Plan of the provincial capital Astrakhan (PSZ Town Plans)

Plan of the provincial capital Astrakhan

urban history

This plan shows at least 3 different kinds of bridge, with the 2 larger bridges over the Kutumov River and the smaller bridges over the canal running through the center of town.

Wharves and piers are shown along the Volga River - the major trade thoroughfare of the empire.

Orientation: The plan lacks a compass, but the orientation is south (north is on the bottom).

Polnoe Sobranie Zakonov Rossiiskoi Imperii (sobranie pervoe), Kniga chertezhei i risunkov (plany gorodov) [Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire (first collection), Book of drawings and illustrations (town plans)], Sanktpeterburg: v Tipografii II Otdeleniia Sobstvennoi E. I. V. Kantseliarii, 1839.

Copies of the Book of Drawing and Illustrations can be found in several academic and research libraries. The Russian National Library provides open access to a digitized version.

Data extraction, translation, and annotation by Sierra Nota, Alex Dennett, and Kelly O'Neill

Russian

1769

Astrakhan (Астрахань)

Astrakhan Province (Астраханская губерния)

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