Государственная власть и тематическая картография России 1840-х годов

Петербургский исторический журнал: исследования по российской и всеобщей истории. 2024. № 4 (44). С. 66–78.

Loskutova M., Копелев Д. Н.

This paper presents an examination of the history of the early thematic maps of European Russia that appeared during the period spanning the 1840s to the early 1850s. The paper demonstrates the connection between the “Industrial Map of European Russia” (1842) and the renowned geological expedition led by R. I. Murchison, E. de Verneuil and A. Keyserling. Furthermore, it corroborates the contribution of Nikolai Miliutin to the “Economic-Statistical Atlas of European Russia” (1851). The authors highlight the emergence of a number of intellectual hubs within various Russian ministries that facilitated the advancement of statistical research and map-making initiatives. The authors examine the numerous informal connections among the officials who belonged to these intellectual centres and discuss the impact of these cartographic projects on the spatial reconceptualisation of the Russian Empire.

Keywords: статистика, statistics, география, geography, Российская империя, the Russian Empire, thematic cartography, visual image of a country, тематическая картография, визуальный образ страны