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Topographic map of the Russian Empire in 1912 Map of the Russian Empire in 1745. By the end of the 19th century the area of the empire was about 22,400,000 square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi), or almost one-sixth of the Earth's landmass; its only rival in size at the time was the British Empire. The majority of the population lived in European ...
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.
The other extreme points of Russia are the same as those of the Soviet Union. From 1799 until 1867 the easternmost point of the Russian Empire was located in North America, on the border between Russian Alaska and British North America, which superimposed on the then International Date Line.
The Volga, widely seen as Russia's national river due to its historical and cultural importance, is the longest river in Europe, [24] it rises in the Valdai Hills west of Moscow and meandering southeastward for 3,510 kilometres (2,180 mi) before emptying into the Caspian Sea. Altogether, the Volga system drains about 1.4 million square ...
Highest peak of Europe and Russia Dormant stratovolcano: Dykh-Tau [2] Дыхтау 5205 m 17,077 ft: 2002 m 6,568 ft: 63.4 km 39.4 mi Bokovoy Range Greater Caucasus Kabardino-Balkaria: Second highest peak of Russia Koshtan-Tau [3] Коштантау 5152 m 16,903 ft
Russia has advanced into the northwestern side of Ukraine’s assault as well as to the southeast of Sudzha, the main city held by Kyiv’s troops in Kursk, located on the other side of the attack.
But because this is a 1914 map of Russia, Romania should be included as a new category "former spheres" 06:27, 11 January 2022: 541 × 541 (391 KB) Milenioscuro: Reverted to version as of 04:06, 10 January 2022 (UTC) Romania was a sphere of influence of the Russian Empire, see the discussion of this file FIRST: 06:22, 11 January 2022: 541 × ...
Google has updated it's aerial maps of Ukraine for the first time since the start of Russia's attack - with images now revealing the full scale of devastation. The contrast is stark in Mariupol.