Russian Empire
The subject of this article was previously also known as Russia. For other uses, see Russia (disambiguation). Russian Empire Российская Империя (Russian) 1721–1917 Flag Lesser coat of arms Motto S nami Bog! Съ нами Богъ! "God is with us!" Anthem Bozhe, Tsarya khrani! Боже, Царя храни! "God Save the Tsar!" Russian Empire at its peak in 1865: Russian Empire Protectorates and sphere of influence Capital Saint Petersburg (1721–28; 1730–1917) Moscow (1728–30) Languages Official: Russian Regional: Armenian Azerbaijani Belarusian Chechen Estonian Finnish Georgian Iranian Kazakh Kyrgyz Latvian Lithuanian Mongolian Polish Romanian Swedish Tajik Turkish Turkmen Ukrainian Uzbek Religion Dominant: Orthodox Christianity Minor: Roman Catholicism Protestantism Lutheranism Judaism Islam Buddhism Government Absolute monarchy (1721–1906) Constitutional monarchy (1906–17; de jure ) [1] Empe...