Imperiia: a spatial history of the Russian EmpireMain MenuAboutDashboardsData CatalogMapStoriesGalleriesGamesWho said history was boring?Map ShelfTeach Our ContentCiting the ProjectKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The Imperiia Project // Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Knowledge Bank
12018-11-15T22:53:29-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f592plain2022-05-06T16:41:33-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Geographic knowledge has always been a valuable commodity. While it often found expression in graphic form (i.e., through maps), throughout most of Russian history - and the history of most states and cultures - geographic knowledge was more often collected, organized, and distributed through other genres.
The contents of this section describe the many forms of geographic information technology at work in the empire, as well as the individuals, organizations, and institutions that saw the empire through a spatial lens.
