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Russian Empire

1721 CE – 1917 CE · 196 years

Russian state from 1721 to 1917

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Russian Empire's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 6 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1783 CE to 1914 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1783 CE 6 snapshots 1914 CE
1783 CE1800 CE1815 CE1880 CE1900 CE1914 CE

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1721 CE and 1917 CE.

1733 CE War of the Polish Succession 1740 CE War of the Austrian Succession 1756 CE Seven Years' War 1757 CE Battle of Leuthen 1768 CE Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) 1768 CE Bar Confederation & First Partition of Poland

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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