Russian Empire (No Belgium)

The Russian Empire (: Российская Империя) was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Reforms. It was the successor to the and the predecessor of Eurasia, a large unitary monarchy that was formed to incorporate more ethnolinguistic boundaries in the Empire. It was one of the largest empires in world history, surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires.