46 10 1271 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/ba98164947629925280994294845705b.jpg 46abcc2a6e92f5948afdf8bbb2846eae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Property Map Gallery IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 8f61c39b-4c59-4efc-b240-ff51983d4cee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kamennyi Brod property map Subject The topic of the resource "Geometrical plan of the village of Kammenyi Broad, Bakhmut district, Novorossiia province" Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available RGADA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1802 IIIF Item Metadata UUID 254ccbee-5902-46b0-b5be-e958ae9a307f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Karte des russisch-türkischen Kriegsschauplatzes in Europa und Asien Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilhelm Greve Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145006140203941/catalog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HOLLIS permalink</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Berlin : Lith. Institut v. Wilh. Greve, [1877] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1877 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Scale 1:2,250,000 (E 19°--E 49°/N 47°--N 38°). 1 map : color ; 42 x 114 cm IIIF Item Metadata UUID 29fd44bd-fd26-4bc3-b6f8-201f4122b33d https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/99a119a54d6efcca0e74bacfadfef362.jpg 0a7e0a503acfd1861d98c1d7e8f9fd9e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Kazan Capital Kazan Area (square miles) 24,013 Population (total) 1,342,900 Economic Activities Farming, Forestry, Fishing, Beekeeping, Factories, Shipbuilding, Crafts Resident Ethnicities Russians, Tatars, Chuvash, Cheremis, Mordvinians, Votiaks Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kazan Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Middle Volga region https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/423d75472f2eb24ce651d8c7b0170f18.jpg 39de218f76574a6cda4f14a72d2e754a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sheets from the GARE Atlas Description An account of the resource Together, the 59 map sheets in this collection constitute the <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/imperiia/items/show/321" target="_self">Geographic Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland</a>. The metadata for each sheet in this collection consists of the following: <ul> <li>Title: a simplified English translation of the name of the administrative unit</li> <li>Alternate names: the Cyrillic name given on the sheet as well as a Latin transliteration</li> <li>Scale: the scale ratio provided by the Library of Congress</li> <li>Sheet #: the integer representing the order in which the sheet appears in the atlas</li> <li>Sheet publication year: the year in which the sheet was originally published, prior to compilation in 1827</li> </ul> <a href="https://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/neatline/fullscreen/reading-moscow#records/20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We marked up the Moscow Province sheet so that you can get better sense of what the maps contain.</a> Note too, that each sheet is linked to other items in the project site. These "item relations" are listed at the bottom of the page, along with any relevant thematic tags. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 006 Atlas Sheet Alternate names Казанская губерния, Kazanskaia guberniia Sheet # 39 Sheet publication year 1822 Scale 1:1,050,000 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kazan https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/e85871b7ec4a8ecb1aafa6e1ab08904d.jpg b96aaa2f7398368bd6b2431bcecb2ac0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Russia 1914 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 18155a23-3829-4534-a52e-febe13744fbd Historical map Scale 1:31,500 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kazan (plan) Description An account of the resource This map can be found on page 353 of Baedeker's Handbook. This particular copy was made accessible by the Getty Research Institute and HathiTrust. <a href="https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100241209" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Click here to read the catalog entry</a>. The plans in this collection are annotated and tagged in the "Guidebook to a Lost Empire" project on the Canvas Empire site. <a href="https://scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/town-plans-from-the-baedeker-handbook?path=guidebook-to-a-lost-empire" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Click here to go directly to the relevant project page</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Heinrich Wagner & Ernst Debes (cartographers) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Karl Baedeker, Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking : handbook for travellers (Leipzig, 1914) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Karl Baedeker Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The book containing the map falls within the public domain in the United States. Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 55.78874, 49.12214 IIIF Item Metadata UUID 8bf7c632-e4a6-4435-a8ae-60a94e1a2014 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/fd7330607c977279278e447f49375954.jpg 75235283aaf77e25471bfc98525fc2d1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Contributors Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context contributors Description An account of the resource This project has benefitted enormously from the efforts and insights of an incredible group of graduate and undergraduate students. Some have come to the project armed with GIS skills, others with a deep understanding of the language, culture, and history of the region. Hats off to one and all for their efforts, enthusiasm, vision, and accomplishment! <h3 style="text-align: center;">[Read contributor bios below]</h3> <hr /> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Special Thanks</h2> The Imperiia Project and its contributors have been supported along the way by the incredible GIS specialists at the <a href="http://www.gis.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Center for Geographic Analysis</a>, particularly Wendy Guan, Ben Lewis, and Jeff Blossom, by the incomparable Hugh Truslow (Head, Social Sciences and Visualization, Harvard Library), by Jeremy Guillette (Digital Scholarship Facilitator, History Department), who is armed with boundless technical expertise and infinite patience, and by the extraordinary leadership and staff of the <a href="http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies</a>.  Crucial financial support has come at every step along the way from the Davis Center. Additional thanks are due to the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study for their support as well. Finally, special thanks go to John Randolph, Julie Buckler, Megan Duncan Smith, Erika Monahan, and Scott Gelbach for sharing ideas, suggestions, and crucial words of encouragement at various times, and in various doses, over the past several years. It is an undeniable pleasure to be part of such a vibrant, generous intellectual community. <hr /> Person A historical (human) actor. Occupation Associate Professor of History, Harvard University Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kelly O'Neill https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/7ac3447816318be392b813c5fdb9afcc.JPG 3b6bedee06e850bcdc20ebd651d6d799 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Property Map Gallery IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 8f61c39b-4c59-4efc-b240-ff51983d4cee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Khalil Çelebi orchard map (full) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1789 (1835) IIIF Item Metadata UUID 29e12aca-db5b-4d84-8a28-0eb643ab51c7 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/37cb8558cf8d9378b1568f3f3ecc055b.JPG a1de11bf6c98f1bd3e882156563fa2d0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Property Map Gallery IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 8f61c39b-4c59-4efc-b240-ff51983d4cee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Khalil Çelebi orchard map (plan) IIIF Item Metadata UUID b0433a1c-407e-4e04-874c-5aba38143b86 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/7608108622e881842c517f617458f87d.jpg ef36aa0e5934e61f244f83b9510f2562 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Kharkov Capital Kharkov Area (square miles) 20,973 Population (total) 1,467,400 Economic Activities Farming, Distilleries, Pasture, Toacco, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Ukrainians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kharkov Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Left Bank https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/6c9f644e624fc3a6441f21a04c64067a.jpg ff1544ff15f4f5791650f62c60754755 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sheets from the GARE Atlas Description An account of the resource Together, the 59 map sheets in this collection constitute the <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/imperiia/items/show/321" target="_self">Geographic Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland</a>. The metadata for each sheet in this collection consists of the following: <ul> <li>Title: a simplified English translation of the name of the administrative unit</li> <li>Alternate names: the Cyrillic name given on the sheet as well as a Latin transliteration</li> <li>Scale: the scale ratio provided by the Library of Congress</li> <li>Sheet #: the integer representing the order in which the sheet appears in the atlas</li> <li>Sheet publication year: the year in which the sheet was originally published, prior to compilation in 1827</li> </ul> <a href="https://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/neatline/fullscreen/reading-moscow#records/20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We marked up the Moscow Province sheet so that you can get better sense of what the maps contain.</a> Note too, that each sheet is linked to other items in the project site. These "item relations" are listed at the bottom of the page, along with any relevant thematic tags. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 006 Atlas Sheet Alternate names Харковская губерния, Khar'kovskaia guberniia Sheet # 23 Sheet publication year 1821 Scale 1:1,000,000 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kharkov curiosity