The Imperiia Project: a spatial history of the Russian EmpireMain MenuProjectsDashboardsData CatalogMapStoriesGalleriesGamesWho said history was boring?Teach Our ContentCiting the ProjectKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The Imperiia Project // Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
StoryMaps
12020-03-17T20:41:46-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5922image_header2020-04-16T03:37:42-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Each of these projects sketches the story (or stories) told by a single map. Here we assemble the backstory, introduce the characters, explain the historical context, and sometimes even decode the cartographic tricks that allow an individual map to speak.
Sometimes it is a matter of putting things together, and sometimes it is a matter of pulling them apart. You will see.
12020-04-15T18:28:25-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Once upon a time in Crimea7image_header2020-04-15T21:43:59-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-04-15T21:41:54-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Tracings: Jan Jansson's map of New Amsterdam15image_header2020-04-16T03:55:16-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5