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Historic Map : MalteBrun Map of European Russia, 1834, Vintage Wall Art les Echeves de Worms This mysterious range remained onThis is a fine example of Conrad Malte Brun's 1834 map of european Russia. The map covers Russia from Arctic Ocean to Turkey and from Sweden to Tartary. In 1825, a few years before this map was drawn, Russian army officers, called the Decembrists, protested against Nicholas I's ascension to the throne. The Decembrists, so named because their revolt started in December, favored Nicholas's brother, Constantine, who seemed amenable to a British style