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{{Information |Description={{en|1=Map showing territorial subdivisions of the w:Russian Empire in 1914.}} {{ru|1=Карта, показывающая административно-территориальные единицы [[w:ru:Российск
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Map showing subdivisions of the Russian Empire in 1914 Residence of the governor of Moscow (1778–82) as seen in 2015. As of 1914, Russia was divided into 81 governorates , 20 oblasts, and 1 okrug. Vassals and protectorates of the Russian Empire included the Emirate of Bukhara, the Khanate of Khiva, and, after 1914, Tuva (Uriankhai).
Map of governorates of the Russian Republic (Western part), 1917.. This is a list of governorates of the Russian Empire (Russian: губерния, pre-1918: губернія, romanized: guberniya) established between the administrative reform of 1708 and the establishment of the Kholm Governorate in 1912 (inclusive).
On August 14, 1914, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich, head of the Russian army, appealed to the Slavic peoples of Austria-Hungary to join Russia. To cut short Austro-German attempts to raise Russian Poland, he called for "the rebirth under this [Russian] scepter of a Poland free of its faith, its language and with the right to govern itself".
Russia is divided into ru-kgd for the Kaliningrad Oblast and ru-main for the Main body of Russia. There is the additional grouping #xb for the "British Islands" (the UK with its Crown Dependencies - Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man) Contributors.
In the years prior to 1914, Austro-Russian co-operation was both crucial for European peace and difficult to maintain. Old suspicions exacerbated by the Bosnian crisis stood in the way of agreement between the two empires, as did ethnic sensitivities. The Russian military was the largest in the world consisting of 1,400,000 men.
The original can be viewed here: Map Europe alliances 1914-fr.svg: . ... Moonsund archipelago is territory of Russia: 00:30, 2 January 2015: 1,002 × 593 (70 KB)