the Russian Empire

The east, part of the Russian empire for centuries, is largely Orthodox and Russian-speaking.

几个世纪以来,乌克兰东部都是大俄帝国的一部分, 那里居住的大多也都是正统的说俄语的人民.

In1808, Finland was conquered by the Russians and thereafter remained an autonomous Grand Duchy in personal union with the Russian Empire until the end of1917.

1808年，俄国打败芬兰，并在俄帝国联盟中设立了一个自由的大公国（Grand Duchy），一直延续到1917年。

In the early19th century, the southern territory of the Kyrgyz Republic came under the control of the Khanate of Kokand, but the territory was occupied and annexed by the Russian Empire in1876.

19世纪早期吉尔吉斯共和国的南部领土在浩罕可汗（Kokand）的控制下，但是这部分区域在1876年被沙皇俄国占领并成为附属地。

Vladimir Putin has been making all the right moves towards becoming the new Tsar of the new Russian Empire.

普京的所有正确的行动都致力于成为新俄罗斯帝国的新沙皇。

The ruble or rouble ( currency code RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation and Belarus ( and formerly, of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire).

卢布（货币代码RUB）是俄罗斯联邦和白俄罗斯（以前是苏联和俄罗斯帝国）使用的货币。

...a University professor who specializes in the history of the Russian empire.

专门研究俄罗斯帝国历史的大学教授

The Poles find Russian nostalgia for the Soviet empire not just baffling, but worrying.

同样,波兰人一想到俄罗斯人如此怀念苏联帝国,不仅大为困惑, 更是忧心忡忡.