In Staliunas’s on Lithuania and the Russian Mental Map, he mentions the idea of the western provinces as the new terminology for provinces annexed from Poland, which includes both the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Right-Bank Ukraine, although he focuses … Read more

Konstantin Konstantinovich Pahlen (Константин Константинович Пален) (1861-1923) was a Russian statesman of Baltic German origin. He served as a vice-governor of Warsaw (1897-1900), vice-governor of Pskov (1900-1902), and the governor of Vilna. In 1908, as a member of the Governing … Read more

Consider this post an addendum to Albert’s earlier post on Konstantin von Kaufman. Mikhail Petrovich von Kaufman (1821 – 1902), shared his older brother’s Germanic roots, but was born in modern-day Moldavia a few years after Konstantin had been born … Read more

  The above is a drawing of Konstantin von Kaufmann, the first first Governor General of Russian Tashkent, after Tashkent was conquered by the Russian Empire in 1865. Obviously, this is a bit future ahead in the century than we are … Read more

  Georg Heinrich Freiherr von Langsdorff, known as Grigori Ivanovich Langsdorf in Russia, was a German-born Russian explorer and diplomat to Brazil. Langsdorff was a trained naturalist and physician as well as a member of the Russian Imperial Academy of … Read more

The Watercolour depicts the Congress of Vienna which was called after the defeat of Napoleon in the Wars of the Sixth Coalition, 1812-1814. The combined powers of the UK, Russia, Prussia, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and some of the German … Read more

  This oil painting by Vasily V. Vereshagin in 1890 depicts Napoleon’s arrival into Moscow after Alexander’s scorched Earth policy of burning the city and retreating, forcing Napoleon to retreat due to the lack of food and infrastructure needed to … Read more

“Invade my Country indeed – I’ll shave – freeze – and bury you in snow – you little monkey.” – With these words, General Frost, the eerie personification of Imperial Russia in this British political cartoon from 1812, welcomes the … Read more

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