Ivan the Great thought his Russian Empire was the continuation of the Byzantine or Roman Empire. This was because he married a niece of the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire and so considered himself to be a continuation of that line. His belief caused him to refer to himself as Czar (Russian for Caesar). His grandson Ivan IV (the Terrible) had himself crowned as Czar thereby making the title formal.
Catherine I was Peter the Great's successor.
On March 28, 1854, Great Britain formally entered the Crimean War when it declared war on Russia. The war had been going on since October 4, 1853, when the Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia.
On March 28, 1854, Great Britain formally entered the Crimean War when it declared war on Russia. The war had been going on since October 4, 1853, when the Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia.
The Crimean War began on October 4, 1853, when the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia. Some histories date the war from March 28, 1854, when Great Britain declared war on Russia and joined in the war.
US declared war on Germany because of the U-Boats attacking vessels. The Central Powers such as Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire declared war on the Allied Powers such as Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan. While that was going on the the Triple Alliance such as Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay were in war with the Triple Entente such as France, Russia, and Great Britain.
The Austria-Hungarian Empire was expanding during the early 1900. After the indepedence of Serbia and Bosnia from the Ottoman Empire a few decades nack, Bosnia wanted to join the Austrian Empire. Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the Crown Prince of the Austrian Empire was sent to the capital of Bosnia, Sarajevo as a state visit. While there he was assassinated by Serbian Nationals who opposed Austrian expansion. As a result of his sons death, Emperor Joseph of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. As a great ally of Russia, Russia declares war im which Russia's ally France declares war. Four days later the German Empire who was a great ally of Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia, and France.
cambyses II. successor of Cyrus the Great.
Russia Empire (including Congress Poland), Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Ottoman Empire. And barely Sweden and Norway.
Cambyses was the successor to Cyrus the Great in extending the Persian Empire in the late 6th Century BCE.
France; Great Britain; the Ottoman Empire; Germany -Blissful
AROUND 800 AD BUT MOSCOW WAS AROUND 1147 ADTsardom of Russia: 1547 Russian Empire: 1721Soviet Union: December 30, 1922Russian Federation: October 1991Russia was not founded in 800 - medieval Rus is not Russia - Kiev or Kyiv is not Russian -
Peter the Great was the Russian czar who transformed Russia from an isolated agricultural society into an Empire on a par with European powers.