The Quantitative Analysis of Materials from the General Land Survey of the Russian Empire: The ‘Bear’ Angle
Journal: Quaestio Rossica
Year: 2021

This article analyses data about the Russian bear from the Economic Notes to the plans of the General Land Survey of the Russian Empire. Despite the official symbol of the Russian Empire being the double-headed eagle, the bear was perceived as the country’s main symbol as early as the formation of the Russian state. The purpose of this article is to find out how common bears were in the Russian Empire between the late eighteenth and the early nineteenth centuries. The quantitative analysis of da