Other articles where History of Russia is discussed: Russia: Prehistory and the rise of the Rus: …is now the territory of Russia since the 2nd millennium bce, but little is known about their ethnic identity, institutions, and activities.
A History of the British Empire including timelines, maps, biographies and detailed histories amongst many other resources for anyone interested in …
The Russian Empire (Russian: Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.
The Italian Empire (Italian: Impero Italiano) comprised the colonies, protectorates, concessions, dependencies and trust territories of the Kingdom of Italy and, after 1946, the Italian Republic.
In an elementary introduction to the Rural Stamps of the Russian Empire, as this paper purports to be, it will not really be of the nature of a digression for me to first briefly review the postal history of this great and mighty Empire, which embraces more than half of Europe, and comprises in all, about one-sixth of the land on the globe.
The Portuguese Empire was the first global empire in history, as well as the longest-lived modern European colonial empires.. The empire began with the capture of Ceuta in 1415 and ended in 1999 with the handover of Macau.
The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, “Dominion over palm and pine” Some chronicler, speaking of Asia, asserted that one man ruled as much land as the sun passed, and his statement was not true because he placed all Africa and Europe outside the limits where the sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
Introduction: At its peak, the British Empire was the largest formal empire that the world had ever known. As such, its power and influence stretched all over the globe; shaping it in all manner of ways.
Hi Frank To start with, I like to define a dead country historically, not philatelically. Since I, at least try to cover banknotes here, I can’t define a country by its postal service.
This Russian Empire Timeline gives a brief overview of key events during the history of the Russian Empire, with a particular focus on its expansion and conflicts with other countries and empires.
