Development of mapping methods in Russia in the eighteenth century

Гольденберг, Л. А.; Postnikov, Alexey V.

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“…), and the use of the hydrological system as a base to give maps structure and some degree of relative positional accuracy. For the time, the standards in place and the accuracy achieved were remarkably high (Goldenberg and Postnikov, 1985). This predisposed concern for accuracy, though in an entirely different political and technological context, remained a fundamental focus of Soviet cartographers in the twentieth century, albeit not before it was an inherited priority, if not a stimulus, of the reforms instigated by Peter the Great.…”

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“…From a young age, Peter had a great interest in mathematics and military affairs and, in March 1697, first travelled to Western Europe to study achievements in these fields (Bagrow, 1975). He also intended to establish contacts and commandeer skilled scientists and craftsmen -putting them into his service in Russia (Postnikov, 2000a;Kivelson, 2006;Seegel, 2012) -underlain by aspirations to establish pseudo-European scientific methods and institutions on his return (Goldenberg and Postnikov, 1985;Appleby, 2001). Seeing the importance of accurate maps to imperial expansion, Peter's new Russian cartography would grow in rigour and accuracy, in terms of its use of projections and geodetic bases (James and Martin, 1981;Vereshchaka, 2002).…”

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“…Seeing the importance of accurate maps to imperial expansion, Peter's new Russian cartography would grow in rigour and accuracy, in terms of its use of projections and geodetic bases (James and Martin, 1981;Vereshchaka, 2002). This, however, would come at the expense of the rich, descriptive geographical information that characterised Russian cartography before this point, particularly exhibited in the work of Remezov (Goldenberg and Postnikov, 1985).…”

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A Cartographic Analysis of Soviet Military City Plans

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“…The production of maps changed in quantity as well as in character. Cartography was to become a science, based on precise measurement and experience rather than hearsay and cosmological traditions (Goldenberg and Postnikov 1985). In addition, many maps changed scale and encompassed the whole territory instead of only the smaller sections of Muscovite maps.…”

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Imagining the Arctic, the Russian Way: Concepts and Projects for the Arctic Ocean in the Eighteenth Century

Winkler¹

2013

New Global Studies

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Few historical topics and regions lend themselves to such grand narratives as the Arctic. Dramatic landscapes, extreme climate, heroic explorers and their national pride merge and provide us with fascinating and catchy stories. The current situation of climate change, new possibilities of exploiting natural resources and potential territorial conflict have placed the Arctic in the spotlight once more. Current tensions often call for historical explanation, and scholars hurry to provide them. My perspective on eighteenth century Russian concepts of the Arctic Ocean, however, does not immediately contribute to a better understanding of present challenges. I will not be telling the Russian side of the story in the race among nations to the North Pole or explain how the Russians came to plant a flag under the Pole in 2007. The argument in this article stems rather from a general and explicitly historical interest in territoriality and sovereignty; in concepts, consequences and contradictions. How could absolutist sovereignty, which in the eighteenth century was sovereignty in the making, work "beyond territory"?

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Cartography in the Russian Empire

Postnikov

2016

The Encyclopedia of Empire

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Russian and West European skills combined to produce skilled surveyors and a cartographic tradition which both recorded and documented the expansion of the Russian Empire. Tsar Peter I in the 1720s was the first ruler to recognize its significance as an important tool in securing Russian access to the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Pacific Ocean. New scientific bodies, and especially the military from the 1760s, were charged with the mapping of Russia and its new territories, and imperial expansion also brought new cartographic and surveying skills and information from able practitioners in Finland, Poland, and elsewhere. New thematic maps were created to assist in the exploitation of the empire's resources and in colonial settlement, especially in Siberia in the 19th century. Mapping and exploratory expeditions from the late 18th century, in the reign of another expansionary ruler, Katherine the Great, led to extensive fur‐trapping in the east and Russia's claim to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and the northwest coast of America.

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Development of mapping methods in Russia in the eighteenth century

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A Cartographic Analysis of Soviet Military City Plans

A Cartographic Analysis of Soviet Military City Plans

Imagining the Arctic, the Russian Way: Concepts and Projects for the Arctic Ocean in the Eighteenth Century

Cartography in the Russian Empire

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