Pi︠a︡dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, 1758-1835, creator. Frolov (Engraver), contributor. Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot, associated name. cartographic Saint Petersburg, Russia : Military Topographical Depot, [1823] fre This 1823 map of Georgia is 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 (seven gradations by size), fortresses, redoubts and forts, monasteries, plants and factories, postal courtyards and stations, roads (three types), and borders (state and provincial). Distances are shown in versts, a Russian measure, now no longer used, equal to 1.07 kilometers. Legends, the index of regional names, and place-names are in Russian and French. The territory depicted on the map roughly corresponds to that of present-day Georgia. Comprising numerous independent kingdoms from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in the late 18th century Georgia (then the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti) sought protection from the Russian tsar on account of continual pressure from the Persian and Ottoman Empires. In 1801 Georgia became part of the Russian Empire. No. 45 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 (7 grupp), kreposti, reduty i malye ukreplenii︠a︡, monastyri i pustyni, zavody i fabriki, pochtovye dvory i stant︠s︡ii, dorogi (3 vida), granit︠s︡y (inostrannykh vladeniĭ, gubernskai︠a︡, raznykh vladeniĭ i okrugov). Pokazany: stepi nazvanii︠a︡mi, relʹef shtrikhami s nazvanii︠a︡mi gor. Ukazateli: Nazvanii︠a︡ raznykh vladeniĭ i okrugov (I-XXIII); Izʺi︠a︡snenie granit︠s︡ (A-N). National Library of Russia Atlases Maps Siberia Russian Federation Georgia Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/mtfxmp.natl0004_04701