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This map can be found on page 435 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 407 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 459 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 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…

View of Count Mikhail Vorontsov's palace in the distance with Crimean Tatar men gathered in a circle in the foreground. According to Demidov, the (coastal) region around Alupka, "washed in sunlight and bathed by the sea," was quite the fashionable…

View of Russian soldiers resting at the side of the road. In peacetime, soldiers were tasked with public works projects. This group was building the road between Yalta and Alupka. Image date: 12 August 1837

A Crimean Tatar family travels on horseback and on foot near Yalta. Women in burkas carry infants in their laps. According to Demidov, the Tatars were free to pursue their favorite economic activities, including the farming "at which they excel."…

Two "common Tatars" distribute alms as they exit the mosque. There is a mulla wearing a turban and a haji next to him - recognizable due to the white band. Among the mendicants there is a chapelet and another haji - "the rest are miserable Gypsies."…

Visit to the home of the rabbi of Chufut Kale. Favorite wife blushed agreeably at the entrance of the foreigners. Fascinated by the woman's elegant attire: Une robe de soie rayee dessinait une taille bien prise, que nul artifice etranger n'avait…

View of main street in Bahcesaray (Bakhchisaray). Crimean Tatars in ox-driven wagons ride down the street while others walk or sit on the side. Demidov notes that the street is "lined with shops selling things Tatar have produced for two centuries,"…