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The Imperiia Project

Abigail Bennett (GIS Intern)

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3. Arkhangelsk Province
5. Bessarabia Province
6. Black Sea Cossack Lands
9. Chukotka and Kamchatka
10. Chernigov Province
12. Château Vorontsov
16. Cold Snap As the end of the month approaches, we are leaning into winter with a selection from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. This ice chart of the Northern Hemisphere takes us back to January 1946. Produced by the U.S. Navy’s Hydrographic Office, it reflects growing interest in polar regions, shipping routes, and risks to navigation. Look carefully and you will see that the chart distinguishes permanent polar packs from areas of sea ice navigable by unreinforced vessels, translating environmental conditions into operational knowledge. But even if you aren’t planning to travel back in time to sail the North Atlantic, you might be curious about the known limits of icebergs and growlers. Enjoy!
17. Distribution of Mosques c.1880 In 1886 the Ministry of Internal Affairs - the Department of Spiritual Affairs of Foreign Faiths, to be specific - published a mosque census listing 6,307 mosques distributed across 34 provinces. This map transforms that list into a map. It visualizes the percentage of the empire’s total number of mosques located within each province, with provinces containing none shown in white and darker shades indicating higher concentrations. The most significant concentrations appear in the Volga-Ural region, Tavrida (including Crimea) and the Caucasus. But is this the whole story? How did imperial officials go about counting mosques? Can we trust the picture generated by their data?

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