when did the russian empire start and end
Russian Empire The Russian Empire (also known as Imperial Russia, Tsarist Russia and Pre-revolutionary Russia) was an empire that existed from 1721 until proclamation of the Republic by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.[5]
History of Ukraine Most of Ukraine fell to the Russian Empire under the reign of Catherine the Great; in 1793 right-bank Ukraine was annexed by Russia in the Second Partition of Poland.[30]