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General Map of Irkutsk Province, Self-Compiled in Irkutsk, Yakutsk, and...

This multi-colored, hand-colored map of eastern Siberia shows the state of geographic knowledge at the beginning of the last quarter of the 18th century. The geographic grid and the mapping of the...

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Siberia and Migrants

In the 19th century, the government of Russia encouraged peasants to move from the western parts of the empire to untilled lands in Siberia. This book was intended as a guide for peasants interested...

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We Live and Work According to Lenin: Atlas of the Novosibirsk Region

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union drew its legitimacy from the life and work of Vladimir I. Lenin, the leading figure of the Russian Revolution and the founder of the Soviet state. This late...

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From Tobol'sk to Obdorsk

This album of 32 original watercolors by the Tobol'sk artist M.S. Znamenskii is from the library of Tsar Nicholas II. The album was obtained for him in 1894 for 800 rubles following the death of the...

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First Nerchinsk Regiment of Zabaikal Cossack Troops

The First Nerchinsk Cossack Regiment was created in 1898 on the basis of the First Chita Regiment. In May 1899, the regiment was relocated from Chita to the Ussuriisk Region. In 1900, it was sent to...

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Map of the Southern Half of Eastern Siberia and Parts of Mongolia, Manchuria,...

Orography is a branch of the science of geomorphology that deals with the disposition and character of hills and mountains. The orography of a region concerns its elevated terrain. This general sketch...

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Map of Baikal, a Sea, a Lake, or an Angara Gap, Located in the Irkutsk...

Lake Baikal and the region around it were extensively explored by Russian expeditions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This map shows in great detail the shoreline of the lake and the...

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Economic Map of Yakutsk Oblast

This Soviet-era economic map of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is from an atlas, Yakutia ASSR: Atlas, Socialist Yakutia. It shows six different economic regions in this vast region of...

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Avenue de Neuilly

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin and Restaurant Défieux

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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Corner of Boulevard Saint Martin and Rue de Bondy (Porte Saint Martin)

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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Restaurant Défieux (Porte Saint Martin)

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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Hôtel de Ville. Pavillon de l'Horloge

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Gare d'Auteuil

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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Rapp Cartridge Factory After the Explosion: Avenue Rapp

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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Avenue Voltaire. Corner of Avenue des Amandiers

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Place du Château d'Eau

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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Arches of the Auteuil Viaduct

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Ruins near the Pont d'Auteuil and the Gare d'Auteuil. Partial View of the...

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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Ruins near the Pont d'Auteuil and the Gare d'Auteuil. General View of the...

The Franco-Prussian War was brought about by rising tensions between France and Prussia in the 1860s. France, under Emperor Napoleon III, was determined to check the growth of Prussian power and...

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