Russia at the start of the twentieth century
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GEOGRAPHY, POLITICS, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY Russia at the start of the twentieth century Background - geography 1894 imperial Russia covered 8 million square miles (two and a half times the size of the US today) Covered a large part of two continents Most of the population was concentrated in European Russia It was this part that Russia?s major historical developments had occurred Moscow and St Petersburg (capital) were situated here Between 1815 and 1914 the population quadrupled from 40 million to 165 million Contained a wide variety of people of different race, language, religion and culture. The system of government
