Russian Empire (Russian America)



The Russian Empire (: Российская Империя, Rossiyskaya Imperiya) was a former that stretched from, across , and including. Russia was an, in which the (also known as the Emperor) had total control.

The Empire collapsed into in 1917, eventually solidifying into the Soviet Union:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:0 within Eurasia and the Alaska:Alaskan Democratic Federative Republic:0 in North America. Today the Russia:Russian Federation:0 is regarded as a successor state to the Russian Empire (and the Soviet Union).