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The 250 pages that link to Russian Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• Alexander GriboyedovNarrower topic: Griboyedov served this state as a diplomat and wrote within its literary culture.

• ChișinăuRelated: Russian rule transformed Chișinău after Bessarabia was annexed in 1812.

• DaugavpilsRelated: Imperial rule reshaped the city and produced the monumental fortress that still stands.

• DniproNarrower topic: The empire founded Katerynoslav, the city that became Dnipro.

• Igor SikorskyNarrower topic: Sikorsky began his aircraft career in the empire before political upheaval prompted his departure.

• IzhevskNarrower topic: The ironworks began under imperial rule as Russia expanded arms production.

• Mikhail SkobelevNarrower topic: Skobelev's military career served the empire's expansion and defense.

• MykolaivNarrower topic: Mykolaiv was founded within its southern imperial expansion.

• Nathan MilsteinNarrower topic: Milstein’s birthplace and childhood belonged to this empire’s final decades.

• Pyotr BagrationNarrower topic: Bagration built his military career in its army and served its rulers.

• Pyotr ChaadayevNarrower topic: Chaadayev’s claims addressed the empire’s place in European and Christian history.

• Sholem AleichemRelated: Aleichem's early life and many stories belong to its Jewish communities.

• Adam Johann von KrusensternNarrower topic: The state sponsored the voyage to advance its commercial and strategic interests.

• AdygeaNarrower topic: Imperial expansion brought the Adyghe homeland under Russian rule.

• Battle of GangutNarrower topic: Gangut contributed to the military prestige that accompanied Russia’s emergence as a Baltic power.

• Battle of LesnayaNarrower topic: The victory at Lesnaya strengthened Russia’s position in the war that established it as a great power.

• Catherine PalaceNarrower topic: The palace served the rulers and court of this expanding empire.

• GrodnoRelated: Grodno became an imperial provincial city after the Commonwealth’s dissolution.

• GroznyRelated: Imperial expansion into the North Caucasus preceded Grozny’s establishment.

• History of KazakhstanRelated: Its frontier policies and administration steadily incorporated Kazakh lands.

• History of LatviaNarrower topic: Its incorporation of Latvian lands set the conditions for nineteenth-century national awakening.

• History of RussiaBroader topic: It was the largest pre-Soviet form of Russian statehood and a multiethnic empire.

• House of RomanovNarrower topic: The Romanovs governed this empire during its formal imperial period.

• Ivan GoncharovNarrower topic: Goncharov’s career unfolded within its bureaucracy, social hierarchy, and expanding global presence.

• Pyotr StolypinNarrower topic: Stolypin’s policies aimed to preserve this autocratic state through reform and repression.

• Russo–Circassian WarRelated: Imperial expansion and military resources drove the conquest of Circassian territory.

• Shneur Zalman of LiadiNarrower topic: Shneur Zalman lived and led communities under its expanding rule.

• YekaterinburgNarrower topic: The empire founded and expanded the mining settlement that became the city.

• Ariel DurantNarrower topic: Her birthplace was then within this empire, a context for her family’s emigration.

• BalalaikaRelated: The balalaika’s nineteenth-century revival unfolded within the empire’s changing musical culture.

• Battle of SarikamishRelated: Its Caucasus forces defended the region against the Ottoman Empire.

• Feodor III of RussiaNarrower topic: Feodor’s administrative changes formed part of the longer transformation of the Russian state into an empire.

• Fyodor TyutchevRelated: His diplomatic career and political writings unfolded within this imperial state.

• History of BelarusNarrower topic: It governed Belarusian lands after the partitions and pursued policies of imperial integration.

• History of UkraineRelated: It governed much of Ukraine and imposed policies that constrained Ukrainian language and political organization.

• I and the VillageNarrower topic: The empire’s social and cultural conditions shaped Chagall’s Jewish childhood.

• Ivan KrylovRelated: Krylov wrote under imperial censorship and changing political conditions.

• Ivan the Terrible and His Son IvanNarrower topic: The painting’s nineteenth-century reception reflected debates about autocratic violence in imperial Russia.

• Leonid UtyosovNarrower topic: Utyosov’s childhood and first performances unfolded before the empire’s collapse.

• Mikhail Saltykov-ShchedrinNarrower topic: Its autocratic government and social order form the setting for his political satire.

• National Library of RussiaNarrower topic: The library began as an institution of the empire’s capital.

• Nikolay PirogovNarrower topic: Pirogov’s medical career and educational reforms unfolded within its institutions.

• Nikolay ZhukovskyNarrower topic: Zhukovsky’s career began and most of his public work unfolded under its rule.

• Northern WarNarrower topic: Russia’s acquisition of Baltic territories helped Peter the Great proclaim the empire in 1721.

• Pavel SchillingNarrower topic: Schilling’s diplomatic service and inventions developed within its institutions.

• Pavel TsitsianovNarrower topic: Tsitsianov's authority and campaigns served this empire's expansion in the Caucasus.

• PyatigorskNarrower topic: Pyatigorsk’s founding and resort development took place under imperial rule.

• RivneRelated: Rivne became part of the Russian Empire after the partitions of Poland.

• Russian MuseumNarrower topic: The museum was founded under the empire as a national collection of Russian art.

• RussophiliaNarrower topic: European admiration for Russia developed in relation to the empire’s power and cultural institutions.