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There are several geographic terms by which the records are organized because they represent the jurisdictions administered by government agencies. Click [[Russia Historical Geography#Localities|here]] for geographic terminology and to learn about various Russian jusrisdictions. | There are several geographic terms by which the records are organized because they represent the jurisdictions administered by government agencies. Click [[Russia Historical Geography#Localities|here]] for geographic terminology and to learn about various Russian jusrisdictions. | ||
Often, the records of several modem provinces are found in the archive of a single province, whose capital happened to have been the capital of an imperial province. | |||
Borders fluctuated greatly along the western edge of the Russian Empire. Click [[Russia Historical Geography#Border_Changes|here]] for the table that identifies some of the more significant changes. | Borders fluctuated greatly along the western edge of the Russian Empire. Click [[Russia Historical Geography#Border_Changes|here]] for the table that identifies some of the more significant changes. | ||
== Gazetteers == | |||
There are several basic gazetteers that provided place name and jurisdictional information to make sense of these localities. | |||
[[Category:Russia]] | [[Category:Russia]] | ||