The " long nineteenth century ", from 1789 to 1914 sees the drastic social, political and economic changes initiated by the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, and following the reorganisation of the political map of Europe at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the rise of Nationalism, the rise of the Russian Empire and the peak of the British Empire, paralleled by the decline of the Ottoman Empire.

Map of Tsaritsyn ( Volgograd ) City map, Russian edition on 1909

Liechtenstein gave asylum to approximately five hundred soldiers of the First Russian National Army ( a collaborationist Russian force within the German Wehrmacht ) at the close of World War II ; this is commemorated by a monument at the border town of Hinterschellenberg which is marked on the country's tourist map.

The Russian name Koloshi ( Колоши ) ( from an Alutiiq term for the labret ) or the related German name Koulischen may be encountered in older historical literature, such as Shelikhov's 1796 map of Russian America.

* map of the Manchu-Korean expedition against Russian expansion ( 나선정벌 ( 羅禪征伐 )

*" Babi Yar in the mirror of science, or the map of Bermuda Triangle ", an article in Zerkalo Nedeli ( the Mirror Weekly ), July 2005, available online in Russian and in Ukrainian

The latter names were well attested already in the mid-16th century ( see, e. g., " Sibier Provincia " on Sigismund von Herberstein's map of Moscovia dated 1549, or the city and region of " Sibier " on Mercator's map of Asia ( 1595 ), while Russian explorers did not even reach today's Inner Mongolia until Ivan Petlin ( 1618 ), or the Amur basin, until Vassili Poyarkov ( 1643 ).

Russian written sources mentioned the name " Kolmak Tatars " as early as 1530, and cartographer Sebastian Muenster ( 1488 – 1552 ) circumscribed the territory of the " Kalmuchi " on a map in his Cosmographia, which was published in 1544.

Kazan city map in 19century, Russian edition

A Russian military outpost founded on July 1, 1869, Karakol grew in the 19th century after explorers came to map the peaks and valleys separating Kyrgyzstan from China.

The Zunghar and Kalmyk states ( a fragment of the map of Russian Empire of Peter The Great, that was created by a Sweden soldier in c. 1725 ).

On December 8 the Council published a map and description of the line along with an announcement that it recognized " Poland's right to organize a regular administration of the territories of the former Russian Empire situated to the West of the line described below.

A new map was included, similar to the old but larger, and repainted by Charlie Kibler ( albeit showing most land in a slightly odd desert yellow colour ) and Soviet units ( which the rules wrongly insist on calling " Russian ", although the USSR is correctly labelled on the map ) are now red rather than brown.

Moreover, between 1972 and 1973, the USSR deleted the Chinese and Manchu place-names — Iman ( 伊曼, Yiman ), Tetyukhe ( from 野猪河, yĕzhūhé ), and Suchan — from the Soviet Far East map, and replaced them with the Russian place-names Dalnerechensk, Dalnegorsk, and Partizansk.

* Detailed map of the reservoir ( in Russian )

Historical map of Ukrainian Cossack Hetmanate and territory of Zaporozhian Cossacks under rule of Russian Empire ( 1751 ).

Carnegie and the original map of the Peace PalaceThe idea of the Palace started from a discussion in 1900 between the Russian diplomat Friedrich Martens and the US diplomat Andrew White, over providing a home for the Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), which was established through the first Hague Peace Conference in 1899.

Nerchinsk itself is shown on the map ( on the Russian side of the border ) as well.

* Detailed Russian map of the Kolyma Gulag from the site Jewish Community in Magadan

* A map of his Antarctic expedition ( in Russian ), attention – all dates there are Julian

A notable exception is the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, whose symphonies use the theme of angst in post-World War II compositions depicting Russian strife during the war.

A 1914 Russian poster depicting the Triple Entente.

In depicting the 1905 Russian Revolution Potemkin sought to create a new history for Russia, one led and triumphed over by the formerly oppressed masses.

The U. S. S. R also screened films depicting partisan activity and the suffering inflicted by the Nazis, such as Girl No. 217, which showed a Russian girl enslaved by an inhumane German family.

An 18th-century Russian icon depicting various types of the Theotokos icons

Russian icon | Russian Icon depicting Andrew of Crete | St. Andrew of Crete ( left ) and St. Mary of Egypt.

A French political cartoon depicting Qing dynasty | China as a king cake is about to be carved up by Queen Victoria ( British Empire | Britain ), Wilhelm II ( German Empire | Germany ), Nicholas II of Russia | Nicolas II ( Russian Empire | Russia ), Marianne ( Third French Republic | France ), and a samurai ( Empire of Japan | Japan ) while a Mandarin ( bureaucrat ) | Mandarin official helplessly looks on.

In 1974, a massive tall statue Alyosha, depicting a Russian World War II soldier, was installed on a high foundation.

1914 Russian poster depicting the Triple Entente – Britannia ( right ) and Marianne ( left ) in the company of Mother Russia.

Russian drinking bowl depicting Samson.

Political cartoon depicting the Afghan Sher Ali Khan | Emir Sher Ali with his " friends " the Russian Bear and Lion | British Lion ( 1878 )

An 1800s Russian engraving depicting the Whore of Babylon riding the seven-headed Beast ( a Sirrush )

* Charles Joseph Minard's 1861 diagram depicting Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812

A 1958 stamp of the Soviet Union depicting a 16th century mail courier for the 100th anniversary of Russian postage stamps.

The first stamps of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic appeared in 1918, as two values depicting a sword cutting a chain.

Ehrenburg was also active as a poet till his last days, depicting the events of World War II in Europe, the Holocaust and the destinies of Russian intellectuals.

An old postcard depicting the Russian Orthodox monastery in Tambov

In 1896, the article depicting Popov's invention was reprinted in the ' Journal of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society '.

* Borodino Panorama, depicting the Battle of Borodino between Napoleon I of France and a Russian Army outside Moscow in 1812.

* Stalingrad Battle Panorama, depicting the Battle of Stalingrad between Nazi Germany army and the Russian Army in 1942-1943.

Russian stamp depicting Meyerhold ( left ) and Constantin Stanislavski | Stanislavski ( right ), 2000.

His technique and imagination in depicting the shimmering play of light on the waves and seafoam is especially admired, and gives his seascapes a romantic yet realistic quality that echoes the work of English watercolorist J. M. W. Turner and Russian painter Sylvester Shchedrin.