The Great War, 1871–1923 · THE MAP IN JAN 1894

Map of Europe in January 1894

The Franco-Russian alliance · before WWI

Europe in January 1894: The Franco-Russian alliance. Since June 1890, 15 territories changed status on this map: including France, Russian Empire, Ukraine (Russian Empire) and 12 more.

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Map of Europe in January 1894 (before WWI): The Franco-Russian alliance. Colours show The Entente & Allies, Germany and its allies — the Central Powers, Entente-aligned & imperial territories. — JAN 1894 · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography

Source details

Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Source polygons retained with original identities; geographic selections and corrections by Maps of History.. CC BY 4.0
Made with Natural Earth; geographic reference and physical land only. No modern political boundary is used as a historical boundary.. Public domain

Annual source features can describe claims, legal territory or military control. Occupied extensions are separated from the prewar Central Power homelands, while the original source names and shapes remain available.

reconstruction: 1871–1918 · reconstruction: 1894 Ottoman footprint · vector: 1815–1937 · vector: 1820–1899 · vector: 1848–1935 · vector: 1856–1894 · vector: 1864–1921 · vector: 1871–1914 · vector: 1871–1916 · vector: 1873–1914 · vector: 1880–1894 · vector: 1880–1897 · vector: 1880–1899 · vector: 1885–1894 · vector: 1885–1899 · vector: 1885–1904 · vector: 1885–1907 · vector: 1885–1910 · vector: 1885–1911 · vector: 1890–1894 · vector: 1890–1897 · vector: 1890–1904 · vector: 1890–1914

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

France	— → The Entente & Allies
Russian Empire	— → The Entente & Allies
Ukraine (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Belarus (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Estonia (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Latvia (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Lithuania (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Bessarabia (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Georgia (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Armenia (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Azerbaijan (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Finland (Russian Empire)	— → The Entente & Allies
Poland (partitioned)	— → The Entente & Allies
Algeria (French)	— → Entente-aligned & imperial territories
Tunisia	— → Entente-aligned & imperial territories

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