army August 1915 the beginning of 1918 Special Army Russian Empire Special Army August September 1916, November 1916 July 1917 Supreme Commanders 04.08.1915 18.08.1915 Mikhail Alekseyev 23.08.1915 11.03.1917 Alexei Evert 03.1917 Vladimir Smirnov 31.03.1917 23.05.1917 Vasily Gurko 31.05.1917 30.07.1917 Anton Denikin 31.07.1917 05.08.1917 Pyotr Lomnovskii 05.08.1917 12.11.1917 Pyotr Baluyev References reflist See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units Category Fronts of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations established in 1915 Category 1915 establishments in Russia mil hist stub ar pl Front Zachodni rosyjski ru , uk , 1914 1918 ...   more details



  1. 4th Army (Russian Empire)

    The Russian Fourth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front World War I Eastern Front . Composition At the beginning of the war, the army consisted of Field Office HQ 4th Army , formed on August  2, 1914 at the headquarters of the Kazan Military District and was retained until the beginning of 1918 Grenadier Corps XIV Army Corps XVI Army Corps III Caucasian Corps Deployment Southwestern Front Russian Empire Southwestern Front August 1914 June 1915 Northwestern Front Russian Empire Northwestern Front June August 1915 Western Front Russian Empire Western Front August 1915 October 1916 Romanian Front Russian Empire Romanian Front December 1916 early 1918 Commanders 19.07.1914 22.08.1914 General of Infantry Baron Anton von Saltza 22.08.1914 20.08.1915 General of Infantry Alexei Evert 30.08.1915 21.11.1917 General of Infantry Alexander Ragoza See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units Category Armies of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations established in 1914 Category 1914 establishments in Russia Mil unit stub pl 4 Armia Imperium Rosyjskie ru 4 uk 4 ...   more details



  1. Russian Empire (Suwarrow)

    Infobox micronation fullName Russian Empire shortName Russian Empire status Current flagImage Image Naval Ensign of Russia.svg 160px secondImage secondImageType Coat of arms motto englishMotto anthemName anthemComposer location purpOrgStruct constitutional monarchy leadership foundationDate 20 July 2011 areaClaimed 168 acres population ? language Russian purpCurrency currencycode capital Suwarrow does not exist ethnicgroups demonym gdp timezone Russian Empire is a micronation , located on coral atoll Suwarrow near the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean . History Anton Bakov has claimed that he has purchased from the Government of the Cook Islands atoll Suwarrow and declared on it the successor of the Russian Empire. ref name babr cite web author date url http gazeta.babr.ru ?IDE 96948 title publisher accessdate 2011 9 4 ref ref name izvestia cite web author date url http www.izvestia.ru news 499236 title ... state entity is July 20, 2011. By the Constitution of the Russian Empire, it is a federal constitutional monarchy and the successor of the Empire founded by Peter I . ref name babr ref name izvestia ... 1110050710 ref Symbols The coat of arms of new Russian Empire consists of double headed eagle, holding in the paws of the hammer and sickle. ref name babr ref name izvestia Flag of the Empire is old Russian Navy Ensign . The first vessel with flag of new Russian Empire was ship Southern Cross . The capital of the Empire would be city Suwarrow, which is decided to found in the lagoon of an atoll ... of the Russian empire territory is only 168 Hectare ha ca. 415 acres and it is located on 40 small ... Official site of new Russian Empire ref ru cite web author date url http www.utro.ru articles 2011 ... 6 23 2011 . ref Leaders At the moment there is no Emperor in the Empire, but the Empire is managed by the prime minister and the Empire founder Anton Bakov. The seat of the Emperor ...   more details



  1. 2nd Army (Russian Empire)

    The Russian Second Army was commanded by General Alexander Samsonov . It was nearly destroyed at the Battle of Tannenberg 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in 1914. Category Armies of the Russian Empire Russia mil stub ar fr Seconde arm e Empire de Russie pl 2 Armia Imperium Rosyjskie ru 2 uk 2 ...   more details



  1. Romanian Front (Russian Empire)

    seealso Romania during World War I The Romanian Front Russian Empire Front lang ru was a formation military formation of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War . Commanders 12.12.1916 01.04.1917 General of Cavalry Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov 11.04.1917 25.03.1918 General of Infantry Dmitry Shcherbachev See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units Category Fronts of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations established in 1916 mil unit stub ar fr Front roumain 1916 1918 pl Front Rumu ski ru sk Rumunsk front uk ...   more details



  1. Northern Front (Russian Empire)

    The Northern Front lang ru was a Front Russian Empire major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War . Composition 1st Army Russian Empire 1st Army April 1916 July 1917, Sept. 1917 early 1918 5th Army August 1915 early 1918 6th Army Russian Empire 6th Army Aug 1915 Dec. 1916 12th Army August 1915 early 1918 Commanders of the Northern Front 18.08.1915 06.12.1915 General of Infantry Nikolai Ruzsky 06.12.1915 06.02.1916 General of Infantry Pavel Plehve 06.02.1916 22.07.1916 General of Infantry Aleksey Kuropatkin 01.08.1916 25.04.1917 General of Infantry Nikolai Ruzsky 29.04.1917 01.06.1917 General of Cavalry Abraham Dragomirov 01.06.1917 29.08.1917 General of Infantry Vladislav Klembovsky 29.08.1917 09.09.1917 Major General Mikhail Bonch Bruevich 09.09.1917 14.11.1917 General of Infantry Vladimir Andreevich Cheremis See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units Category Fronts of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations established in 1915 Category 1915 establishments in Russia Mil hist stub ar hu szaki Front els vil gh bor pl Front P nocny rosyjski ru uk ...   more details



  1. 10th Army (Russian Empire)

    The 10th Army of the Imperial Russian Army was a military unit engaged in the First World War . Military Fronts and engagements in which the 10th Army participated Northwestern Front Russian Empire Northwestern Front August 1914 August 1915 Western Front Russian Empire Western Front August 1915 the beginning of 1918 Engagements Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes 7 22 February 1915 Commanders 22.08.1914 23.09.1914 General Vasily Flug 23.09.1914 25.04.1915 General Thadeus von Sievers 25.04.1915 12.12.1916 General Eugeniy Radkevich 12.12.1916 1.04.1917 General Vladimir Gorbatovsky 8.04.1917 4.07.1917 General Nikolai Kiselevskiy 9.09.1917 16.11.1917 General Ali Agha Shikhlinski References Russian Army in the Great War . . . K. Zaleski. The First World War See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units Category Armies of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations established in 1914 Category 1914 establishments in Russia Mil unit stub pl 10 Armia Imperium Rosyjskie ru 10 uk 10 ...   more details



  1. State Bank of the Russian Empire

    unreferenced date December 2010 The State Bank of the Russian Empire lang ru was the main bank of the Russian Empire from 1860 to 1917. This bank is considered to be the predecessor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation . History The State Bank was established on OldStyleDate 12 June 1860 31 May on the base of the State Commercial Bank by ukaz of Emperor Alexander II of Russia Alexander II . This ukaz also ratified the Statute of the bank. According the Statute, it was a state owned bank, intended for short term credit of trade and industry. In early 1917 the Bank had 11 branches, 133 permanent and 5 temporary offices and 42 agencies. On 7 November 1917 the State Bank was disestablished and was succeeded by the People s Bank of the RSFSR until 1922 and State Bank of the USSR until 1991 . After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new central bank was established, Central Bank of the Russian Federation . Governors of the State Bank 1860 1866 Alexander von Stieglitz 1866 1881 Yevgeniy Lamanskiy acting until 1867 1881 1889 Aleksei Tsimsen 1889 1894 Yuliy Zhukovskiy 1894 1903 Eduard Pleske 1903 1909 Sergei Timashev 1909 1912 Aleksei Konshin 1912 1917 Ivan Shipov External links ru icon http www.vep.ru bbl history cbr18 1.html Creation of the State Bank ru icon http www.cbr.ru today history empire bank.asp State Bank of the Russian Empire at the site of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Category Defunct banks of Russia Category Economic history of Russia Category Former central banks Russian Empire Category Banks established in 1860 Category 1917 disestablishments Category 1860 establishments in Russia ar de Staatsbank des Russischen Reiches fr Banque d tat de l Empire russe ru ...   more details



  1. Vologda Oblast, Russian Empire

    About the administrative division of the Russian Empire the modern federal subject of Russia Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast lang ru was an administrative division an oblast of Vologda Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire , which existed in 1780 1796. Vologda Oblast was one of the three original oblasts of Vologda Viceroyalty, when the latter was established by the Catherine II of Russia Catherine II s decree ukase on OldStyleDateNY February  5 January  25 , 1780. ref name ATSBook Cite book last . . title 1920 1993 . . publisher year 1995 location page 20 ref References Reflist coord missing Russia Category Oblasts of the Russian Empire Category States and territories established in 1780 Category 1796 disestablishments ...   more details



  1. Southwestern Front (Russian Empire)

    unreferenced date February 2009 The Southwestern Front was a Front Russian Empire major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War . It was established on 19 August 1914. Commanders of the Southwestern Front 19.07.1914 17.03.1916 General of Infantry Nikolai Judovich Ivanov Nikolai Ivanov 17.03.1916 21.05.1917 General of Cavalry Aleksei Brusilov 22.05.1917 10.07.1917 Lieutenant General Alexei Gutor 10.07.1917 18.07.1917 General of Infantry Lavr Kornilov 24.07.1917 31.07.1917 Lieutenant General Peter Baluev 02.08.1917 29.08.1917 Lieutenant General Anton Ivanovich Denikin 29.08.1917 09.09.1917 Lieutenant General Fyodor Ogorodnikov 09.09.1917 24.11.1917 Lieutenant General Nicholai Volodenko 11.1917 12.1917 Lieutenant General Nikolai Stogov See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units Category Fronts of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations established in 1914 Category 1914 establishments in Russia mil hist stub ar pl Front Po udniowo Zachodni rosyjski ru uk ...   more details



  1. Military district (Russian Empire)

    File Map of Military Districts of Russian Empire 1913.png 550px right In the Imperial Russian Army , a military district lang ru , voyenny okrug was a territorial association of military unit s, Formation military formation s, military school s, and various local military establishments. This territorial division type was utilized to provide a more efficient management of army units, their training and other operations activities related to combat readiness . History In the Imperial Russian Army , military districts were first formed by Dmitry Milyutin in 1862 64 to replace the pre ... and V rumaa Verrosskiy 2 Finland Military District Russian Empire Finland Military District lang ... District Russian Empire Vilno Military District lang ru Vilna Governorate ... uyezd 4 Warsaw Military District Russian Empire Warsaw Military District lang ru ... Russian Empire Vilno Military District 5 Kiev Military District lang ru ... District Russian Empire Kazan Military District lang ru Kazan Governorate ... 11 Omsk Military District Russian Empire Omsk Military District lang ru ... and Semirechye regions with the local Cossack troops . 12 Irkutsk Military District Russian Empire ... reflist Sources DEFAULTSORT Military District Russian Empire Category Subdivisions of the Russian Empire Category Military districts of the Russian Empire Category Russian and Soviet military ... regions of gubernya s and uyezd s. By 1892 there were 13 Military Districts in the Russian Empire, and one region with the status of a military district 1 Petersburg Military District Russian Empire Petersburg Military District lang ru Saint Petersburg Governorate ... Governorate s and the Yakutsk region with the local Cossack troops . 13 Amur Military District Russian Empire Amur Military District lang ru regions of Transbaikal , Amur ...   more details



  1. Belarusian history in the Russian Empire

    History of Belarus The Belarusian history within the Russian Empire is associated with the History of Belarus from the Partitions of Poland Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth to the October Revolution when the present day Belarus lands were made part of the Russian Empire . Territorial ... from the original Russian lands of Pskov Governorate. ref http www.belarus.by en belarus history 7 The Belarusian Lands in the Russian Empire ref File Rzeczpospolita Rozbiory 3.png left thumb 250px ... within the Russian Empire, and the Belarusian guberniya s eventually constituted part of the Northwestern Krai . ref name zytko 1 ytko, Russian policy , p 551. ref Russo Polish power struggle Initially ... The 1860s marked a turning point of Belarus in the Russian Empire. The emancipation of the serfs ... 1.5 million people leaving to other parts of the Empire in the half century preceding the Russian ... that in the 1897 Russian Empire Census , about 5.89  million people declared themselves speakers ... in the front lines. The Russian Revolution of 1917 and dissolution of the Russian Empire as well ... s democratic government into exile. Today the period of Belarus in Russian Empire is viewed with some ... English Anatol ytko , Russian policy towards the Belarussian gentry in 1861 1914 , Minsk, 1999 DEFAULTSORT Belarusian History In The Russian Empire Category History of Belarus 1795 1918 Category Russian Empire Category Russification ... influence in the lands of modern Belarus that were claimed by Russian tsars as White Russia . First ... itself behind the brands Polish or sometimes even Bulgarian , because Russian censorship did not tolerate ... Russian and pro Polish parties in Belarusian lands had begun to realise the that the decisive role ... Sect. 4. ref Notably, the anti Russian, anti Tsarist, anti Orthodox Manifest and newspaper Peasants ... nationalists, were fearing that the growth of the Russian influence on their culture, and as a result ...   more details



  1. Bureau of Censorship (Russian Empire)

    The Bureau of Censorship lang ru was a bureau set up in the Ministry of Education of the Russian Empire following the passage of an enabling law on July 9, 1804. The censorship statute read, in part ref cite web url http www.opentextnn.ru censorship russia dorev law 1804 title Statutes of Censorship author date July 9, 1804 work publisher Imperial Russian Government accessdate February 26, 2011 language icon ru ref Quotation 1. The Censor has the duty to consider all manner of books and essays that are presented for public consumption. br 2. The primary object of this consideration to bring to the public books and essays that contribute to true education of the mind and the formation of manners, and to remove books and essays of ill intent. br 3. Pursuant to this end, no book or essay shall be printed in the Russian Empire except following review by the Censor. Statues of Censorship, July 9, 1804 The central committee of censorship was the St. Petersburg Censorship Committee, which reported directly to the trustees of the St. Petersburg school district. Censorship committees were also established in Moscow , Vilnius , and Tartu , and later in other districts. All printed material and manuscripts were subject to the bureau s oversight and approval. References reflist Category Censorship in Russia Category Law of the Russian Empire Category 19th century in Russia Russia hist stub ru ...   more details



  1. Admiralty Board (Russian Empire)

    Government of Russian Empire Category Russian Navy Category Saint Petersburg culture Category 1718 establishments be be x old en Admiralty Board Russian Empire ru sr uk ... building, Saint Petersburg Admiralty Shipyard List of Russian Admirals External links commonscat ...   more details



  1. Russian Empire Census

    Other uses Russian Census disambiguation The Russian Imperial Census of 1897 was the first and the only census carried out in the Russian Empire Finland was excluded . It recorded demographic data as of OldStyleDate ... online Russian version can be found here http demoscope.ru weekly ssp rus lan 97.php demoscope.ru . The total population of the Russian Empire was recorded to be 125,640,021 people 50.2 female, 49.8 ... 1,695,189 Other languages 925,018 from this 57,000 Chinese Total Russian Empire 125,640,021 By religion ... , 1905. The First Total Census of Russian Empire. A publication of the central statictical bureau ... General Russian Empire Census of 1897. Population breakdown by mother tongue and regions Demoscope.ru ... Russia 1777 territorial units Category Russian Empire Category Demographics of Russia Category ... tables based on fiscal lists . The second Russian Census was scheduled for 1915, but was cancelled because of the World War I and never happened in the Russian Empire because of the Russian Revolution of 1917 . Organization The census project was suggested by famous Russian geographer ... on the declared mother language of respondents. gallery File Russian census 1897 p1.jpg The first page of a census form from Kiev Governorate . File Russian census 1897 p2.jpg The second page of a census form from Kiev Governorate . File Russian census 1897 p3.jpg The third page of a census form from Kiev Governorate . File Russian census 1897 p4.jpg A description page for a census form from ... were Slavic tongues Russian language 83,933,567 Great Russian i.e. Russian language Russian 55,667,469 Little Russian i.e. Ukrainian language Ukrainian 22,380,551 White Russian i.e. Belarusian ... cities Largest cities of the Empire according to the census Saint Petersburg 1,264,900 Moscow 1,038,600 ... to inflate the numbers of population of Russian ethnicity. ref name geifman Anna Geifman , Russia ... 995 2, http books.google.com books?id HBg7tQ7BGY0C&pg PA118&dq Russian census 1897 skewed&lr &as brr ...   more details



  1. 6th Army (Russian Empire)

    The Russian Sixth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front World War I Eastern theatre of war . Commanders 01.09.1912 26.08.1914 General of Infantry , 26.08.1914 21.06.1915 General of Artillery , 30.06.1915 18.08.1915 General of Infantry Nikolai Ruzsky 20.08.1915 20.03.1916 General of Infantry , 20.03.1916 12.12.1916 General of Infantry , 12.12.1916 12.1917 General of Cavalry , See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units Category Armies of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations established in 1914 Category 1914 establishments in Russia mil unit stub ar pl 6 Korpus Armijny Imperium Rosyjskiego ru 6 ...   more details



  1. Kazakhstan in the Russian Empire

    colonial resistance. In 1863 Russian Empire elaborated a new imperial policy, announced in the Gorchakov Circular , asserting the right to annex troublesome areas on the empire s borders. This policy led immediately to the Russian conquest of the rest of Central Asia and the creation of two administrative districts, the General Gubernatorstvo Governor General ship of Russian Turkestan and that of the Steppe ... failed and died in travel. Kazakhstan topics Category Kazakhstan in the Russian Empire ...Cleanup date April 2009 Unreferenced date April 2009 Russian traders and soldiers began to appear on the northwestern edge of Kazakh territory in the 17th century, when Cossacks established the forts that later became the cities of Oral, Kazakhstan Oral Ural sk and Atyrau Gur yev . Russians were able to seize Kazakh territory because the khanates were preoccupied by Kalmyks Oirats , Dzungars , who ... Abul Khayr , one of the khans of the Lesser Horde, sought Russian assistance. Although Abul Khayr ... Kokand Khanate to the south forced the Great Horde khans to choose Russian protection, which seemed ..., the construction of Russian forts began to have a destructive effect on the Kazakh traditional .... The final disruption of nomadism began in the 1890s, when many Russian settlers were introduced ... Orenburg and Tashkent was completed, further facilitating Russian colonisation of the fertile lands of Semirechie. Between 1906 and 1912, more than a half million Russian farms were started as part of the reforms of Russian minister of the interior Petr Stolypin , putting immense pressure on the traditional Kazakh way of life by occupying grazing land and using scarce water resources. The Russian ... that Kazakhs have employed for many centuries. Russian appropriation of Kazakh raised livestock was not uncommon ... conscription into the Russian imperial army , which the tsar ordered in July 1916 as part of the effort against Germany in World War I . In late 1916, Russian forces brutally suppressed the widespread ...   more details



  1. Social estates in the Russian Empire

    Social estates in the Russian Empire were denoted by the term soslovie sosloviye , which approximately corresponds to the notion of the estate of the realm . The system of sosloviyes was a peculiar system of social group s in the history of the Russian Empire . In Russian language the terms and in the meaning of the civil legal estate were used interchangeably. The Code of the Law of the Russian Empire of 1832, vol. 9, Laws about Estates defined four major estates dvoryans nobility , clergy , urban dwellers and rural dwellers peasant s . Within these, more detailed categories were recognized. See Russian nobility Categories Russian nobility Categories for dvoryans. Clergy was subdivided into white priests and black monks . Urban dwellers were categorized into hereditary distinguished citizens , personal distinguished citizens , merchantry ru , urban commoners ru , and guild ed artisan craftspeople . There also existed the military estate, which included lower military ranks higher ranks were associated with the estate of dvoryans , and discharge military discharge d and indefinite leave military leave . Dependent families were usually included into the estate of the head of the household. Urban commoners included people who had some real estate in a town, were engaged in some trade, craft, or service, and paid taxes. Subject to these conditions, a person could assign himself into this category, which was hereditary, and one ... for various formal purposes e.g., for the Russian Empire Census . Finally, in Siberia, the estate of exiled ... Ru icon DEFAULTSORT Social Estates In The Russian Empire Category Russian Empire Category Social groups ... estate, that included non Russian and non Orthodox native peoples of Siberia, Central Asia ... of the population, but the terminology was in use until the Russian Revolution of 1917 . At the same ...   more details



  1. Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire

    Ministry of Finance one of the Russian Empire s central public institutions, in charge of financial and economic policy. Ministry was established on 8 September 1802, and reorganized in 1810 11. By the end of 19th century, it consisted of a Ministerial Council General and Special Offices for Crediting Department of the State Treasury controlling the movement of the funds and keeping the account for all the treasuries Department of Assessed contributions for taxes and Zemstvo duties Department of Customs Duties Department of Railway Affairs Department of Unassessed taxes and for State sales of Spirits Central Weights and Measures Board number of permanent Committees and Councils. See also List of Finance Ministers of Imperial Russia Category Government ministries of the Russian Empire Finance Category 1802 establishments in Russia Category 1917 disestablishments ar ru sr ...   more details



  1. Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire

    Ministry of Justice one of the Russian Empire s central public institutions. Established on 8 September 1802. The Ministry was headed by the Minister who was at the same time Governing Senate Senate Procurator General Structure A Board of Consultation for the cases brought from the Senate before the Minister of Justice as Procurator General. First Department. Second Department. The Office of Surveys and the Surveying Institute. since 1870 Imperial School of Jurisprudence . Moscow Archives of the Ministry of Justice. The Council on Prison Affairs and the Chief Prisons Office. since 1895, transferred from Ministry of Interior See also List of Justice Ministers of Imperial Russia Sources Statesman handbook for Russia. 1896. http www.encspb.ru en article.php?kod 2804019693 Encyclopedia of St. Petersburg Category Government ministries of the Russian Empire Justice Category 1802 establishments in Russia Category 1917 disestablishments ar ru sr ...   more details



  1. 1st Army (Russian Empire)

    in which the 1st Army participated Northwestern Front Russian Empire Northwestern Front July 1914 August 1915 Western Front Russian Empire Western Front August 1915 April 1916 Northern Front Russian Empire Northern Front April 1916 July 1917 Southwestern Front Russian Empire Southwestern Front July September 1917 Northern Front Russian Empire Northern Front September 1917 the beginning of 1918 ... General Paul von Rennenkampf Russian 05.12.1914 02.04.1917 General Aleksandr Litvinov Aleksandr Ivanovich Litvinov Russian 12.04.1917 24.04.1917 Lieutenant General Ilia Odishelidze Russian 22.04.1917 30.07.1917 Lieutenant General Mikhail Alekseevich Sokovnin Russian 31.07.1917 09.09.1917 Lieutenant General Gleb Mikhailovich Vannovski Russian 09.09.1917 11.1917 Lieutenant General Vladimir Vladimirovich von Notbek Russian See also List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units use dmy dates date November 2010 Use dmy dates date February 2011 Category Armies of the Russian Empire Category Military units and formations ...Unreferenced date December 2009 The Russian First Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front World War I Eastern Front for two years. The First Army, commanded by General Paul Rennenkampf , Russian invasion of East Prussia 1914 invaded East Prussia at the outbreak of war in 1914 along with the Second Army Russian Empire Second Army commanded by General Alexander Samsonov . After declaring war on the German Empire , the Russian Empire had been able to mobilize very quickly. All Russian forces were put under the command of Grand Duke Nikolai and his Quartermaster General ..., the First and Second Armies were stopped by the 8th Army German Empire German Eighth Army , led by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and his Chief of Staff, General Erich Ludendorff . The German and Russian ...   more details




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