The Imperiia Project: a spatial history of the Russian EmpireMain MenuProjectsDashboardsData CatalogMapStoriesGalleriesGamesWho said history was boring?Teach Our ContentCiting the ProjectKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The Imperiia Project // Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
An empire in motion
12019-04-05T00:01:20-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f591plain2019-04-05T00:01:20-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The maps and stories of trees and rivers and shipyards and surveyors and peasants outlined here are stories of an empire in transition. An empire in motion. An empire with aspirations as vast as its territory. An empire shaped by the ideas of distance and access, abundance and scarcity. An empire in which space mattered. An empire determined to mobilize natural resources across vast distances. They reveal the extent and limitations of imperial power and the spatial dimension of the imperial project.
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