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Realm · 1547–1720

Tsardom of Russia

Tsardom of Russia appears on the map from 1547 to 1720. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1718, it covered about 14.33 million km².

One of the realms of Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire. Moscow's grand princes threw off Mongol overlordship and gathered the Russian lands, and in 1547 Ivan IV, the Terrible, was crowned the first Tsar of All Russia. His conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan opened the Volga, and Cossacks and fur traders crossed Siberia to reach the Pacific by 1639.

See Tsardom of Russia on the map in 1718

Reference map: 1730 map of the Russian Empire by Philipp Johann Strahlenberg
Reference map: 1730 map of the Russian Empire by Philipp Johann Strahlenberg Philipp Johann Strahlenberg engraverː Theodore Spendelowe in London. · Public domain
On the map
1547–1720
Greatest extent
1718, about 14.33 million km²
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Wikipedia: Tsardom of Russia · Wikidata Q186096

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1547–15512.43 million km²
1552–15552.76 million km²
1556–15633.11 million km²
1564–15713.14 million km²
1572–15783.21 million km²
1579–15813.21 million km²
1582–15873.63 million km²
1588–15943.59 million km²
1595–15994.82 million km²
1600–16014.83 million km²
1602–16084.91 million km²
1609–16115.12 million km²
1612–16185.30 million km²
1619–16285.51 million km²
1629–16315.71 million km²
1632–16357.74 million km²
1636–16398.51 million km²
1640–16419.53 million km²
1642–16449.58 million km²
1645–16479.80 million km²
1648–165210.08 million km²
1653–165811.52 million km²
1659–166112.43 million km²
1662–166912.19 million km²
1670–167213.21 million km²
1673–167613.21 million km²
1677–168613.55 million km²
1687–169013.60 million km²
1691–169513.70 million km²
1696–170113.70 million km²
1702–170513.71 million km²
1706–170813.86 million km²
1709–171213.84 million km²
1713–171714.00 million km²
1718–172014.33 million km²

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