title: From Empire to the Digital World: Catherine II’s Tauride Journey as a Resource for the Development of Historical and Cultural Tourism in Crimea
abstract: This article explores Empress Catherine II’s 1787 journey to Crimea as a significant historical and political event that played a key role in shaping imperial identity and the symbolic appropriation of newly annexed territories of the Russian Empire. The relevance of the study lies in the growing interest in reinterpreting historical events within contemporary socio-cultural and technological contexts; as well as the need to find effective tools for preserving historical memory in the era of dig
journal: Russia society politics history