Rivers of the empire
description: Rivers of the empire as depicted on the Geographical Atlas
creator: Piadyshev via MadMappers
source: Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire
date: 1821-1827

(Named) rivers of the Russian empire
description: (Named) rivers of the Russian empire as depicted on the Geographical Atlas
creator: Piadyshev via MadMappers
source: Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire
date: 1821-1827

Atlas Mosaic
creator: Piadyshev via MadMappers
source: Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire
date: 1821-1827

The Coast in the Hands/Eyes of an Ottoman Admiral
creator: Piri Reis

III. Grossen und Bevoelkerungs : Karte von Europa
description: "Double page engraved hand color Statistical table. Engraved by I. Albrecht. Shows population density in European countries. Includes list of Germany's square mileage and population of each region."
creator: Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph von (1766-1820)
source: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/iiif/m/RUMSEY~8~1~278969~90052042/manifest
source: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/c87d7a
date: 1795

Dnepr basin, wiki-style
description: Scheme of the Dnepr River basin sourced from Wiki Commons
creator: SafronovAV

back cover, (seq. 229)
creator: Semën Ul'ianovich Remezov
source: Khorograficheskaya kniga [Chorographic sketch-book of Siberia]. MS Russ 72 (6). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
date: 1696-1697
language: Russian
type: atlas sheet

Catherine II, early in her reign
creator: Stefano Torelli
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Torelli#/media/File:Catherine_II_by_Torelli_(Saratov).jpg
date: [1760s]

Physical Map of Ukraine
creator: Stepan Rudnytskii
source: Harvard University, Harvard Map Collection, G7100_1918_R8_Stitched

Stairway to Nowhere
description: Photograph of concrete stairs to the Black Sea just west of Novorossiisk.
creator: Taylor Zajicek is a historian of environmental change in modern Eurasia and the Middle East. He earned his PhD (History) at Princeton and is a postdoctoral fellow at the Harriman Institute at Columbia in 2024-2025. Read about his current book project, an environmental history of the Black Sea in the 20th century, or his piece on the environmental impact of Russia's war against Ukraine.
date: December 8, 2019
rights: CC BY-SA-NC 4.0