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This is the cover art for the first river guide published in Russia: a guide to the Volga, from Tver to Astrakhan on the Caspian.

Of the 122 fortresses shown on the atlas,

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

Two fortified lines appear on the Piadyshev atlas: (part of) the Ukrainian line, and the Caucasian line.

In the former kingdom of Georgia, annexed by Russia in 1801, we find towns distinguished by size and marked as fortified or unfortified.

Image generated with DALLE-3 using prompt: can you generate an image of a group of late 18th century French spies in a sea port town in imperial Russia?

Footnote containing definition of a "splavnaia reka"