Editing Baron (section)

===Russia===
[[Tsardom of Russia|Muscovite Russia]] had no traditional baronial titles of its own; they were introduced in early [[Imperial Russia]] by [[Peter the Great]]. In the hierarchy of nobility introduced by Peter the Great, barons ({{lang|ru|барон}}) ranked above untitled nobility and below counts ({{lang|ru|граф}}, {{lang|ru-Latn|graf}}). The styles "Your Well-born" ({{lang|ru|Ваше благородие}}, {{lang|ru-Latn|Vashe blagorodiye}}) and "Master Baron" ({{lang|ru|Господин барон}}, {{lang|ru-Latn|Gospodin baron}}) were used to address a Russian baron.

There were two main groups of nobility which held the baronial title. One was the [[Baltic German]] nobility, for which Russia merely recognized their pre-existing titles; the other was new barons created by the Emperors of Russia after 1721. Like in many other countries, new baronial titles were often created by ennoblement of rich [[bourgeoisie]]. The title of baron, along with the rest of the noble hierarchy, was abolished in December 1917 after the [[Bolshevik Revolution]]; however, certain leaders of the [[White movement]] like Baron [[Pyotr Wrangel]] and [[Roman von Ungern-Sternberg]] continued to use the title until the end of the [[Russian Civil War]].