Rare footage of Imperial Russian soldiers resting while playing music and chess during World War 1

Music: My Beloved Country (WW1 Imperial Russian song). Incredible rare footage that shows Imperial Russian soldiers from World War one playing chess and music during a rest from the fight on their barracks. This is a small looped clip that was taken from a WW1 documentary and from a tribute to the Imperial Russian army. THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE ACCORDING TO The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately 22, 800, 000 square kilometres (8, 800, 000 sq mi), it remains the thirdlargest