Rivers of the empire as depicted on the Geographical Atlas
Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire
(Named) rivers of the Russian empire as depicted on the Geographical Atlas
The Coast in the Hands/Eyes of an Ottoman Admiral
III. Grossen und Bevoelkerungs : Karte von Europa
"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."
Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph von (1766-1820)
Scheme of the Dnepr River basin sourced from Wiki Commons
Khorograficheskaya kniga [Chorographic sketch-book of Siberia]. MS Russ 72 (6). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Harvard University, Harvard Map Collection, G7100_1918_R8_Stitched
Photograph of concrete stairs to the Black Sea just west of Novorossiisk.
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.