12/02/2017 · About this Site. This is the home of the Google maps of the locations of German settlements in the Imperial Russian and Austria-Hungary empires that began in the 1700s and continued into the early 20th century just prior to WWII. The locations are based on numerous historical maps, translated to GPS coordinates, with added genealogical and ...

Map Description Historical Map of Russia in Europe in the 19th Century. Illustrating - Russia at the accession of Alexander I 1801 - Acquisitions of Alexander I 1801-1825 - Acquisitions of Nicholas I 1825-1855 - Acquisitions of Alexander II 1855-1881 In 1815, Russia surrendered Tarnopol to Austria: in 1856, the part of Bessarabia south

07/08/2017 · Russia grabbed Finland in 1809, Bessarabia in 1812 and the Turkestan area in 1865-1875. Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867. From the Napoleonic era to the World War, Russia dominated the Baltic. Bessarabia, White Russia, conquered Polish lands, and Finland was lost after the last war.

German colonists in 19th century Bessarabia The Russian Empire expanded southward in the 18th and 19th century, after Russian armies conquered large swaths of the steppe regions on the north coast of the Black Sea. When the Ottoman Empire …

Maps in time from 1900 to 2000 Throughout the 20th century, the expansion and retreat of empires changed the face of the world. These changes are colour coded to identify the colonial administration of territories. Independent countries and those that no longer administer overseas territories are shown in beige. Colour is used to represent

This land is situated on the Black Sea that had just been conquered, by Russia, after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire’s territory called Bessarabia. Tsar Alexander I settled this territory with German colonists beginning in 1814. These settlers, capable farmers, transformed the Bessarabian steppe of the Budjak into a fertile, arable land.

A pleasing example of German cartography, this 2-sheet map encompasses all of 19th century European Russia. Provinces are identified, as well as many small towns and villages. First issued by Adolph Stieler, this is one of the most useful 19th century maps of …

Zionists of Bessarabia were represented at the First Zionist Congress in 1897 by Jacob Bernstein-Kogan of Kishinev. Toward the close of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, a line of poets and authors emerged on the cultural scene in Bessarabia, many of whom were to play an important role in Yiddish

05/02/2018 · A century and a half later, in 1918, Galicia was wiped from the world’s maps, with the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The borders of Galicia changed throughout the years. In 1795, in the Third Partition of Poland, West Galicia (also called New Galicia), which included the districts of Kraków, Lublin, Chełm, was created and merged with ...