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A horse-drawn omnibus on Nevsky Prospekt in Petersburg, 1900. K. Bulla's photo studio can be seen in the background.

"Konka," a Russian horse-drawn tram, served as a means of transportation in St. Petersburg from 1863 until 1917.

"Konka," a Russian horse-drawn tram, served as a means of transportation in St. Petersburg from 1863 until 1917.

Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Government established the "Silk Road Fund" to "...expand strategic trust through more opening up and connectivity." The fund entails a US$40 billion commitment on the part of China to improve…

The "Silk Road Economic Belt" and "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" is a new initiative by the Chinese Government to bolster trade across Asia, Europe and Africa. Whereas the "Maritime Silk Road" passes from Southern China through Western Asia, the…

Word clouds generated by analyzing language used by travelers describing the experience of a border or borderland between Europe and Asia.

A heat map generated by mapping all of the points where English-language travelers identified a border or borderland between Europe and Asia or East and West. The Caucasus (especially Tbilisi), the Balkans (especially Bosnia) and the Volga/Ural…

This 4 volume work by Jonas Hanway details much of the economic activity enriching the Russian Empire along the edges of the Caspian Sea in the 1740s and 50s.

Kharkiv deputy head Ihor Terekhov comments on the "illegal" removal of the monument and reveals the plan to have it re-erected.

This edition of John Bell's "Travels..." was printed in two volumes detailing Bell's travels from 1715 through 1718 along the Volga River, the Caspian Sea and into Persia.