title: Empire; maps; borders; mental cartography; image-based geography; national territory
abstract: The modern phenomenon of a nation is directly connected with the outcomes of the French Revolution, the latter having predetermined the political, social and economic processes of the 19th century. With cosmopolitan empires becoming, so to say, “incubators” for the nations, the Russian Empire was no exception. Perception of the borders, territories and the population of the empire shaped the processes of capturing new territories, their further attribution to the newly formed imperial historical
journal: The Person and the Challenges The Journal of Theology Education Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II