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Russian Empire ranks 3,572nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Torres Vedras, Northridge, Los Angeles, and Mission Viejo, California. Memorable people born in Russian Empire include Mukhtar Auezov, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, and Georgy Shpagin. Memorable people who died in Russian Empire include Pyotr Bagration and Pyotr Rumyantsev. Russian Empire has been the birth place of many writers and religious figures and the death place of many military personnels and politicians. Russian Empire is located in Russia.

The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia or simply Russia, was a vast realm that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 square kilometres (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British and Mongol empires; it also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1841 and 1897, Russian Empire was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Mukhtar Auezov, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, and Georgy Shpagin. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Russian Empire including Pyotr Bagration and Pyotr Rumyantsev.

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Most individuals born in present day Russian Empire were writers (2), religious figures (1), and engineers (1),  while most who died were military personnels (1) and politicians (1).

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Russian Empire since 1700.