Full List of Atlas Elements

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Administrative Divisions

  • (Semi-)Autonomous Regions: 2
  • Provinces (губернии): 56
  • Provinces (области): 5
  • Voevodstvos (воеводства): 8
  • Irregular regions: 9
  • Districts: 583 (541 уезды, 24 владения и округа, 7 начальства, 6 цинуты, 5 ober-hauptmannshafften)

Settlements

  • Provincial towns (губернские города): 57
  • District towns (уездные города): 459
  • Large towns (большие города): 17
  • Mid-size towns (средные города): 48
  • Towns (non-administrative; заштатные и приписные города): 101
  • Minor towns (местечка): 1,066
  • Fortified and unfortified towns: 12
  • Villages (села и слободы): 5,507
  • Villages (деревни): 4,455
  • Farmsteads (хуторы): 228
  • Protestant parishes (кирхшпили): 183
  • Cossack villages (станици): 72

Military Sites

  • Fortresses: 122
  • Redoubts and minor fortifications: 89
  • Military encampments (караул отводный, конной): 23
  • Fortified lines: 2
  • Foreposts: 40
  • Cordons: 30

Hydrography

  • Rivers, named: 1,934, plus 1 wash (овраг)
  • Rivers, unnamed: 20,062
  • Canals: 5
  • Lakes, estuaries, and inland seas: 5,637
  • Islands: 771

Roads & Travel Infrastructure

  • Main post roads: 1,093
  • Provincial post roads: 951
  • District post roads: 1,466
  • Carriage roads: 4,239
  • Seasonal roads: 17
  • Post stations: 3,567
  • Post houses: 576

Religious Sites

  • Monasteries: 74
  • Mosques: 4
  • [Orthodox churches and Protestant churches can be approximated using the "Villages (sela)" and "Protestant parishes" layers.] 

Economic Sites

  • Factories (заводы и фабрики): 148
  • Mines: 24
  • Taverns (корчма): 29
  • Customs houses: 10