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Austria–Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and officially as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional dual empire in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consisted of two sovereign states with a single monarch who was titled both the Emperor of Austria and the Apostolic King of Hungary. Austria-Hungary constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg monarchy: it was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War, following wars of i
German Empire
German nation-state in Central Europe from 1871 to 1918
Kingdom of Prussia
former European state (1701–1918), part of the German Empire after 1871
Habsburg monarchy
monarchy in Europe (1282–1918)
Kingdom of Hungary
Central European monarchy (1000–1946)
Kingdom of Bohemia
monarchy in Central Europe, predecessor of modern Czech Republic
Ukrainian People's Republic
country in Eastern Europe (1917–1921); government in exile (1921–1992)
Kingdom of Serbia
1882–1918 kingdom in Southeastern Europe
Kingdom of Bavaria
kingdom in Central Europe between 1806 and 1918, from January 1871 part of the German Empire
Kingdom of Montenegro
1910–1918 kingdom in Southeastern Europe
Alsace–Lorraine
Alsace–Lorraine (German: Elsaß–Lothringen), officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace–Lorraine (), was a territory of the German Empire which is now part of France. It was established in 1871 by the German Empire after it had occupied the region during the Franco-Prussian War. The region was officially ceded to the German Empire in the Treaty of Frankfurt. French resentment about the loss of the territory was one of the contributing factors to World War I. Alsace–Lorraine was annexed in practice by France at the war's end following Germany's defeat in 1918, but only formally ceded back in 19
Russian Republic
Sep 1917 – Oct 1917 short-lived republic in Eurasia
German colonial empire
colonial empire of Germany
Archduchy of Austria
fief of the Holy Roman Empire, 1453–1806
Kingdom of Saxony
former German state (1806-1918)
Kingdom of Württemberg
kingdom in Central Europe between 1806–1918, from January 1871 part of the German Empire
Bad Pyrmont
town in Lower Saxony, Germany
Grand Duchy of Baden
German grand duchy (1806-1918)
Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic
short-lived South Caucasian state (1918)
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
short-lived state on the Balkan Peninsula between late-October and early-December 1918
Crimean People's Republic
former country in Europe
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
collective name for the duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
crownland of the Habsburg monarchy in Central Europe (1772–1918)
Kingdom of Poland
puppet state proposed in 1916 by Germany and Austria-Hungary
Grand Duchy of Hesse
member state of the German Confederation & the German Empire (1806–1918)
Principality of Waldeck
former principality in Germany
Kingdom of Dalmatia
second kingdom, crown land of the Austrian Empire (1815-1867) and the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
grand duchy
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
grand duchy (1701–1918)
Duchy of Brunswick
historical German state (1815–1918)
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
administrative division that existed between 1868 and 1918 within the Austro-Hungary
Ukrainian State
anti-socialist government in Ukraine (except West Ukraine), 1918
Taurida Governorate
1802–1921 governorate of the Russian Empire
Duchy of Styria
former state of the Holy Roman Empire and one-time crown land of Austria-Hungary
Russian Turkestan
general governorate of the Russian Empire
Kingdom of Lithuania
former country
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
grand duchy
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg, an area of and over 40,000 inhabitants.
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometers and a population of 207,000 (1905) of whom about one fifth resided in the capital, Altenburg. The territory of the duchy consisted of two non-contiguous territories separated by land belonging to the Principality of Reuss-Gera. Its economy was based on agriculture, forestry, and small industry. The state had a constitutional monarchical form of government with a parliament composed of
Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen ( ; ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia.
Idel-Ural State
former state
Moldavian Democratic Republic
former country
Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina
period of Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1878 and 1918
Principality of Reuss-Greiz
principality
Courland Governorate
governorate of the Russian Empire
Principality of Lippe
German principality (1789–1919)
Lands of the Bohemian Crown
monarchy in Central Europe, predecessor of modern Czech Republic
Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic
theoretical precursor of a Finnish socialist state
Ottoman Syria
the region of Syria under the Ottoman Empire (1516–1918)
Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic
self-declared Soviet republic of the Russian SFSR
Duchy of Carniola
historical state, Habsburgian crown land
Principality of Reuss-Gera
principality
Kharkov Governorate
governorate of Russian Empire in modern Ukraine
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
1918 German client state in the Baltics
Austrian Silesia
former autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Empire
Centrocaspian Dictatorship
provisional government in Azerbaijan
Duchy of Salzburg
former country
Duchy of Bukovina
Austrian crown land (1849–1918)
Odesa Soviet Republic
short-lived Soviet republic
Mosul Vilayet
Ottoman province