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The Economic Geography of Sweets
12026-02-19T15:50:57-05:00Anastasiia Pereverten1dee3aa5075817eb04077dbae88a1030d7d4ebb492We began our investigation of the economic geography of the Russian Empire with the confection industry. We mapped 162 factories across 41 towns. They employed over 5,000 workers and produced more than 11,000 tons of confections – worth over 10 million rubles – each year. Every sweet had its own geography. Here is a map of gingerbread (red) and halva (orange) production. The distribution of factories is of two patterns: while gingerbread production was widespread, halva was mostly produced around Odesa. [issue date: 13 November 2025]plain2026-02-26T11:56:27-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
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