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Where was Russia in 1902 on the map, and does it have anything to do with Russia today?

Of course it does. First, compare the pictures below:

The picture above shows the period of the Tsarist Russian Empire (1613-1914), and the picture below shows Russia today.

The difference between the two:

In its heyday, the Russian Empire included all of the later Soviet Union and now Finland, most of Poland, northern Romania, Central Asia and Iran North. It covers an area of ??more than 26 million square kilometers. At the end of the 19th century, the area was approximately 22.4 million square kilometers. By 1914, the area was 21.799 million square kilometers. The current area of ??Russia is 17.0754 million square kilometers.

Secondly, Russia now fully incorporates Sakhalin Island into its territory (before 1909, Tsarist Russia occupied the northern part of the island and Japan occupied the southern part), the Kuril Islands (the northern part, which has been completely annexed since World War II); the western part On the southern border, the five Central Asian countries, the three South Caucasus countries, the three Baltic countries, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova are now independent.

Naturally, the territories of Romania, Poland, Finland, Iran and other countries occupied by Tsarist Russia at that time are also out of the question~~