Imperiia: a spatial history of the Russian Empire

River Stories

Russian roads were infamous. Muddy. Treacherous. Unfinished.

Rivers were the reliable thoroughfares. They spread across the surface of the empire in a dense web of sinewy lines. But most were too narrow or shallow for shipping lumber. (Or for shipping it easily.) 

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