Ethnographic map of Russia in Europe (1878)
Ethnographic map of Russia in Europe (1878)
‘Cool to see the Volga Germans I never quite knew the exact extent of where they settled’–toasted_scrub_jay
Ethno-Linguistic Composition of the Caucasus, 1990
Ethno-Linguistic Composition of the Caucasus, 1990
‘This is a really detailed and interesting map thank you :)‘–HiroYeeeto
1864 map of Crimea
East Slavic languages in the Russian Empire (1897)
East Slavic languages in the Russian Empire (1897)
‘Half of Buryats don’t speak Buryat. Yakuts and Tatars know their national languages better, and virtually all Chechens, at least those grown up in the Chechen Republic, speak Chechen’–mahendrabirbikram
Only the Little Sea remains!
1872 map of the Aral Sea
‘Kazakhstan is trying to let a little more water in, but there’s not much that can be done. Much of the water that did fill the sea is needed in other areas or is just gone. The Soviets not only diverted much of the water that went into the sea, they did a horrible job of it, trying to turn the desert into cotton fields. The canals were poorly built and huge amounts of water was wasted. It’s estimated that in the largest canal, anywhere between 30-75% of the water was wasted, either being evaporated or leaked. Now days, much of the population still relies on that same irrigation system. Most of the nations are just to poor and don’t have the capability to improve them.
It’s a vicious domino effect, where taking the water creates a dry, salty desert. Dust storms spread the toxic sand and salt over the irrigated land and more water and pesticides and fertilizer is needed to make the land productive, but they end up in what was the lake bed and is now a desert. Another dust storm picks up and the cycle repeats, destroying both sides of the system.‘–]a_filing_cabinet
Soviet map of the Kamchatka Peninsula (1967)
Soviet map of the Kamchatka Peninsula (1967)
‘Disappearing Earth is quite a good recent novel set in Kamchatka’–dexter_sinister
Ethnic groups in southern Soviet Union and neighboring Middle Eastern countries (1986)
Ethnic groups in southern Soviet Union and neighboring Middle Eastern countries (1986)
‘Ethnic Russians would only be in the majority in Crimea and the built-up parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts, and pretty much every ethnic map of Ukraine that I’ve seen (whether Soviet or Western) has reflected this. This was most likely an oversight on someone’s part – the guy making the labels forgot that Ukraine would be included, or accidentally put “Russian” when he meant “East Slavic”, or something like that’–Lazar_Taxon
1937 Geologic Map of the Soviet Union
1937 Geologic Map of the Soviet Union
‘A fascinating insight into just how diverse the Soviet Union truly was in regards to terrain. Do you think Krushchev looked at a map like this before launching the Virgin Lands scheme?‘–AllAboutRussia
Forced-Labor Camps (Gulags and individual local camps) in the Soviet Union (1951)
Forced-Labor Camps (Gulags and individual local camps) in the Soviet Union (1951)
“A lot of my Ancestors died in those. They were farmers in an German enclave, an autonomous German town for German settlers, in Eastern Russia. They settled there before the first World War”–Satan_Stoned
Soviet map of the Baikal, Transbaikal Region (1967)
Soviet map of the Baikal, Transbaikal Region (1967)
“Irkutsk is a city with a lot of historical architecture, I think it can be one of the interesting city for tourism, on the railway between Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok. But, like all East Siberian cities, it’s kinda poor and depressed.
Vladivostok is a beautiful sea city. In Khabarovsk, i got robbed, so I do not like the city :) Ulan-Ude, a very strange city. This is the Buddhist capital of Russia, with many Buddhist temples, such as the Ivolginsky datsan. But I do not like the city itself I wasn’t on Krasnoyarsk, and can’t say anything about it. And Novosibirsk, largest city of Siberia, must be visited i guess.
And Chita, awful city, i even recommend to don’t getting off the train. City has one of highest crime rate in Russia for years, and very bad reputation”–Vaval
1739 map of Russia - by Johann Homann
1739 map of Russia - by Johann Homann
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1739 map of Russia - by Joh Matthiae Hassie
1739 map of Russia - by Joh Matthiae Hassie
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Russia compared to the contiguous United States
Russia compared to the contiguous United States
“surface area wise russia is larger than pluto”–VarysIsAMermaid69
“A common follow-up joke in Russia is, “they’re also similar infrastructure-wise”–SubconsciousEgotism
“also…Pluto has warmer winters than Siberia”–Kamohoaliii
1665 map of Staten Island (now Vaygach Island), below Nova Zembla - by Joan Blaeu
1665 map of Staten Island (now Vaygach Island), below Nova Zembla - by Joan Blaeu
“Best part of this map is those two unfortunate guys (Nenets?) getting eaten by a bear over on the mainland, which is labelled as New Holland! :)“–KenFyr
Ethnic Map of the USSR
Ethnic Map of the USSR
“Good old soviets, politically calling the romanian ethnics and language in SSR Moldova, “moldavian” people and language cause they wanted to denationalize and russify them easier”–vladgrinch
Percentage of Mordvins in the Russian Volga-Urals region (2010 census)
Percentage of Mordvins in the Russian Volga-Urals region (2010 census)
“Finno Ugric people’s group”–VarysIsAMermaid69
Jewish % of the population for each Soviet republic in 1989
Jewish % of the population for each Soviet republic in 1989
“The Jews in Uzbekistan are called Bukharan Jews and most left for Israel or the US after the USSR fell apart”–datil_pepper
Napoleonic Europe - 1812 - Invasion of Russia
Napoleonic Europe - 1812 - Invasion of Russia
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“Never really thought about how far away Moscow was from everything else. That’s one hell of a March”–LibetPugnare
Soviet map of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic), North-East (1967)
Soviet map of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic), North-East (1967)
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Soviet map of Moscow and Leningrad (1967)
Soviet map of Moscow and Leningrad (1967)
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Soviet map of the U.S.S.R. (1967)
Soviet map of the U.S.S.R. (1967)
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Northern Eurasia Land Cover (2000)
1735 map of Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland and the surrounding area
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Forest cover in Russia
“Basically there’s the steppe in the south, tundra in the north and a thick forest belt in between”–PeaceDenver