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Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province.
This map can be found on page 37 of Baedeker's Handbook. This particular copy was made accessible by the Getty Research Institute and HathiTrust. Click here to read the catalog entry.
The plans in this collection are annotated and tagged in the…
This map can be found on page 208 of Baedeker's Handbook. This particular copy was made accessible by the Getty Research Institute and HathiTrust. Click here to read the catalog entry.
The plans in this collection are annotated and tagged in the…
Villages came in several varieties, the derevnia and the selo being by far the most numerous. This layer describes the geography of the selo(село > села), the quintessential Russian village. A selo was generally a large rural settlement, the site…
Villages came in several varieties, thederevnia and theselo being by far the most numerous. This layer describes derevni (деревня > деревни), which correspond, more or less, to the English term "hamlet": a small, unincorporated, rural settlement.…
Panorama of Alushta on Crimea's southern coast. In the foreground, a shepherd herds goats with the help of a few dogs. Crimean mountains (the high peak is Demirdzhi) and the Black Sea, complete with a vessel with furled sails, can be seen in the…
Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province.