The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924 · THE MAP IN MAR 1861

Map of the Russian Empire in March 1861

The serfs are freed

The Russian Empire in March 1861: The serfs are freed. The map shows who held what: The Tsarist empire, Foreign powers & intervention.

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Map of the Russian Empire in March 1861: The serfs are freed. Colours show The Tsarist empire, Foreign powers & intervention. — MAR 1861 · THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, 1855–1924

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cambridge Modern History Atlas, map 108 — Russia in Europe (1912) · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · C. Perron / Élisée Reclus — Russian Encroachments in Turkestan (1884)

Source details

Cambridge Modern History Atlas, map 108 — Russia in Europe (1912). Historical map published before 1931; independently digitized factual geography. Original scan not republished.
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
C. Perron / Élisée Reclus — Russian Encroachments in Turkestan (1884). Historical map published before 1931; independently digitized factual geography. Original scan not republished.

Imperial borders use dated political outlines. The 1856/1878 Bessarabian settlement and Kars–Batum acquisition are corrected from the published atlas. Turkmen acquisitions follow the 1884 Reclus map, with Merv entering only after 1884.

reconstruction: 1856–1878; 1860 source reference · reconstruction: 1861.17 · trace: 1861.17 · vector: 1861.17

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