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Jul 30, 2018 · by Erica Naone July 30, 2018. This map by John Smith became the defining image of Virginia for many Europeans throughout the 1600s. The presence of Powhatan, a powerful indigenous leader, both...
Date: 1760. Map. A new map of Virginia from the best authorities From the London Magazine. November 1761, v. 30. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1436 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy 2.
Apr 25, 2023 · Media in category "Simeon Ivanovich, Prince of Kaluga" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Archangelskiy sobor 001.JPG 1,423 × 1,007; 396 KB
- Great Standoff on The River Ugra
- St Laurentius of Kaluga
- Time of Troubles
- Reform
- Napoleonic War
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
- Second World War
Chronicle depiction of the Great Standoff on the River Ugra Kaluga's location near the River Oka, close to where the River Ugra flows into it, meant that it occupied a strategic position for the defence of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and so a fortress was built in the city. In 1480 the Great Standoff on the River Ugra took place near to Kaluga. Khan ...
Icon depicting St Laurentius of Kaluga In 1505 Grand Prince Ivan III of Rus gave his son Simeon Kaluga as an appendage. Simeon died in 1518 without issue and the Kaluga appendage ceased to exist with him. In 1512 a holy fool by the name of Lavrenti, who was known for walking around barefooted and in light clothing all year round, warned Prince Sime...
'The Arrival of False Dmitri after his Flight from Tushino' by Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky (1888) In December 1606 the rebels lead by Ivan Bolotnikov fled to Kaluga after their siege of Moscow collapsed. Whilst here Tsarist troops besieged them and they were only able to escape and flee on to Tula once reinforcements in the form of Zaporozhian Cos...
Plan of Kaluga (1782) In 1708 under Peter the Great's administrative reforms Kaluga became part of the Moscow Governorate and in 1719 it was elevated to the centre of the Kaluga Province within the Moscow Governorate. During the century the city frequently suffered from famine and was burned to the ground several times during fires. In 1771 plague ...
Map of Kaluga (1912) Kaluga played an important role during Napoleon's Invasion of Russia in 1812. The city served as one of Russia's largest supply bases. Napoleon hoped to capture Kaluga and its supplies on his retreat from Moscow. However the Russians succeeded in blocking Napoleon at the nearby Battle of Maloyaroslavets which denied the already...
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky In 1892 the scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky moved to Kaluga and continued there his research into cosmonautics and rocketry. Tsiolkovsky lived with his family as somewhat of a recluse on the outskirts of the city until his death in 1935. Although by the end of his life the importance of Tsiolkovsky's work was recognised, it ...
Red Army liberators in Kaluga (1941) On 13 October 1941 Kaluga fell to the Nazis. Upon their retreat from the city, the Soviets were not able to destroy the city's infrastructure and so it fell into enemy hands. The Nazis were able to get the city's electricity supply working and to print propaganda at the city's printing press. A Jewish ghetto was...
Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and Curratuck Inlet. Relief shown pictorially. "To the Right Honourable, George Dunk Earl of Halifax ..." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1428 Includes distance chart added by "J. Dalrymple, London Jany. ye. 1st. 1755." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Dec 8, 2020 · A MAP OF VIRGINIA. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE COVNTREY, THE Commodities, People, Government and Religion. VVritten by Captaine Smith, sometimes Governour of the Countrey. WHEREVNTO IS ANNEXED THE proceedings of those Colonies, since their first departure from England, with the discoures, Orations, and relations of the Salvages, and the accidents that befell them in all their Iournies and ...
Dec 17, 2012 · Written for the general reader as well as the map connoisseur, the book, published in November, provides a detailed listing of the vast majority of the printed maps drawnbefore 1830. A large selection depicting Virginia during the Civil War is also included.
