We look at Russia now as the single biggest country in the world, with a surface area of 6,612,100 square miles and a population of 144 million. But what did the country look like a century ago?
Half
A quarter
One third
One fifth
One Sixth
0.1%
6%
15%
33%
56%
Very cold winters, and mild summers
Cold all year round
Sunny all year round
Hot winters and cold summers
Ural Mountains
Lake Baykal
Western Siberia
Eastern Siberia
Moscow
12%
34%
47%
63%
85%
The Tsar
The Red Bear
Lenin
Stalin
No One
1854-1857
1863-1876
1883-1890
1891-1905
1906-1912
190.6
426.4
573.9
716.2
941.7
12%
38%
44%
57%
69%
1800
27,000
83,000
100,00
130,000
1869
1885
1890
1917
1920
Clergy officials
Land Owning Lords
Tsar
Senators
State Councilers