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detail from the first Austrian-made atlas of the world

One of the questions raised by this map is whether or not the geography of post houses stands in as a map of low population density, or perhaps of negligible state power? After all, the post houses run through the Don Cossack lands, along the…

The Piadyshev atlas attests to the presence of 576 post houses. In some cases the post house (почтовой двор) was freestanding; in others it was designated as a "post station with a post house". The main distinction between the features in this layer…

The Piadyshev atlas distinguishes between a post station found in avillage or town, and the sort of post station found out along the road (почтовая станица с двором). The atlas notes the presence of 3,567 post stations of the former variety, and…