59 10 1271 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/11fd2f0ec03998612dd6e694e673daf0.jpg ce910871f158058191e689d16e8ee1f7 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 1:21,000 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 Pavlovsk (plan) Description An account of the resource This map can be found on page 189 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 59.68333, 30.43472 IIIF Item Metadata UUID 0805506b-66f1-400b-8ba1-5eb076a116dc https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/cc7eec65017dd6c2c0d76c05bbbf80e8.jpg 4d85517bf409733334726e080e427bd3 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 Pay Locals IIIF Item Metadata UUID 94d5942e-d735-41a3-96e4-68ec95ad4744 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/6c6992cb27a49e9e5551768aa4d71038.png a9ec197d047caaadf788386d568891dd 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 1:70,000 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 Peking (plan) Description An account of the resource This map can be found on page 553 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 39.9075, 116.39723 IIIF Item Metadata UUID 3ebcccac-5655-4279-9f89-36c5b840eb5e https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/d504ec2e46f790965568dd55f3fec765.jpg b02c46d6ef9b9ad536dac1fc7107e417 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 Penza Capital Penza Area (square miles) 14,693 Population (total) 1,087,200 Economic Activities Farming, Forestry Resident Ethnicities Russians, Cheremis, Mordvinians 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 Penza 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/29531d81a9eb02917efb52688dbb2d46.jpg 97a4de9d43fb56132c576f2b1113559b 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 Пензенская губерния, Penzenskaia guberniia Sheet # 38 Sheet publication year 1822 Scale 1:840,000 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 Penza https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/fabd6c05b4e5fca1db1bfa8709539138.png e951092edec1f47d9e56f774fe4e329e https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/7396417365e5c3f9cf78481e25a9b470.png 12c647ec56d18896f2b7cde2b6bccf1f 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 Analytical Maps Description An account of the resource A collection of maps produced using some of the basic tools of spatial analysis Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context analytical-maps Map Map Layers Piadyshev atlas_provinces (inclusive) Projection Equidistant Conic Analysis One of the important takeaways from these maps is that a coastal location was nearly as important as actual area in determining perimeter length. The complex geometries of coastal provinces figure in many of the mappings in this project. Symbology 5 symbolization classes based first on the Natural Breaks (Jenks) and then the Equal Interval classification method. Analysis2 description One of the important takeaways from these maps is that a coastal location was nearly as important as actual area in determining perimeter length. The complex geometries of coastal provinces figure in many of the mappings in this project. Map analysis description Perimeter length was calculated using the "calculate geometry" tool in ArcMap. The results should be considered a rough measure rather than an authoritative quantification. One of the important takeaways from these maps is that a coastal location was nearly as important as actual area in determining perimeter length. The complex geometries of coastal provinces figure in many of the mappings in this project. 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 Perimeter Length of Russian Provinces https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/9a65ea80469e385660103f39867ef279.jpg b04527dcd8df240551b20f21b3eba1d4 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 Perm Capital Perm Area (square miles) 129,074 Population (total) 1,637,700 Economic Activities Cattle, Fishing, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Zyrians, Cheremis, Vogulichej 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 Perm 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 Northern Urals https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/09c31c58b105750c831200f224c0bd5c.jpg 6f1993a6179cd262b4734cd0539a526f 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 Пермская губерния, Permskaia guberniia Sheet # 49 Sheet publication year 1824 Scale 1:2,310,000 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 Perm https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/65a8b2185dd19bf6ba4e8ca9950e7784.jpg 89a7637eaf7a10e1c9cf9c0156832636 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 1:34,500 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 Peterhof (plan) Description An account of the resource This map can be found on page 181 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 59.88333, 29.9 IIIF Item Metadata UUID 04fb78a5-8f3c-4a1e-b2d9-f9a2a83bd22d https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/5eaccc3c0f9a4e19f4f002fd428c7ae1.jpg 96eee22be3fb3b020b50cec40ed95b44 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photograph 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 Petr Petrovich Semenov-Tian-Shanskij Description An account of the resource Portrait of Petr Petrovich Semenov-Tian-Shanskij (1827-1914), Russian geographer and statistician. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alexandre Quinet Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84507478/f1.item) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource public domain