COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Gorkin, Aleksandr Fedorovich
Author:
Motylev, V.E.
Date:
1937
Short Title:
Fizicheskaya karta soyuza SSR
Publisher:
Nauchno-izdatelskim Institutm Bolshogo
Publisher Location:
Moscow
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
55
Obj Width cm:
46
Scale 1:
7,500,000
Note:
Cover to physical map of the USSR. Relief shown by gradient tints. Depth shown by bathymetric tints.
Country:
Russia
Subject:
Physical
Full Title:
Fizicheskaya karta soyuza SSR. (to accompany) Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira. Moskva 1937.
List No:
11008.183
Page No:
86-87
Series No:
96
Engraver or Printer:
Shmidt, O. Y.
Engraver or Printer:
Nikitin, M. V.
Engraver or Printer:
Shaposhnikova, B. M.
Publication Author:
Gorkin, Aleksandr Fedorovich
Publication Author:
Motylev, V.E.
Pub Date:
1939
Pub Title:
Bolshoi Sovetskii Atlas Mira I : Proletarii vsekh stran, soediniaites. Moskva 1937. Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira II : Proletarii vsekh stran soyedinyaytes'. Moskva 1939. Pod obshchei red. A. F. Gorkin; O. Y. Shmidt; V. E. Motylev; M. V. Nikitin; B. M. Direktor instituta V.E. Motylev. Shaposhnikov. Izdan po postanovleniyu Tsentralnogo Ispolnitelnogo kommiteta i Soveta Narodnikh Komissarov Soiuza SSR ot 17 Dekabri 1933 g. Nauchno-izdatelskim Institutm Bolshogo Sovetskogo Atlasa Mira pri TSIK SSSR.
Pub Note:
The Great Soviet Atlas of the world was issued in two volumes. Prepared under the cooperative editorship of A. F. Gorkin ... Director of the Scientific editorial institute; O. Y. Shmidta; A. N. Baranova; V. E. Motylev; I. V. Sautina; B. M. Shaposhnikova. and S. A. Kytafev managing editor of volume II. Issued by Narodnikh Komissarov Soiuza SSR and Glavnym Upravleniyem Geodezii i Kartografii pri SNK SSSR. Both volumes contain color thematic and historical maps, index of geographical names, contents, text, tables and diagrams. Includes vignette of Stalin and Lenin stamped above title. Bound in blue calico bindings, with title "Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira I” and "Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira II" with embossed insignia of the Soviet Union stamped on top. On the spine is the same title under a five-pointed star with a world map. Maps are full color, various sizes, some double page or larger, each with cover title, Include legend, diagram, tables, graded circle symbols and notes. Volume I contains 168 maps of the world, printed in 1937, with supplementary index of place names of the first volume, printed in 1940. Maps show political and administrative boundaries, populations, nationalities, religions, agriculture of various types, mining, power developments, industry, economic, climatic, forestry, transport and communications, trade, explorations and colonies, and maps of the World War. Volume II contains 143 maps of Russia in 2 parts, printed in 1939. Part I: plates 9-133: Economic survey and physical maps of individual republics and regions of the USSR. Part II. Plates 134-143: Maps on the history of the Russian Civil War. City plans showing city districts, street names, city blocks, landmarks, parks, public buildings, fortress, railroads, canals and waterways. Relief shown by contours, spot heights and gradient tints. Depth shown by isolines and soundings and bathymetric tints.
Pub List No:
11008.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
211
Pub Height cm:
52
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
11008183.jp2
Authors:
Gorkin, Aleksandr Fedorovich; Motylev, V.E.
