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This is a list of former European colonies. The European countries which had the most colonies throughout history were: ... Russian colonial empire; Spanish colonial ...
Map showing the Russian Federation in dark red and its fully or partially occupied territories in Europe in light red. The Russian Federation is the primary recognized successor state to the Soviet Union and it has been accused of trying to bring post-Soviet states back under its control. [104]
Pages in category "Former Russian colonies" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alaska; D.
The Russian settlement of St. Paul's Harbour (present-day Kodiak, Alaska), Russian America, 1814. ... List of former European colonies; List of Israeli settlements;
The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [8]
Former Russian colonies (2 C, 7 P) S. ... List of former European colonies This page was last edited on 1 May 2017, at 13:37 (UTC). Text is ...
Russia maintained a large peacetime standing army of over one million men in the decades after the Napoleonic Wars, [201] and at the outbreak of World War I it was the largest in Europe. [202] During the war the Russian Army was unable to match the German Army in tactical and operational proficiency, but its performance against the Austro ...