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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…
On the Piadyshev atlas, the kirchspiel (кирхшпил) denotes the presence of aProtestant parish. This layer doubles as a rough approximation of Protestant churches.
Provinces were the building blocks of the imperial administrative structure. Starting in the 18th century, provinces came in two forms: the guberniia and the oblast'. Empress Catherine II determined the shape and structure of the former, dominant…
Provinces came in two forms. While the guberniia was the more standardized and more prolific form, the oblast' played an important role in the administrative geography of the empire as well. The oblast' was a secondary administrative unit.A quick…