The Russian Empire was one of the largest empires in the history of the world with a land area that could only be stepped over by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire.
This empire was the successor of the Russian Ketsaran and the predecessor of the great communist state in the world of its time, the Soviet Union. Historians have begun compilation Ivan III conquered Novgorod or compilation Ivan IV conquered Kazan.
But officially this Empire was founded by Peter I with the Nystad agreement in 1721. By Peter I the system of government in Russia began to recognize autocratic government.
Tsar Alexander I was the most famous emperor, we really admire him with the greatness of a genius strategy fan against Napoleon. And the story is very legend everywhere.