 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1721 Tsar Peter Mukuru akatumidza nyika yake kuti Humambo hweRussia, achitarisira kuibatanidza nezvakaitika kare uye zvetsika zveRussia yekare mukupesana nemitemo yake yakanangana neWestern Europe. Hurumende zvino yakatambanuka kubva kumiganhu yokumabvazuva yePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth kusvika kuPacific Ocean, uye yakava simba guru; uye imwe yenyika dzine simba zvikuru muEurope pashure pokukunda Napoleon. Kumukira kwavarimi kwakanga kwakajairika, uye kwose kwaidzvinyirirwa noutsinye. Mambo Alexander II akaparadza uranda hweRussia muna 1861, asi varimi vakakundikana zvikuru uye dzvinyiriro dzeshanduko dzakakura. Mumakumi emakore akatevera, shanduko dzakaita sedzakaitwa naStolypin muna 1906 kusvika muna 1914, bumbiro remutemo ra1906, uye State Duma 1906 kusvika muna 1917 dzakaedza kuzarura uye kusunungura hupfumi nehurongwa hwezvematongerwo enyika, asi madzimambo akaramba kusiya hutongi hwehutongi uye akaramba kugovana simba ravo. 