Plan of the provincial capital Chernigov (PSZ Town Plans)

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Title:

Plan of the provincial capital Chernigov

Subject:

urban history

Description:

The Desna River flows east to west along the southern edge of Chernigov and the existence of seasonal floodplains suggests that the river behaves badly each spring. Yet the cathedral, government offices, and a plethora of parish churches densify the southern end of town... as if they just couldn't resist the lure of the water.

Read more about Chernigov - "Charm Town" - on the Guided Tour.

Source:

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.

Publisher:

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.

Contributor:

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

Language:

Russian

Plan Date:

1805

Town:

Chernigov (Чернигов)

Province:

Chernigov Province (Чернигобская губерния)

Plan Number:

388

Plan Edition:

first

Feature Diversity:

high

Plan Orientation:

north

Collection:

Town Plans, Chernigov Province

Tags:

Desna River

Geolocation

IIIF Manifest

Manifest URL

https://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/items/3417/manifest.json

Citation

“Plan of the provincial capital Chernigov,” The Imperiia Project: Map Gallery Site, accessed March 2, 2026, https://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/document/3417.