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1 of a series of maps made in ArcGIS by Hal Stuart. Link to the interactive map with all layers here: arcg.is/fHb8y . Intended as an updated version of Clemow’s Map of 1892 Russia. Made with data largely from Clemow’s own tables in The Cholera…
1 of a series of maps made in ArcGIS by Hal Stuart. Link to the interactive map with all layers here: arcg.is/fHb8y . Intended as an updated version of Clemow’s Map of 1892 Russia. Made with data largely from Clemow’s own tables in The Cholera…
Volga Subway Map
The map “Section 9 Henze’s Urde-Globus” is one of 24 globe gores printed on thin paper. According to the David Rumsey Collection, between 1885 ad 1890 the magazines included segments for a German terrestrial globe, which–when collected in their…
The postal road map hints at population density, data not readily available from other types of sources. On top of density, it also captures the shape of population distribution within a given region (This claim is not based on any serious research;…
The Russian Empire was a multinational state, and the Jews were a significant minority group in the empire. The Tsarist government imposed many restrictions on the Jews, including geographical confinement. Jews had to live in the Pale of Settlement,…
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…