Imperiia: a spatial history of the Russian Empire

castles & fortifications

They range from remnants of a bygone age to fully operational military installations (and therefore from accessible to inaccessible). No matter the scale, fortifications feature prominently in the descriptions of Russian towns.

Click on the placemarks to read the entries, or use the network graph below: when you click on a dot, all other tags attached to that place will appear. By clicking and dragging the dots, you can find unexpected (and expected) connections between places. 

Sites noted on maps & plans are represented by green dots. Sites noted in the main text are represented by orange dots. Red dots represent tags.

To make the related dots disappear, just click again on the original dot.

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