Catalogue description Russian Empire: Saint Petersburg. Russian-language map of the city and its environs,...

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Details of WO 78/328
Reference: WO 78/328
Description:

Russian Empire: Saint Petersburg. Russian-language map of the city and its environs, showing buildings; on 24 sheets joined to form two large sheets. Reference table to sheet (1). Piano-key-style border. Scale: 1 inch to 350 feet. Surveyed by Korovnikov, Topographer 1st Class; drawn under the direction of Major General Schubert, 1828; engraved at the [Russian] Military Topographical Depot. Inset to sheet (2): triangulation diagram. A small, printed map of the city, with MS colouring depicting fire information, is affixed to the face of sheet (1). According to the War Office map docket book (which was the original means of reference to the War Office maps), this map was received from the Imperial Russian Government in exchange for Ordnance maps, as determined by an order of the Board of Ordnance, 31 October 1834.
Date: 1828-[1834]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: U 6/5, U 6/6
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: Russian
Dimensions: 126 cm x 300 cm
Map scale: 1:4200
Physical condition: Engraved
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4091

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