Historic Map : Delamarche Map of European Russia, Version 2, 1850, Vintage Wall Art decorative map 5252857 A brief overview of this

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Historic Map : Delamarche Map of European Russia, Version 2, 1850, Vintage Wall Art decorative map 5252857 A brief overview of thisThis is a beautiful example of Alexandre Delamarche's 1850 map of Russia. It covers the european part of Russia from Sweden to the Ural Mountains and from the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea. When this map was printed, Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas I who adopted the doctrine of 'Orthodoin xy, Autocracy, and Nationality' and was known to be one of the most reactionary monarchs in Russia. In 1825, Russian army officers, called the Decembrists,