page_title: List of modern great powers
section_title: Tsardom of Russia and after
hierarchical_section_title: List of modern great powers / Early modern powers / Tsardom of Russia and after
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Никольский морской собор в Санкт-Петербурге. English: St. Nicolas Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. Italiano: Cattedrale di San Nicola del Mare a San Pietroburgo. ja:画像:Buberel StPetersburg StNicolas Cathedral.jpg
context_page_description: A great power is a nation or state that, through its great economic, political and military strength, is able to exert power and influence not only over its own region of the world, but beyond to others.
  In a modern context, recognized great powers first arose in Europe during the post-Napoleonic era. The formalization of the division between small powers and great powers came about with the signing of the Treaty of Chaumont in 1814.
  The historical terms "Great Nation", a distinguished aggregate of people inhabiting a particular country or territory, and "Great Empire", a considerable group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, are colloquial; their use is seen in ordinary historical conversations.
context_section_description: 1400–1815
  
  The Russian Empire formed from what was Tsardom of Russia under Peter the Great. Peter I, (1672–1725), played a major role in bringing his country into the European state system, and laid the foundations of a modern state in Russia. From its modest beginnings in the 14th century, Russia had become the largest state in the world by Peter's time. Three times the size of continental Europe, it spanned the Eurasian landmass from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
caption: The St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.
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