Hi everyone! We all have huge amount of questions regarding our past, and current answers don't give any satisfaction. Something is still covered, let's try to find it out or at least spend time being little Sherlocks. Let's go!

This is the part of the map "Imperii Russici, sive Moscoviae status generalis / per F. de Witt" about 1688 - 1710
https://www.e-rara.ch/bes_1/content/zoom/9898770

Here we can see that Tartaria had a border with Siberia. I identified rivers Ob, Bia, Irtysh, which helped me to find it on the modern map. Altai region has big lake 'Lac Altin' which can be Teletskoe Lake or even legendary ancient lake in Kurai steppe.

Just a quick view on this map raised many questions.

There are a lot of questions to Peter the Great, the last tzar of Russia and the first emperor of Russian Empire.
First, his relatives didn't recognize him after his tour to Holland. His sister was thrown into a monastery, all his companions were left, only Menschikov accompanied him instead of initial group of 150 people. In addition to rumors that tzar is fake, there was no witnesses who might proof it. Peter killed more than 800 soldiers who refused to obey and initiated a riot.
This point should be assessed more deeply, but I think it's enough to understand that this person is not than it appears. Just keeping in mind the fact that history is created by a winner what do you think about next sentence?
The new 7208th year according to the Russian-Byzantine calendar (“from the creation of the world”) became the 1700th year according to the Julian calendar.

Wow, I realized this channel got 59 subscribers. Thank you for joining! Without any promotions or ads, it’s very good news, especially in times when we got new insights about everything in our life.

I am living in Russia and the history is my hobby, all my life I got the feeling that something strange and mystical are covered under the ground of streets I walk through every day. I saw lots of towns in both parts of the country in East and West. The same approach in architecture is hard to ignore. I visited some European countries and noticed lots of common features.

I would like to start from the important fact — lots of photos of Russia from 19th century doesn’t have any old trees and forests on it.
Taken from https://visualhistory.livejournal.com/1616280.html

By the way, do you know that ‘Soviet’ literally means ‘Advice’?

Are we developing?

This engraving depicts Moscow from the late 17th century. What oddities can be found here?

Why is there not a single tree?
Why is the growth of the priest performing the ritual significantly different from the growth of other people?
Why do people dive into a pond?
What relic is being taken out of the walls of the Kremlin?
And why does the shape of the cross not correspond to the customary one accepted by the canon of the Orthodox Church?

It looks like people with the flags of the two-headed eagle took the city under siege. The hastily erected fence allowed the priests to conduct a quick ritual with the blessing of the army. So many questions.

picture: Army Maneuvers And A Mass Baptism In Moscow, Russia. Line Engraving From 'Diarium Itineris In Moscovium,' By Johann Georg Korb, 1700

Amur railway in 1910-1914.

No trees, in top-right corner I see several stumps and railway trucks are covered with mud and dug.