TheRussian Empire, also known as theTsarist Russia,Tsarist Empire orImperial Russia, and sometimes simply asRussia,[e][f] was a country in Europe and Asia from November 1721 until its collapse in March 1917. It later became theRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, orRussian SFSR, as part of theSoviet Union. By the late 19th century, it covered about22,800,000km2 (8,800,000sqmi), making it the third-largest empire in history.[source?]
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