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Maps

To learn more about maps in general, go to the Maps Record Page.

Online Resources

Tips for Using Maps

Maps must be used carefully for several reasons:

There are often several places with the same name. You may want to use a Gazetteer to help you.
The spelling and even names of some towns may have changed since your ancestor lived there.
Place-names are often misspelled in English sources. Difficult names may have been shortened and important diacritic marks omitted.
Political boundaries are not clearly indicated on all maps. Look for neighboring towns and geographic features to find the area where your ancestor came from.
Boundaries changed over time. Use historical maps to understand boundary changes.

For more tips and information on using maps, go to the general Maps Record Page.

Finding the Specific Town on the Map

To successfully research maps from Russia, you must identify the town where your ancestor lived. Because there are several towns that have the same name, you may need some additional information before you can locate the correct town on a map. Using gazetteers can help you to identify a place's the jurisdiction and help you locate it on a map. See the Russia Gazetteers article for more information.

Types of Maps

Different types of maps help you in different ways, for example:

Historical atlases describe the growth and development of countries, showing boundaries, migration routes, settlement patterns, military campaigns, and other historical information.
Road atlases are useful because of the detail they provide.
Other types of maps include: parish maps, state maps, tourist maps, topographical maps, and air navigation maps. City maps are extremely helpful when researching in large cities.

To learn more about different types of maps, go to the general Maps Record Page.

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-== Overview ==
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-Maps are important for locating the places where your ancestors lived. They help you see the neighboring towns and geographic features of the area your ancestor came from.
+To learn more about maps in general, go to the '''[[Maps | Maps Record Page]]'''.
-Maps show places, geographical features, transportation routes, and proximity to other towns. Historical maps are especially useful for understanding boundary changes.
+== Online Resources ==
+*[http://geacron.com/home-en/ GeaCron] Interactive World History Atlas since 3000 BC
+*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Russia/@49.7820327,68.7278337,3z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x453c569a896724fb:0x1409fdf86611f613!8m2!3d61.52401!4d105.318756 Google Maps]
+*[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&q=Russia&search=Go David Rumsey Historical Maps Collection]
+*[https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Dare_County,_North_Carolina#bbox=-340.58584823,41.18509677,-168.97694447,82.05862315000002&q=&date_from=0&date_to=9999&scale_from=&scale_to= Old Maps Online Collection]
+*[https://www.loc.gov/maps/?q=Russia&st=gallery Library of Congress Maps Collection]
+*[https://maps.arcanum.com/en/ Arcanum Maps (Formerly Mapire)]
+*[https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Russia%20maps Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library]
+*[http://utexas.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?ho=t&l=en&s3.q=Russia+map#!/search?ho=t&l=en&q=Map%20of%20Russia Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection]
+*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=Russia%2C%20map Archive.org]
+*[https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/scanned-maps/catalog?utf8=%E2%9C%93&utm_source=library.harvard&exhibit_id=scanned-maps&search_field=all_fields&q=Russia Harvard University Scanned Maps]
+*[https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/search/searchterm/Russia%2C%20map UWM American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection]
+*[https://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/results?vid=0&sid=f5224caf-36e0-4b04-91da-3cbe5a3cdb7c%40sessionmgr102&bquery=Russia%252c%2Bmap&bdata=JnR5cGU9MCZzZWFyY2hNb2RlPUFuZCZzaXRlPWVkcy1saXZl University of California Berkeley Library]
+*[http://boxpis.ru/ Archival Maps of Russia]
-== Types of Maps ==
+== Tips for Using Maps  ==
-Maps are published separately or in atlases: bound collections of maps. They may also be in gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, and history texts. Maps give many kinds of information:
-Historical atlases describe the growth and development of countries. They show boundaries, migration routes, land owners, settlement patterns, military campaigns, and other historical information.  Atlasas for more localized regional and localized areas, and topographical maps give good county and land information.
+Maps must be used carefully for several reasons:
-== Local Maps for Russia and Localities Within Russia ==
+*There are often several places with the same name. You may want to use a '''[[Russia Gazetteers | Gazetteer]]''' to help you.<br>
+*The spelling and even names of some towns may have changed since your ancestor lived there.<br>
-City maps with street names and political ward boundaries are extremely helpful when researching large cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg.
+*Place-names are often misspelled in English sources. Difficult names may have been shortened and important diacritic marks omitted.<br>
+*Political boundaries are not clearly indicated on all maps. Look for neighboring towns and geographic features to find the area where your ancestor came from.<br>
+*Boundaries changed over time. Use historical maps to understand boundary changes.<br>
-*http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html
+For more tips and information on using maps, go to the general'''[[Maps | Maps Record Page]]'''.
-'''[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/LocationRussia.png [[Image:800px-LocationRussia.png|Image:LocationRussia.png]]]'''
+=== Finding the Specific Town on the Map  ===
-Map of the current '''Federation of Russia''' which covers 11 time zones.
+To successfully research maps from Russia, you must identify the town where your ancestor lived. Because there are several towns that have the same name, you may need some additional information before you can locate the correct town on a map. Using gazetteers can help you to identify a place's the jurisdiction and help you locate it on a map. See the '''[[Russia Gazetteers]]''' article for more information.
-'''Maps of historic Russia''' http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html#russia
+== Types of Maps  ==
-'''Map of Russia’s Ethnic Republics'''
+Different types of maps help you in different ways, for example:
-http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/russia_ethnic94.jpg
+*Historical atlases describe the growth and development of countries, showing boundaries, migration routes, settlement patterns, military campaigns, and other historical information.<br>
+*Road atlases are useful because of the detail they provide. <br>
+*Other types of maps include: parish maps, state maps, tourist maps, topographical maps, and air navigation maps. City maps are extremely helpful when researching in large cities.<br>
-'''Family History Library Books''' (FHL INTL Book)
+To learn more about different types of maps, go to the general'''[[Maps | Maps Record Page]]'''.
-Russia in maps&nbsp;: a history of the geographical study and cartography of the country '''947 E7pa'''
-The Jews of Russia&nbsp;: their history in maps and photographs&nbsp; '''947 F2gma'''
-A map history of Russia
-'''947 H3cb'''
-A Keyword search of the FHLC for “maps of Russia” yielded 330 titles.
 [[Category:Russia]]
+[[Category:Maps by country]]
-== Note About Mid-20th Century Maps of Russia  ==
-Beginning in the early 1950s, the so-called 'Cold War' began, and Russian maps produced by the Soviet Union from about that time until the early 1990s had many intentional errors placed in them.&nbsp; The primary intent of these errors was to throw off and confuse military targeting and planning had the 'cold war' become a&nbsp;real war,&nbsp;&nbsp;
-The usual problem with these&nbsp;maps was&nbsp;the localities were shifted five or more miles from where they actually were.&nbsp; So if a locality was five miles from&nbsp;another locality, it is entirely possible that it would actually appear where a different locality.&nbsp; But&nbsp;the shift did not happen in the same direction for all localities, one might be shifted to hte east, the other the south, and&nbsp;maybe another one to the west.&nbsp; And it was not always five miles either, it might be a greater or&nbsp;lesser distance.&nbsp;&nbsp;
-For this reason, maps from this era may need to be compared with either pre-1950 maps or post 1990s maps and satellite images to confirm the location of places during that time period.&nbsp; This is also true for any of the nations that were satellites of the Soviet Union during the same time period.
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