Russian Empire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Russian Empire
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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The author highlights three overarching attitudes formed in the Russian Empire that are central to understanding what made Jewish immigrant banks different from their American counterparts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Over the centuries, as Shakespeare’s reach extended worldwide, Ukraine, under the sway of the Russian Empire, entered its own fraught relationship with the playwright and his works.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
Some young Finns left Finland, which was then part of the Russian Empire, to avoid tsarist conscription.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023
It was claimed by both Azerbaijan and Armenia after the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917.
From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2023
He had grown up in a small town near Kiev in the Russian Empire.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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