Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Irkutskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ.
Pi︠a︡dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, 1758-1835, creator.
Ieremin, contributor.
Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot, associated name.
cartographic
Saint Petersburg, Russia : Military Topographical Depot,
[1826]
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This 1826 map of Irkutsk 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), state, provincial and district borders,forts, redoubts, factories, mines, monasteries, and guard posts. 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. Irkutsk was founded in 1652 and quickly became an economic and political center for eastern Siberia. The region has long been known for a natural wonder, Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world, and for the Lena, one of the largest rivers in Siberia. The fur trade, focused on the marten (sable), was important to Irkutsk, as to other parts of Siberia. Sable furs were so desirable that the Hanseatic League imported them through its western Russian outposts in Novgorod and Pskov. The Great Siberian Road (Tea Road), one of the world's longest trade arteries, connected Moscow with Irkutsk by the mid-18th century, and the city benefited further from its strategic location on the imperial boundary with China. Tea, silk, porcelain, and many other fine products flowed through the nearby border town of Kyakhta, which also became a regional hub for the fur trade. Irkutsk became a regional capital and the seat of the governor-general of Eastern Siberia in the early 19th century. Irkutsk also was the staging ground for the opening of the Russian Far East, in which explorers and promyshlenniki (fur traders) set out from the city into the eastern wilds. This process ultimately led the Russians to Alaska.
No. 55 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), kreposti, reduty, karauly, monastyri i pustyni, zavody, rudniki, pochtovye stant︠s︡ii, dorogi (4 vida), granit︠s︡y (gosudarstvennai︠a︡, gubernskai︠a︡, uezdnai︠a︡). Pokazany: rasselenie narodov nadpisi︠a︡mi; relʹef shtrikhami. Ukazatelʹ: Izʺi︠a︡snenie granit︠s︡ (A-C). Tekst: Primechanie.
National Library of Russia
Atlases Maps Siberia
Russian Federation Buryatia, Republic of
Russian Federation Irkutsk Oblast
Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland
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