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  2. Economy of the Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    In 1860, to revive trade turnover and strengthen the monetary credit system of Russia, the State Bank of the Russian Empire was created, which was assigned the role of the main credit institution and the state-controlled source of covering the budget deficit. With the creation of the State Bank, the government was able to borrow the money he ...

  3. Russian colonization of North America - Wikipedia

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    After Russian America was sold to the U.S. in 1867, for $7.2 million (2 cents per acre, equivalent to $156,960,000 in 2023), all the holdings of the Russian–American Company were liquidated. Following the transfer, many elders of the local Tlingit tribe maintained that " Castle Hill " comprised the only land that Russia was entitled to sell.

  4. List of federal subjects of Russia by poverty rate - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of federal subjects of Russia by poverty rate as of 2020. The international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following list. The estimates can therefore differ from other estimates, like the national poverty rate.

  5. Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Russian Empire [e] [f] was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km 2 (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third ...

  6. Expansion of Russia (1500–1800) - Wikipedia

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    The pre-history of Eurasia is characterized by a pattern of migration, invasion, melding of population and displacement and this is attributed to its location. [1] Its plains, which are nestled between the Baltic and Black seas, offer a wealth of natural resources and room for expansion, especially with easy access to river routes.

  7. A Russian empire 'from Dublin to Vladivostok'? The roots of ...

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    The writer's 1997 treatise, "The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia," at times reads like an overview of recent Russian history as expressed by Putin today.

  8. Russian Empire–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The surrender and dissolution of the Russian Empire facilitated Americans to join the war, although they sided with Russia during the latters civil war. However, there were also tensions between the two countries, particularly over pogroms in the Russian Empire between 1890 and 1914. Trade relations were cordial but were never a major factor ...

  9. Poverty level in Russia dropped to 9.3% in 2023, says ... - AOL

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    The number of Russians living below the poverty line in 2023 dropped to 13.5 million from 14.3 million a year earlier, the Rosstat statistics service said on Wednesday, with the poverty rate ...