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Jul 26Liked by Alexander's Cartographer

This was fascinating, especially on the importance of furs to the early Russian economy. Thank you for writing

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Thank you!

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Jul 19Liked by Alexander's Cartographer

A lengthy and detailed work on an obscure but interesting topic. Love it. It's a bit surprising that the fledgling russian establishment in Siberia survived relatively unscathed the Time of Troubles.

Recently I've seen on Youtube a video titled "Eastern vs Western Siegecraft: When the Chinese Besieged a Russian Star Fortress in 1686" which is not the kind of topic I expect western youtubers to approach and it fits pretty well with the topics you cover.

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Thanks, I will check it out

The Qing-Russia conflict on the Amur is surprisingly well known in the West, Sino-Russian relations in general are fairly well studied

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