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MOSAIC PICTURE OF ST. PETERSBURG

Introduction

N.K. Shablaeva (1917 - 2009) The collection of Russian and foreign maps of the city of St. Petersburg, housed in the National Library of Russia, has no equal in Russia. It comprises more than 1400 items ranging from the early years of the 18th century to the present. The collection makes it possible to trace the history of the city, stages of its development from the very first years. Moreovere, thematic plans of the city clearly reflect the multifaceted look of the northern capital.

Catalogue «Printed Plans of Petersburg - Petrograd»The city plans of the 18th - 20th centuries form a separate collection. Its first curator N.K. Shablaeva (1917 - 2009) compiled the outstanding union catalogue «Printed Plans of Petersburg - Petrograd. 1703 - 1917», published in Leningrad in 1966. The catalogue became classic. It includes more than 800 descriptions of plans that are now stored in different institutions in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Plans of Leningrad and modern Petersburg are also part of the holdings of the Cartographic Department.

In recent years, we have carried out extensive works on the digitization of rare cartographic publications.

The first collection to be digitized routinely was the collection of printed plans of Saint Petersburg, the largest of that kind in our city. One of results of these digital projects was the creation of an electronic album «MOSAIC PICTURE OF ST. PETERSBURG. 300 Years on Plans and Maps», issued to mark the 300th anniversary of the northern capital. It has zooming capabilities which can be used for increasing an image and showing the smallest details of the plan, sometimes, hardly visible on the original. It is also possible to search maps by author and publisher, period and subjects.

Now, the digital images of the plans of the city are available in open access through our site: Maps and Plans of St. Petersburg. In addition, with the Electronic Document Delivery Service, remote users can obtain electronic copies of maps and plans.


The plan contains the supplementary map: «Trigonometric Network of the City of St. Petersburg».
The geographer and bibliographer
N.K. Shablaeva (1917 — 2009).
Catalogue «Printed Plans of Petersburg - Petrograd. 1703 - 1917»
(Leningrad, 1966)
3-D Plan of St. Petersburg
in 1765-177
Schwartz R.Е. Map of the territory now occupied by St. Petersburg, made in 1698, before it was gained by Peter the Great, including contemporary Swedish fortifications. - St. Petersburg : А. Ilyin's Cartographic Establishment, [1872]. - 1 sh. 22х27 сm. Lithograph.
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Pickaerdt P. Map of the Eastern Part of the Gulf of Finland. 1703;
Scaled map of the entry to the Baltic from Brocklom up to Strelna, East Finnish, and from Parna up to Schlotburg. - Shlisselburg, Moscow : Mobile Engraving Workshop, Kremlin Armoury, [1703]. - 1 sh. Copperplate ; 51х62 cm
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Cartouche, depicting Neptune and the gods of four Russian seas, symbolizes the adding the Baltic Sea to the three seas that Russia already had.
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Ottens R. Nova ac verissima urbis St. Petersburg ab Imperatore russico Petro Alexii F. conditae item Fl. Nevae...; New dependable plan of St. Petersburg and the Neva River under the Russian Emperor Peter I. - Amsterdam : Ottens, [1725-1729]. - 1 sh. Copperplate. Hand-painted ; 50х57 cm
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Homann J.B. Topographische Vorstellung der Neuen Russischen Haupt-Residenz und See-Stadt St. Petersburg samt ihrer zu erst aufgerichten Vestug welche von Ihro Czaar Majt Petro Alexiewitz aller Russen selbst Er. Balter etc. etc. etc…; Topographical Description of New Russian Capital City. - Nuremberg : Homann, 1726-1727. - 1 sh. Copperplate. Hand-painted ; 51х60 cm
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Unverzagt G. J. Plan of the Imperial Capital City of St. Petersburg, Composed in 1737. - Saint Petersburg : Academy of Sciences, 1741. - 1 sh. Copperplate ; 39х61 cm
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Plan of St. Petersburg in 1738. = Plan de la ville de St.Petersbourg en 1738.
In commemoration of the centenary of P. Petrov's birth. - Saint Petersburg : Imperial Saint Petersburg Society of Architects, 1878-1883. - 34,3х23,6 cm
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Truskott I. F. Plan of the Capital City of St. Petersburg with the Depiction of its Most Distinctive Views, published through the efforts of the Imperial Academy of Science and Arts. - Saint-Petrsburg : Academy of Science, 1753. - 1 vol. : Copperplate ; 53х38 cm
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Roth Ch. M. New Plan of the Capital City and Fortress of St. Petersburg.
The original drawing of this plan in the archive is the main police. - Saint Petersburg, 1776. - 1 sh.
Copperplate. Hand-painted ; 44,5х52 cm
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3-D Plan of St. Isaac's Square. - Saint Petersburg, [1796-1800]. - 1 sh. Manuscript. Pen, ink, watercolor; 60х81 cm
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Historical Plans of the Capital City of St. Petersburg from 1714 to 1839, published at command of His Majesty Emperor / Cutted in stone by Agafonov. - Saint Petersburg : Lithographed at the Department of Military. Settlements, 1843. - 1 atlas (7 sheets with maps, 1 title sheet) : lithograph, hand-painted. ; 42х29 cm, in the hard cover 48х60 cm. + Supplement: Explanation to the Historical Plans of the Capital City of St. Petersburg from 1714 to 1839, published at command of His Majesty Emperor (276 pp.; 23х15 cm)
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Plans of Saint Petersburg from 1700 to 1840 /Compiled and engraved using historical information held at the Military Topographic Service. - Saint Petersburg : Military Topographic Service, 1846. - 1 atlas (8 sheets) : engraving; 39х45 cm, in the hard cover 50х57 cm. + Supplement: Index/80 (269 pp.; 21х13 cm)
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Tsylov N. Plans of St. Petersburg in 1700, 1705, 1725, 1738, 1756, 1777, 1799, 1840 and 1849, accompanied by 13 parts of the capital in 1853. - Saint Petersburg, 1853. - 1 vol. Lithograph ; 26,5х20,5 cm

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Vitztum I. Plan of the City of St. Petersburg = Plan de la ville de S-t. Petersbourg. - Saint Petersburg : Military Topographic Service, 1821. - 1 sh. Copperplate. Hand-painted ; 45х60 cm
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Schubert Th. F. Detailed Plan of the Capital City of St. Petersburg. Engraved at the Military Topographic Service. - Saint Petersburg : Military Topographic Service, 1828. - 1 vol. Copperplate ; 71х51 ; 51х51 cm
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Tardier P.F. Plan de Petersbourg; Plan of Petersburg. - Paris, 1809. - Engraving on a porcelain plate rimmed with redwood ; diameter 8cm
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S[avinkov] A. Plan of the Capital City of Saint Petersburg. Depths in the River Neva and the fairway is given in feet = Plan de la ville capitale de S-t. Petersbourg. - Saint Petersburg : A. Savinkov, 1825. - 1 sh. Copperplate. Hand-painted ; 104х101 cm
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Guide of Public Carriage Lines in St. Petersburg. - Saint Petersburg, [1850]. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 31х47 cm
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Overchenko N. Plan of the Capital City of Saint Petersburg Indicating Industrial Enterprises available in 1852. - Saint Petersburg, 1853. - 1 sh. Lithograph. Hand-painted ; 25х29 cm
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Simchenko A.P. Plan of the St. Petersburg Capital Judicial District and the Police Department. - Saint Petersburg : Published by I.O. Ivanov, [after 1871]. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 52х50 cm
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Saint Petersburg. Research on History, Topography and Statistics of the Capital.
Vol. 3. Statistical Plan of Saint Petersburg. Gender ratio; Ratio of males to females in a population. - Saint Petersburg, [1868]. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 21,5х26,5 cm
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Gubner Y. Plan Showing a Sanitary Condition of St. Petersburg. - Saint Petersburg, [1877]. - 1 sh.
Lithograph ; 60х62 cm
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Plan for Regulated Development of St. Petersburg. Approved by the Emperor on 7 March 1880. - Saint Petersburg : City Council, 1877-1879]. - 22 sh. : coloured ; 53х83 (69х101) cm
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Absolute (with the division into the table, and ordinary) and the per capita monthly consumption of wine in the city of St. Petersburg (for 1898-1903) and Moscow (for 1902 and 1903).
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Plan of St. Petersburg Showing Hotels, Rooming Houses, Restaurants, Taverns, Wine Shops, Eating Houses, Dining Halls and Hairdressing Salons. - Saint Petersburg : Published by the the Sick and Poor Children's Aid Society, R. Golike and A. Vilborg's Partnership, 1903. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 54х63 cm
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Taximeter Plan of Saint Petersburg for Cabmen. - Saint Petersburg : Publisher O. Klingelhofer, A. Ilyin's Cartographic Establishment, 1904. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 63х57 cm
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Griboyedov K. project of sewerage system of the City of St. Petersburg. Plan of St. Petersburg. Sewerage Project. 1909. - Saint Petersburg, [1909]. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 68,5х63 cm
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Plan of Petrograd presented stages of the project of reconstruction of lighting. - Petrograd, 1916. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 58х48 cm
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Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing a Freight Bypass Line designed by the engineer Tokarski. - Петроград, [1914-1916?]. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 53х50 cm
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Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing the Tram Lines at 1, 2 and 3 Stages. - Petrograd, [1914-1916?]. - Lithograph ; 53х50 cm
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Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing Projects of Underground Tracks in the First Variant. - Petrograd, [1914-1916?]. - 1 sh. Lithograph ; 53х50 cm
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Plan of the City of Leningrad, Divided into Districts, Compiled according to the Latest Official Sources. - Leningrad : 1922-1925. - 1 vol. (borders of districts, 9 sheets of the plan of the city divided into districts).+ List of streets, lanes, squares, etc. (17 pp.) ; 26х16 cm
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Inundated Areas in Leningrad during Floods.
Drebezgov S. M. Plan of Leningrad 1939. - Leningrad : Lenizdat, 1939. - 1 sh. ; 61х81 cm
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Mil.-Geo.-plan von Leningrad; Plan of Leningrad /Generalstab des Heeres, Abtellung für Kriegskarten u. Vermessungswesen. (IV Milgeo). - Berlin : Generaestab des Heeres, Abtellung für Kriegskarten u. Vermessungswesen. (IV Milgeo), 1941. - 107х83 cm
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Map of the Center of St. Petersburg. - Saint - Petersburg : ZAO "KARTA", 2002. - 62х88 cm
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Environmental Atlas of St. Petersburg.