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
Trees
12018-09-25T00:10:42-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f591plain2019-04-04T23:05:52-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The tsars maintained a long-standing obsession with forests. In fact, one of the best-kept secrets in Russian history is that the fate of the empire depended on its ability to count, map, measure, and transport trees – oak trees, to be precise.
12018-09-27T09:04:13-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5How we know what we know about Russian forests1plain2019-04-04T23:04:31-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
