Plan of the provincial capital Astrakhan (PSZ Town Plans)
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Title:
Plan of the provincial capital Astrakhan
Subject:
urban history
Description:
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).
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.
“Plan of the provincial capital Astrakhan,” Town Planning on an Imperial Scale, accessed May 5, 2024, https://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/document/3590.