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The rise and reign of Catherine the Great
Overview of Catherine II's early life and reign.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Georgios Kollidas/Dreamstime.com; © Wizreist/Dreamstime.com
The rise and fall of the Russian tsars
Overview of tsarist rule in Russia.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps
Images
Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, and Petro Poroshenko
Belarusian Pres. Alexander Lukashenko (center) hosting a meeting between Russian...
© Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images
Russian troops; World War I
Russian troops in the trenches at the East Prussian frontier.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Ukraine crisis: Sevastopol
Unidentified soldiers accompanied by Russian military vehicles patrolling Sevastopol,...
© Vasiliy Batanov—AFP/Getty Images
Russian Empire
Map of Russian expansion into western Central Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
statistical map of Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812
The size of Napoleon's army during the Russian campaign of 1812 is shown by the dwindling...
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