Territorial change of Tsardom of Russia

“Tsardom of Russia” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1547 to 1720. Its territory was largest in AD 1718 – 1720, at ≈ 14.33 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1718 – 1720 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1718: number 124 of 1.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Qing dynasty — 88 frames
• Kazakh Khanate — 84 frames
• Swedish Empire — 82 frames
• Ottoman Empire — 73 frames
• Denmark–Norway — 65 frames
• Kingdom of England — 62 frames
• Qajar dynasty — 57 frames
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — 56 frames
• Finland — 50 frames
• Norway — 42 frames
• Turkey — 38 frames
• Mongolian People's Republic — 37 frames
• Union between Sweden and Norway — 37 frames
• German Empire — 36 frames
• Kingdom of France — 34 frames
• Kalmyk Khanate — 34 frames
• Pahlavi dynasty — 33 frames
• Austrian Empire — 31 frames
• Empire of Japan — 30 frames
• Astrakhan Khanate — 30 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 27 by area.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Kazan Kingdom · Principality of Tver · Novgorod Republic · Grand Principality of Moscow · Astrakhan Khanate

Succeeded by: Russian Empire

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Moscow, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. It is generally regarded as the first phase of Tsarist Russia.

Wikipedia (English) “Tsardom of Russia”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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