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This map from just before the sale of Alaska by the Russian Empire to the United States of America gives a clear image of the North American territory held by Russia. The fact that this map was created by the Russian-American Company indicates the…

In order to avoid the costs and difficulties of laying a telegraph line across the vast Pacific Ocean, Perry McDonough Collins suggested constructing this overland telegraph line, traversing the Bering Strait. Though this line was never completed,…

Set thirty four years after Peter the Great's capture of the Swedish fortress and only twenty five years after becoming the capital of Imperial Russia, this 1737 map outlines the foundations of what will become the cosmopolitan jewel of what is the…

This map shows the city of Nizhni-Novgorod in 1893 and details the city infrastructure for the internationally known trade fair. It also highlights the city’s strategic location along the Volga and Oka rivers and shows the city's vital connection to…

This map is important because it shows the connections between port cities on the Tauric Peninsula and their hinterlands. This map shows Sevsatopol in a larger context, which hints at the reasons for its strategic location as a naval port on the…

This map is significant because it shows the Volga river, beginning in Nizhni-Novgorod and ending at the Caspian Sea. This map shows that the city is in a geographically advantageous location along the Volga to facilitate its long history as a…

In Alexander Keith Johnson's map of Saint Petersburg, the perspective of the city takes an alternative view, with the city itself placed on the periphery as it shows its spacial location as compared to the great cities and nations of the Baltic

This map shows the northeastern section of the Russian Empire in considerable detail, in great contrast with what was known (and yet unknown) about the northwest coast of North America. This map, based on the Second Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus…

This map from 1854 places Nizhni-Novgorod in context of the transportation system (rail and road) of the Russian Empire as a whole. It shows its geographical significance as a major transportation hub within the Empire by receiving its own inset, 1…

This map is significant for its rendering of topographic information that allows the viewer to understand the city of Sevastopol in its geographic context. It informs you of the scale of the cliffs and the walled nature of the bays with artistic…