Map of Smolensk province 1 verst. Maps of the Smolensk province
Composite map of square N-36 (part A) from separate sheets of topographic military card Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA). Condition of the area for 1923 - 1941 pre-war years.
The map 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 square N-36-A you can find cities such as: Smolensk, Vitebsk, Orsha, Mstislavl, Pochinok, Yartsevo, Demidov, Velizh And White.
Maps of the Red Army were used during the Great Patriotic War by Soviet commanders of formations and units, as well as by reconnaissance for tactical purposes.
When working on online card both the coordinate grid reference and the correction of objects on the map on top of the modern one were used satellite image in order to minimize artifacts from scanning errors and paper jams.
The old administrative-territorial unit with the name Smolensk province was formed in 1708 from 17 districts, 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 districts. In 1775, during the administrative reform of Catherine II, a new Smolensk governorate was formed, which additionally included 7 counties. The next changes to 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 some of the counties at the expense of three abolished ones and thus reduced their number to 9. Last changes The composition (12 districts) and borders of the districts of the Smolensk province were included under Alexander the First (in 1802), after which during the entire subsequent period of the pre-revolutionary history of Russia the borders of this province did not change.
In the Smolensk province in whole or in part
There are the following maps and sources:
(except for those indicated on the main page of the general
all-Russian atlases, where this province may also be)
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1st and 2nd layout of land surveying (1778-1797) Land 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 1 inch = 1 verst 1 cm = 420 m. As a rule, the county was drawn on the parts that are shown on the assembly sheet. Some of the maps date back to the period of Catherine II 1775-96, Paul I, having come to power, changed the boundaries of counties within the provinces (which, in turn, Alexander I returned to its original place, but with some changes), while some of the maps from the General Land Survey fund survived only during this period. The maps are color, very detailed, broken down by county. The purpose of the map is to show the boundaries of land plots with location reference. |
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Military three-verst
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. 
Maps of Smolensk province
| Name | Example | Download | |||
| PGM Belsky district | 2v | 1780-90 | 145.9mb | ||
| PGM Vyazemsky district | 1c | 1780-90 | 16.4mb | ||
| PGM Vyazemsky district | 2v | 1780-90 | 50.4mb | ||
| PGM Gzhatsky district | 1c | 1780-90 | 69.4mb | ||
| PGM Gzhatsky district | 2v | 1780-90 | 69.6mb | ||
| PGM Dorogobuzhsky district | 1c | 1780-90 | 48.5mb | ||
| PGM Dorogobuzhsky district | 2v | 1780-90 | 59.3mb | ||
| PGM Dukhovskoy district | 1c | 1780-90 | 70.5mb | ||
| PGM Elninsky district | 2v | 1780-90 | 71.5mb | ||
| PGM Krasninsky district | 2v | 1780-90 | 43.9mb | ||
| PGM Poreč district | 2v | 1780-90 | 69.03mb | ||
| PGM Sychevsky district | 1c | 1780-90 | 86.1mb | ||
| PGM Roslavl district | 1c | 1780-90 | 22.8mb | ||
| PGM Roslavl district | 2v | 1780-90 | 78.4mb | ||
| PGM Smolensk district | 2v | 1780-90 | 43.15mb | ||
| PGM Yukhnovsky district | 1c | 1780-90 | 35.4mb | ||
| GPS OZI Smolensk province | |||||
| Schubert map | 3v | 649.7mb | |||
| Lists of populated places | 1859 | 576.2mb | |||
| Schubert map | 3v | 1880 |
Maps are available for free download
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Historical information on the province
Smolensk province - administrative entity within Russia that existed until 1917.It bordered from the north and northeast with the Tver province, with the E - Moscow and Kaluga, with the SE - Oryol, with the S - Chernigov, with the W - Mogilev, with the NW - Vitebsk and Pskov; was between 53°5" and 56°36" N. w. and between 30°9" and Zo°85" E. d. The greatest extent of the lips. from N to S 340 centuries, from E to W - 280 centuries. The area of the province, according to Strelbitsky’s calculations, is 49,212 square meters. V. (By general survey 46746 sq. century), including under rivers and lakes 56,956 des. and under the swamps 303,752 des. Forming part of the Central Russian Upland, heading from the NW lips. from the Valdai, or Alaun, flat hill to the south in the province. Orlovskaya and Mogilevskaya, S. province. occupies the southern and east its slopes, and therefore the most elevated part of the lips. is located in the north. counties - Belsky and Sychevsky, where at the origins of pp. Osugi and Luches heights reach 1010 feet. above level seas, while the lowest areas lie in the south of the lips. in uu. Krasninsky, Roslavlsky and Elninsky, and their height reaches only 756 feet. at Zabolotya, 735 ft. at Tolbino and 707 ft. at Khotysin's. East part of the lips has a flat, treeless character, while the western one is crossed in different directions by undulating flat chains of hills that accompany the flow of rivers and in places form steep slopes into their valleys; these chains of hills also serve as a watershed for the tributaries of the Dvina and Dnieper and separate the tributaries of the latter in the south from the tributaries of the Oka, Desna and Sozh, and in the north from the tributaries of the Volga; on E 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 waters, not having a free flow, formed huge swamps and many lakes here. Relief features of S. lips. are caused mainly by the alluvial action of the Ice Age, which deposited the material unevenly transported by it, and by the erosion of waters - which is why sometimes places lying to the north have a lower altitude than places lying to the south; so - the city of Vyazma lies at an altitude of 833 feet, and the city of Roslavl - 857 feet. and Cheluta, in Elninsky district. - 880 ft.
Administrative division
The Smolensk province was formed in 1708, consisting of 17 cities with counties: Smolensk, Roslavl, Dorogobuzh, Vyazma, Bely, Pogoreloe 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, Dorogobuzhsky 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, Dukhovshchinsky, Elninsky and Krasninsky districts were abolished (restored in 1802).
In 1918, Porechsky district was renamed Demidovsky. A year later, the Mstislavl district of the Gomel province entered the province.
In 1922, Krasninsky district was abolished. The Goretsk district was transferred from the Gomel province, and the Yukhnovsky district was transferred to the Kaluga province.
In 1924, Goretsky and Mstislavl districts were transferred to the BSSR. A year later, Dukhovshchinsky district was transformed into Yartsevsky district.
In 1927, Demidovsky and Dorogobuzhsky districts were abolished, and a year later - Gzhatsky, Elninsky and Sychevsky.
In 1929, the Smolensk province was abolished, and its territory became part of the Western Region.
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