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It’s 1892 and cholera is once again making its way through Russia. In Tashkent, ethnic tensions are on the rise and an epidemic is not going to help. In this podcast we’ll be discussing cholera riots, ethnic and cultural differences, and the one…

Industrial towns and intermodal transportation were intrinsically linked by waterways and railways which carried the disease and, subsequently, a fog of chaos and fear. We will start our historical voyage at the border of Persia and Russia and…

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…