Long description

An early 20th Century map of Asia showing the extent of the British and Russian empires in the region as of 1914. The map has a key in the bottom left corner which indicates what the different colours of various territories refer to. Russian imperial possessions encompass a swathe of territories from Ukraine in the west, across the Caucasus and Central Asia in the middle of the map, and up into Siberia in the north.British imperial territories include India and modern day Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar in the south.