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No, Russian towns were not sites of gastronomic innovation and delight. At least, not in the late 18th and early 19th century.That said, eating and drinking were necessary parts of daily life and the plans give us a sense of how consumption fit into…
This map can be found on page 425 of Baedeker's Handbook. This particular copy was made accessible by the Getty Research Institute and HathiTrust. Click here to read the catalog entry.
While most peasants lived in villages, a peasant holding a farmstead (хутор, khutor) lived - together with his family - on the land.
98 out of 228 total farmsteads (43%) are located in the Don Cossack territory and another 40 (18%) are located in adjacent provinces. A thought-provoking statistic, indeed.