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"The Makarevski Sheltovodskii monastery stands silhouetted against a pearly sky as the waters of Russia's Volga River drift by."

Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Russian Voyage: From the White to the Black Sea," June 1994,…

Details of the 60 fortresses depicted in the Atlas of Fortresses of the Russian Empire (circa 1830).

Footnote containing definition of a "splavnaia reka"

Fragment of a topographical map of the Crimean peninsula published in 1842 by the Military-Topographical Depot of the Russian Army. The map was built from the triangulations of Lt. Colonel Oberg and topographical surveys performed by Colonel Betev…

This map was produced by the Military-Topographical Depot of the Russian Empire. The original edition was approved and published in 1860; this edition, apparently with slight corrections, was published in 1862.

The map cost 25 kopeks. One could…

Full documentation of the process of georeferencing and creating the atlas mosaic.