Russian Empire (1721–1917)

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Russian Empire
Россійская Имперія
1721–1917
Flag of Russian Empire
Flag
Capital
and largest city
Saint Petersburg
Official languagesRussian
Dominant mode of productionFeudalism
GovernmentMonarchy
• Last Emperor
Nicholas II
History
• Established
1721
• Dissolution
1917
Area
• Total
22,800,000 km²
Population
• 1897 census
125,640,021

The Russian Empire was a semi-feudal monarchy that was proclaimed by Peter I in 1721 and overthrown in the February Revolution in 1917. Throughout its entire existence, it was ruled by the same family, the Romanovs. The Russian Empire included the area of modern-day Russia, the future Soviet Union, Finland, Alaska, and Poland. Most of the empire's territory later became part of the USSR, but Finland and Poland became independent and Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867.

Education

The male literacy rate was 1–12% for rural areas and 20–25% for urban areas.[1] The literacy rate for women was even lower and girls could not go to school.[2]

References

  1. Boris N. Mironov (1991). The Development of Literacy in Russia and the USSR from the Tenth to the Twentieth Centuries (p. 234). History of Education Quarterly. doi: 10.2307/368437 [HUB]
  2. Nicholas V. Riasanovsky (2005). Russian Identities: A Historical Survey (pp. 112–18).