Commonly, the term describes the semi-official persecution of Jews in the Russian Empire that began in the early 1880s. With their situation in Russia basically hopeless, many Jewish families left ...

The collection "Maps of the Russian empire and its parts of the 18th century" is one of great cultural importance in the world. Vast geographical explorations and cartographic work broadened greatly ...

From 1741 until Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867, the Russian empire claimed territory and peoples in North America. In this book, Ilya Vinkovetsky examines how Russia governed its only ...