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Fire, Reform, and Unrest
12026-02-19T15:46:51-05:00Anastasiia Pereverten1dee3aa5075817eb04077dbae88a1030d7d4ebb491We are back from winter break with a new set of interactive maps. In the "Up in Flames” project, we mapped arson incidents in the Russian Empire during the turbulent years surrounding the Emancipation of the Serfs. The map above focuses on 1862, the year after serfdom was abolished. The interactive map linked below aggregates 3,128 recorded arson incidents across 49 provinces between 1860 and 1864, showing both where arson was most concentrated and where it made up a larger share of all fires. By stepping through the years, you can trace shifting geographies of unrest across the Russian Empire.plain2026-02-19T15:46:51-05:00Anastasiia Pereverten1dee3aa5075817eb04077dbae88a1030d7d4ebb4
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12026-02-19T12:59:49-05:00Paul Vadanf46fd2a7a6d2ab1ecca0ec13c84118eaf61facfaMap of the Week GalleryAnastasiia Pereverten39structured_gallery2026-02-27T13:24:14-05:00Anastasiia Pereverten1dee3aa5075817eb04077dbae88a1030d7d4ebb4