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What is spatial history?
Spatial history - and spatial narratives - result from the movement of human beings, goods, animals, water, trees, germs, etc., through space and over time. Imagine the accrual of urban commute patterns or the passage of travelers through…
Why did Empress Catherine II annex Crimea in April 1783? Why did the Russian Federation annex Crimea in March 2014?
One late-autumn morning in 1782 Empress Catherine II sat in her study in the Winter Palace drinking coffee and contemplating the fate of Crimea. In her hand was a carefully-crafted letter from Prince Grigory Potemkin, president of the War College,…