- 17 Jul 2022 17:50
#15239041
It's been *different things*, at different times.
Truth To Power wrote:
Russia is most definitely an empire, and has been since at least the 17th century, or even since Ivan III in the 15th century.
It's been *different things*, at different times.
2 History
2.1 Early history
2.2 Kievan Rus'
2.3 Grand Duchy of Moscow
2.4 Tsardom of Russia
2.5 Imperial Russia
2.6 Revolution and civil war
2.7 Soviet Union
2.7.1 World War II
2.7.2 Cold War
2.8 Post-Soviet Russia (1991–present)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia