KnowraRussian EmpireLinked fromLinked fromThe 250 pages that link to Russian Empire, each with the reason it gives.All 250Broader topic 9Related 77Narrower topic 156Compared with 8Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthCompared with: It was a centralized imperial neighbor and a major partitioning power.Austrian EmpireCompared with: It was another great power whose interests often competed with Habsburg influence in Central Europe and the Balkans.Qajar IranCompared with: Russian military victories and political pressure sharply constrained Qajar Iran’s northern frontier.Kazakh KhanateCompared with: Its growing control over the steppe progressively curtailed Kazakh political independence.Ottoman entry into World War ICompared with: Ottoman attacks on Russian targets opened the eastern front between the empires.Dzungar KhanateCompared with: Russian expansion formed a northern imperial pressure alongside Qing competition.Black Sea regionCompared with: Its southward expansion repeatedly challenged Ottoman influence around the sea.LüshunkouCompared with: Russia’s lease and fortifications at Lüshun clashed with Japanese ambitions in Korea and Manchuria.