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This core map is significant to my geographical feature of Nizhni-Novgorod because it is an excellent example of lithography, the reference grid navigation system, and has a detailed list of features within the city/fair while showing its strategic…

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, or SDUK, published a series of nation, region, and city maps for an affordable educational alternative for English readers. W.B. Clarke's 1834 map of Saint Petersburg is one of 51 cities produced in…

This 1829 engraved map of Nizhni-Novgorod showcases provinces, cities, towns, villages, landmarks, roads, tracks, postal roads and stations, and distances between places to aid in the study of geography and to guide road travelers. This map is…

This black and white map was referenced in an 1892 issue of “The Graphic” periodical, which was based in London, and showed us districts, cities, and regions affected by the Russian famine of 1891. The map key is quite simple and in a binary easy…

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…

Is this map of famine across Russia in 1891 a telescope into the future of the 1892 cholera epidemic? Historians are not clear as to the role Russia's 1891 famine played in setting the stage for cholera. This map shows least affected famine areas as…

Is your current health a predictor of your future health? Does what you eat today affect how healthy you’ll be tomorrow? Listen and explore the mystery of Frank Clemow’s claim that the 1891 Russian famine did not largely affect the 1892 cholera…

Ethnographic Map of Imperial Russia in 1905 This map was created by the Imperial Geographic Society of Russia, and it displays the location of the various ethnic groups within the late Imperial Russia.The map shows only 60 of the 196 known ethnic…

Floating hospital at Nizhny Novgorod, on the Volga, the cholera in Russia, engraving from The Illustrated London News, No 2787, September 17, 1892.