Maps of Smolensk province
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| PGM Belsky district | 2c | 1780-90s | 145.9mb | ||
| PGM Vyazemsky district | 1c | 1780-90s | 16.4mb | ||
| PGM Vyazemsky district | 2c | 1780-90s | 50.4mb | ||
| PGM Gzhatsky district | 1c | 1780-90s | 69.4mb | ||
| PGM Gzhatsky district | 2c | 1780-90s | 69.6mb | ||
| PGM Dorogobuzh district | 1c | 1780-90s | 48.5mb | ||
| PGM Dorogobuzh district | 2c | 1780-90s | 59.3mb | ||
| PGM Dukhovskoy county | 1c | 1780-90s | 70.5mb | ||
| PGM Elninsky district | 2c | 1780-90s | 71.5mb | ||
| PGM Krasninsky district | 2c | 1780-90s | 43.9mb | ||
| PGM Porech County | 2c | 1780-90s | 69.03mb | ||
| PGM Sychevsky district | 1c | 1780-90s | 86.1mb | ||
| PGM Roslavl district | 1c | 1780-90s | 22.8mb | ||
| PGM Roslavl district | 2c | 1780-90s | 78.4mb | ||
| PGM Smolensky district | 2c | 1780-90s | 43.15mb | ||
| PGM Yukhnovsky district | 1c | 1780-90s | 35.4mb | ||
| GPS OZI Smolensk province | |||||
| Schubert Map | 3v | 649.7mb | |||
| Lists of populated places | 1859 | 576.2mb | |||
| Schubert Map | 3v | 1880 |
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Historical information on the province
Smolensk province - an administrative entity within Russia that existed until 1917.It bordered from the north and northeast with the province of Tver, with the east - Moscow and Kaluga, with the southeast - Oryol, with the south - Chernigov, with the west - Mogilev, with the northwest - Vitebsk and Pskov; was between 53°5" and 56°36"N. sh. and between 30°9" and 3°85"E. e. The greatest extent of the lips. from N to S 340 in., from E to W - 280 in. The area of the provinces, according to Strelbitsky's calculation, is 49,212 sq. v. (according to general land surveying 46746 sq. m.), including under rivers and lakes 56956 dess. and under the swamps 303752 dec. Making up part of the Central Russian Upland, heading from the northwest lips. from the Valdai, or Alaunskaya, flat hill to the south in the bay. Oryol and Mogilev, S. lips. occupies the south. and east. its slopes, and therefore the most elevated part of the lips. located in the north. counties - Belsky and Sychevsky, where at the origins of pp. Osugi and Luchesa heights reach 1010 feet. above ur. sea, while the lowest areas lie in the south of the lips. in uu. Krasninsky, Roslavl and Elninsky, and their height reaches only 756 feet. at Zabolotye, 735 ft. at Tolbin and 707 ft. at Khotysin. Vost. part of the lips. represents a flat, treeless character, and the western one is enumerated in different directions by undulating flat chains of hills that accompany the course of rivers and form in some places steep slopes into their valleys; these chains of hills also serve as a watershed for the tributaries of the Dvina and the Dnieper and separate the tributaries of the latter from the tributaries of the Oka, Desna and Sozha to the south, and from the tributaries of the Volga to the north; on B they, going from Gzhatsk to Yukhnov, form the outskirts of the Moscow Basin. The entire Belsky district, with the adjacent parts of Porechsky and Dukhovshchinsky, is deepened in the middle, as a result of which the water, having no free flow, formed swamps of enormous size and many lakes here. Relief features of S. lips. are mainly due to the alluvial action of the ice age, which deposited the material unevenly transported by it, and the erosion of waters - this is why sometimes places lying to the north have lower height than places further south; so - the city of Vyazma lies at an altitude of 833 feet, and the city of Roslavl - 857 feet. and Cheluty, in Yelninsky district. - 880 ft.
Administrative division
The Smolensk province was formed in 1708 as part of 17 cities with counties: Smolensk, Roslavl, Dorogobuzh, Vyazma, Bely, Pogoreloye Gorodishche, Zubtsov, Staritsa, Serpeisk, Kozelsk, Meshchovsk, Mosalsk, Likhvin, Borisovo-Gorodishche, Przemysl, Vorotynsk, Odoev.
In 1713, the province was disbanded, most of it went to the Riga province.
In 1726, the Smolensk province was recreated as part of 5 counties: Smolensky, Belsky, Vyazemsky, Dorogobuzh and Roslavl.
In 1775 the province was transformed into the Smolensk governorship. 7 new counties were formed: Gzhatsky, Elninsky, Kasplyansky, Krasninsky, Porechsky, Ruposovsky, Sychevsky. After 2 years, Ruposovsky district was transformed into Yukhnovsky, and Kasplinsky - into Dukhovshchinsky.
In 1796 the Smolensk governorship again became a province. At the same time, the Dukhovshchinsky, Elninsky and Krasninsky counties were abolished (restored in 1802).
In 1918, the Porechsky district was renamed Demidovsky. A year later, the Mstislavl district of the Gomel province entered the province.
In 1922 the Krasninsky district was abolished. Goretsky district was transferred from the Gomel province, and Yukhnovsky district went to the Kaluga province.
In 1924, Goretsky and Mstislavl counties were transferred to the BSSR. A year later, Dukhovshchinsky district was transformed into Yartsevsky.
In 1927, the Demidov and Dorogobuzh uyezds were abolished, and a year later the Gzhatsk, Elninsk, and Sychevsky uyezds were abolished.
In 1929 Smolensk Governorate was abolished, and its territory became part of the Western Region.
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Combined map of square N-36 (part A) from separate sheets of the topographic military map of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA). The state of the area for 1923 - 1941 pre-war years.
The card is glued from sheets N-36-1, N-36-2, N-36-3, N-36-4, N-36-5, N-36-6, N-36-13, N-36- 14, N-36-15, N-36-16, N-36-17, N-36-18, N-36-25, N-36-26, N-36-27, N-36-28, N-36-29, N-36-30, N-36-37, N-36-38, N-36-39, N-36-40, N-36-41, N-36-42, N- 36-49, N-36-50, N-36-51, N-36-52, N-36-53, N-36-54, N-36-61, N-36-62, N-36- 63, N-36-64, N-36-65, N-36-66. This collection of sheets covers part of the territories of the current Smolensk, Pskov and Tver regions, as well as part of the Vitebsk region of Belarus. On the map of N-36-A square you can find cities such as: Smolensk, Vitebsk, Orsha, Mstislavl, Pochinok, Yartsevo, Demidov, Velizh and White.
Maps of the Red Army were used in the Great Patriotic War Soviet commanders formations and units, as well as intelligence for tactical purposes.
When working on online card both the grid reference and the correction of objects on the map over a modern satellite image were used in order to minimize artifacts from scanning errors and paper jams.
The old administrative-territorial unit with the name of the Smolensk province was formed in 1708 from 17 counties, some of which were subsequently transferred to other provinces (for example, Staritsky - to Tver, and Likhvinsky - to Kaluga and Moscow). In 1713, the Smolensk province was disbanded, and most of its lands went to the Riga province. Under Catherine the First in 1726, the Smolensk province was again recreated, this time from 5 counties. In 1775, during the administrative reform of Catherine II, a new Smolensk governorship was formed, which included 7 counties in addition. The next changes in the composition and boundaries of the lands that were under the jurisdiction of the Smolensk province (reorganized from the governorship in 1796) were made under Paul the First, who enlarged part of the counties at the expense of three abolished ones and thus reduced their number to 9. Recent changes in the composition (12 districts) and the boundaries of the districts of the Smolensk province were introduced under Alexander the First (in 1802), after which the boundaries of this province did not change during the entire subsequent period of the pre-revolutionary history of Russia.
In the Smolensk province, in whole or in part
There are the following maps and sources:
(with the exception of those indicated on the main page of general
all-Russian atlases, where this province can also be)
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1st and 2nd layout of land surveying (1778-1797) Survey map - non-topographic (without indicating latitudes and longitudes), hand-drawn map of the late 18th century (after the redistribution of borders in 1775-78) on a scale of 1 inch = 2 versts 1cm=840m or 1inch=1verst 1cm=420m. As a rule, the county was drawn on the parts that are shown on the composite sheet. Some of the maps belong to the period of Catherine II 1775-96, Paul I, having come to power, changed the borders of counties within the provinces (which, in turn, Alexander I returned to their original place, but with some changes), while part of the maps of the General Survey Fund survived only during this period. The maps are in color, very detailed, broken down by county. The purpose of the map is to show the boundaries of land plots with reference to the terrain. |
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Military triverstka
Modern borders The Smolensk region is somewhat different from the pre-revolutionary ones, which is very schematically shown in the figure with a fragment of the Smolensk region. 
