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This map of Asiatic Russia tells the story of Russia's vast ethnic diversity. Just saying that the Russian Empire was diverse would be an understatement. Because of Russia's strategic location between Europe and Asia, it has come in contact with a…

Color map of Russia showing Capitals of Governments, Towns, Villages, Railroads, Telegraph Lines, Canals, Rivers, Wells

This map of European Russia was created by German geographer and cartographer Richard Andree (1835 - 1912). Interestingly, Andree was the son of another well-known and much respected 19th Century German geographer, Karl Andree (1808 - 1875). During…

Choose a map from the Chorographic Sketchbook of Siberia. The candidate sheets are collected here. You might want to page through them all and if you want to go through the whole Sketchbook, the Harvard Library copy is here.Imagine that this map is…

The Crimea Map is full of curiosities, both cartographic and historical. In class, we marked it up with questions. Your job now is to select one of the unanswered questions, conduct research, and compose an answer. Your answer should be about 300…

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