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Fortifications ranged in and immediately surrounding Tavrida; the newest province of the Russian Empire at the time Wildbrecht's map was published in 1792.

Atlas sheet depicting Tavrida in 1792. At the time, the region was an oblast', rather than a guberniia.

The only known copy is held at the New York Public Library. The glorious illustrations were intended to accompany Uvarov's study, commissioned by the Imperial Archaeological Society in 1847. This volume is the basis for the Uvarov's Antiquities…

View of Tatar house in Alupka with Crimean mountains in the background. Tatars stand and sit in the foreground outside the house.

Bossoli's note: "Such houses are generally constructed abutting a large rock, the side of which is used as a wall.…

Interior view of a Tatar house. A Tatar family clusters close together around a glowing fire.

Interior view of a Tatar school. Crimean Tatar children of all ages cluster in groups listening to their teachers or reading. Books lie on low tables and on the floor.

This image shows Crimean Tatars traveling on foot, on horseback, and in camel-driven wagons.