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;Album of Cartograms and Diagrams for the Production, Sale and Consumption of Wine and Beer The Cartographic Department store plans of St. Petersburg on various subjects, published in the 20th century.
For example, among them are materials reflecting the consumption of wine in St. Petersburg. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were more than 3 thousand pubs and taverns in the capital. In absolute consumption of wines, areas with the largest population stood out: the third Spassky district, the third Alexander Nevsky district, the second Petersburg district. In 1903, the highest wine consumption per person was 3.5 buckets per person in the second Spassky district, due to concentration of a large number of commercial and industrial establishments in this territory. The plan was issued in the publication «Album of Cartograms and Diagrams for the Production, Sale and Consumption of Wine and Beer». ( St. Petersburg, 1905).


Plan of  St. Petersburg Showing Hotels, Rooming Houses, RestaurantsThe plan «Plan of St. Petersburg Showing Hotels, Rooming Houses, Restaurants», published in 1903, shows a central part of the city, where the most part of consumers services were located. On the left there is a numbered index of service enterprises with addresses and names of their owners. Along the edges of the frame and on the plan there are written advertisements.


Taximeter Plan of Saint Petersburg for CabmenK 3-Pb 4/41 The special «Taximeter Plan of Saint Petersburg for Cabmen» was compiled in 1904 because of great demand for the services of cabs. It based on the Ilyin plan published on the same scale in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The plan was divided into sections of 85 sazhens (one sazhen is equal to seven feet). A section was equal to the distance that a cab covered in one minute. The fare during the day and at night is also given.


Plan of  St. Petersburg. Sewerage Project.1909In 1908, the Preparatory Commission of the City Council chaged the engineer K. Griboyedov with an initial project of sewerage system on Vasilyevsky Island, and then of the municipal sewage lines. This project was presented on the «Plan of St. Petersburg. Sewerage Project. 1909».


Plan of Petrograd presented stages of the project of reconstruction of lightingThe «Plan of Petrograd presented stages of the project of reconstruction of lighting», published in 1916, reflects the project for the transformation of the lighting in Petrograd (the former name of St. Petersburg).


Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing a Freight Bypass LineThere are series of project plans for development of underground and surface transport in St. Petersburg - in the near future and the long term.

Among them is the «Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing a Freight Bypass Line» designed by the engineer Tokarski. The plan presents a project of a railway which was supposed to go around the city to divert goods traffic from it. Its continuation was planned to build along the embankments of the Moika River and, partially, the Fontanka River.


Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing the Tram Lines at 1, 2 and 3 StagesAt the turn of centuries, Saint Petersburg began planning out the future electric tramway network. The «Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing the Tram Lines at 1, 2 and 3 Stages» was published by the printing house De Kölsch specializing in the production of thematic plans. The plan shows: existing and planned tram lines, electric power stations and substations, tram parks. In 1907, the electric tramway network opened in Saint Petersburg, the tram network then further was developed in 1914, the third stage of the network construction was planned.


Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing Projects of Underground Tracks in the First VariantThe «Plan of the City of Petrograd Showing Projects of Underground Tracks in the First Variant» represents one of the last pre-revolutionary underground construction projects. Proposals for the construction of the subway St. Petersburg began to be received in the 90s of the 19th century. The first project was developted in 1901. The plans show only the most intense projects that were designed after 1914.


Plan for the City of Leningrad, Divided into Districts, Compiled according to the Latest Official SourcesRemarkable are plans of the city, reflecting how the city changed in the twenties and thirties of the last century.
Among them is the «Plan for the City of Leningrad, Divided into Districts, Compiled according to the Latest Official Sources» (Leningrad, 1922-1925).
The plan shows the administrative divisions of the city. Tram lines with terminal points, public institutions, architectural monuments and landmarks, and industrial enterprises are marked. Each sheet contains indices of large state institutions, factories, and landmarks. The «List of streets, alleys, squares and so on» and the «List of renamed streets, bridges, gardens, parks etc.» are attached to the plan.


Inundated Areas in Leningrad during FloodsThe map «Inundated Areas in Leningrad during Floods» from the «Atlas of Leningrad Oblast and the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic» deals with an urgent problem of floods. (Leningrad, 1934) The map shows the areas of the city that experiences flooding when water levels rise over 4 meters, 2.5 meters, 1.5 meters above normal.


Plan of Leningrad of 1939The «Plan of Leningrad of 1939» shows areas of the city, lines and destinations of bus, trolleybus lines; railways; gardens and squares, parks and forests, orchards, fields and vacant areas. There are signed names of the historic districts of the city.


Mil.-Geo.-plan von LeningradAmong materials related to the Second World War is noteworthy «Mil.-Geo.-plan von Leningrad» – a copy of the plan of Leningrad, released in Germany in April 1941. The plan shows the location of 556 military facilities (barracks, military warehouses, headquarters), as well as many industrial facilities. The plan fully reflects the high level of preparedness of the fascist troops for a war with the USSR.


Map of the Center of  St. Petersburg of 2002Modern city plans are received by the Department of Cartography regularly, on average, about 4-6 publications per year. For example, the «Map of the Center of St. Petersburg», published by ZAO "KARTA", came in our library in 2002. It is designed for tourists. The map is composed by students - members of the cartographic expedition organized by the City Palace of Youth Creativity. It incudes perspective drawings depicting the best sites and landmarks in the city, and provides additional information for travelers, in particular, suggestes walking routes around the city.


Environmental Atlas of  St. Petersburg Environmental Atlas of  St. PetersburgIt should be noted that in addition to general geographic plans, the Cartographic Department stores modern thematic atlases. For example, the «Environmental Atlas of St. Petersburg» is the world's first atlas to give ecological characteristics of a big city. The atlas includes maps of the landscape; climatic conditions; air, water and soil pollution; radiation situation; noise level; electromagnetic fields as well as maps of environmentally oriented sickness rates of the population.

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.