The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars (mostly Cossacks).
Read more about Imperial Russian Army: Precursors: Regiments of The New Order, Peter's Introduction of Conscription, 1760s, Russian Army in 1805, Napoleonic Wars, Army Organization, Cossacks, Ranks and Rank Insignia, Reforms, World War I and Revolution
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