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Map Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Astrakhanskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ. Генеральная Карта Астраханской Губернiи Съ показанiемъ почтовыхъ и большихъ проѣзжихъ дорогъ, станцiй и разстоянiя между оными верстъ.

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  • Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Astrakhanskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ.

Other Title

  • Генеральная Карта Астраханской Губернiи Съ показанiемъ почтовыхъ и большихъ проѣзжихъ дорогъ, станцiй и разстоянiя между оными верстъ.

Translated Title

  • General Map of Astrakhan Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them.

Summary

  • This 1823 map of Astrakhan Provinceis from a larger work,Geograficheskii atlas Rossiiskoi imperii, tsarstva Pol'skogo i velikogo kniazhestva Finliandskogo(Geographical atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland), containing 60 maps of the Russian Empire. Compiled and engraved by Colonel V.P. Piadyshev, it reflects the detailed mapping carried out by Russian military cartographers in the first quarter of the 19th century. The map shows population centers (six gradations by size), postal stations, roads (four types), provincial and district borders,monasteries, factories, cordons, wells, and minor fortifications. Distances are shown in versts, a Russian measure, now no longer used, equal to 1.07 kilometers.Legends and place-names are in Russian and French. Astrakhan was founded in about the 13th century, in the upper delta of the Volga River. For centuries, the city was at the crossroads of the civilizations of Europe, Asia, India, Persia, Georgia, and Armenia. Astrakhan was also located near Sarai, the famous capital of the western Mongol kingdom, the Golden Horde. Sarai (near Selitrenoi gorodok on this map) was established in the 1240s by the Mongol ruler, Badu Khan. Russian princes throughout the medieval period had to travel to Sarai and pay tribute to the khan. They also had to receive the khan's yarlyk (patent of authority), and sometimes traveled as far as Karakorum (present-day Mongolia) as a political necessity to visit the Great Khan. The Astrakhan region was besieged over the centuries by Timur, the sultans of Ottoman Turkey, and ultimately the tsars of Russia. In 1556, Ivan the Terrible conquered the Khanate of Astrakhan, a remnant state of the Mongols, and absorbed the region into the realms of Muscovy. This constituted the symbolic final ascendance of Russia after centuries of struggle with the Mongol yoke. Astrakhan continued to witness social and political upheavals, including the Cossack rebellions of Stepan Timofeevich Razin (known as Stenka Razin) in the 17th century and Kondratii Bulavin in the 18th century. The city rose to economic prominence under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great in the 18th century, as the Russian gateway to the Caspian Sea. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Pi︠a︡dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, 1758-1835, creator.
  • Ieremin, contributor.
  • Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot, associated name.

Created / Published

  • Saint Petersburg, Russia : Military Topographical Depot, [1823]

Headings

  • -  Atlases
  • -  Maps
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Astrakhan Oblast

Notes

  • -  No. 43 Iz izdanii︠a︡: Geograficheskiĭ atlas Rossiĭskoĭ imperii, T︠S︡arstva Polʹskago i Velikago Kni︠a︡zhestva Finli︠a︡ndskogo. Raspolozhennyĭ po gubernii︠a︡m na dvukh i︠a︡zykakh s oznacheniem v onykh gorodov, mestechek, sel, derevenʹ i vsekh primechatelʹneĭshikh mest; pochtovykh i bolʹshikh proezzhikh dorog, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡niĭ mezhdu onymi, i prochimi selenii︠a︡mi v verstakh i mili︠a︡kh. Na 70 listakh s Generalʹnoi︠u︡ kartoi︠u︡ i Tablit︠s︡ei︠u︡ razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ verst po pochtovym dorogam mezhdu znatneĭshimi gorodami. Sochinen po noveĭshim i dostovernym svedenii︠a︡m, v polʹzu obuchai︠u︡shchikhsi︠a︡ Rossiĭskoĭ Geografii i dli︠a︡ sostavlenii︠a︡ dorozhnikov puteshestvennikam, Sluzhashchim v Voenno-topograficheskom Depo, Svity Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva po kvartirmeĭsterskoĭ chasti Podpolkovnikom Pi︠a︡dyshevym, 1821 goda. [SPb., 1820-1827]. Gravi︠u︡ra, raskrashena. Kartograficheskai︠a︡ setka cherez 1°; schet dolgot ot Ferro. Parallelʹno na frant︠s︡uzskom i︠a︡zyke.
  • -  Uslovnye znaki: naselennye punkty (6 grupp), malye ukreplenii︠a︡, monastyri i pustyni, zavody i fabriki, kordony, khuduki i kopani, pochtovye dvory i stant︠s︡ii, dorogi (4 vida), granit︠s︡y (gubernskai︠a︡, uezdnai︠a︡). Pokazany: kochevʹi︠a︡ nadpisi︠a︡mi; solenye i presnye ozera, mesta dobychi soli, peschannye i bolotnye ostrova v delʹte Volgi, bolota, peski s nazvanii︠a︡mi, relʹef shtrikhami s nazvanii︠a︡mi nekotorykh gor. Ukazatelʹ: Izʺi︠a︡snenie granit︠s︡ (A-E).
  • -  Original map at: National Library of Russia
  • -  From the atlas "Географической атласъ Россiйской Имперiи, Царства Польскаго и Великаго княжества Финляндскаго."
  • -  No. 43 Из издания: Географический атлас Российской империи, Царства Польскаго и Великаго Княжества Финляндского. Расположенный по губерниям на двух языках с означением в оных городов, местечек, сел, деревень и всех примечательнейших мест; почтовых и больших проезжих дорог, станций и разстояний между оными, и прочими селениями в верстах и милях. На 70 листах с Генеральною картою и Таблицею разстояния верст по почтовым дорогам между знатнейшими городами. Сочинен по новейшим и достоверным сведениям, в пользу обучающихся Российской Географии и для составления дорожников путешественникам, Служащим в Военно-топографическом Депо, Свиты Его Императорскаго Величества по квартирмейстерской части Подполковником Пядышевым, 1821 года. [СПб., 1820-1827]. Гравюра, раскрашена. Картографическая сетка через 1°; счет долгот от Ферро. Параллельно на французском языке.
  • -  Условные знаки: населенные пункты (6 групп), малые укрепления, монастыри и пустыни, заводы и фабрики, кордоны, худуки и копани, почтовые дворы и станции, дороги (4 вида), границы (губернская, уездная). Показаны: кочевья надписями; соленые и пресные озера, места добычи соли, песчанные и болотные острова в дельте Волги, болота, пески с названиями, рельеф штрихами с названиями некоторых гор. Указатель: Изъяснение границ (А-Е).

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  • 1 map ; 40 x 38 cm.

Source Collection

  • Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland

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  • 2018688678

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Pi︠A︡Dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, Creator, Contributor Ieremin, and Associated Name Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot. Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Astrakhanskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot, 1823] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018688678/.

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Pi︠A︡Dyshev, V. P., Ieremin, C. & Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot, A. N. (1823) Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Astrakhanskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018688678/.

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Pi︠A︡Dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, Creator, Contributor Ieremin, and Associated Name Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot. Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Astrakhanskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot, 1823] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018688678/>.