The Russian Empire: State, People, Nations

General Resources

The Prokudin-Gorsky collection, a remarkable compilation of early color photos of the Russian Empire: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/

The Princeton University Library’s guide to Slavic/East European collections and resources: https://libguides.princeton.edu/slavic-eeuropean-eurasian-studies/

Princeton University Library Sources

• Maps
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    • Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the North West Coast of America
    • The Russian discoveries : from the map published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.
    • Plan of St. Petersburg : with it’s [sic] fortifications, built by Peter the Great in 1703
• Books
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    • New Russia. Journey from Riga to the Crimea, by way of Kiev; with some account of the colonization and the manners and customs of the colonists of new Russia. To which are added, notes relating to the Crim Tatars.
    • Correspondence respecting Russia between Robert Goodloe Harper and Robert Walsh, Jun. Together with the speech of Mr. Harper, commemorative of the Russian victories. Delivered at Georgetown, Columbia, June 5th, 1813. And an essay on the future state of Europe.
    • An account of the new northern archipelago [electronic resource] : lately discovered by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir
• Journals
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    • Recueil des actes de la séance publique de l’Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Petersbourg.
    • Bericht der Comität der Russischen Bibel-Gesellschaft.
    • Magazin für Russland’s Geschichte, Länder- und Völkerkunde.