Maps of the Smolensk province. Old maps of the Smolensk province Map of the Smolensk region in 1940 and the village

Composite map of square N-36 (part A) from separate sheets of the topographic military map of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA). The state of the area in the 1923 - 1941 pre-war years.

The map is glued together from sheets N-36-1, N-36-2, N-36-3, N-36-4, N-36-5, N-36-6, N-36-13, N-36- 14, N-36-15, N-36-16, N-36-17, N-36-18, N-36-25, N-36-26, N-36-27, N-36-28, N-36-29, N-36-30, N-36-37, N-36-38, N-36-39, N-36-40, N-36-41, N-36-42, N- 36-49, N-36-50, N-36-51, N-36-52, N-36-53, N-36-54, N-36-61, N-36-62, N-36- 63, N-36-64, N-36-65, N-36-66. This collection of sheets covers part of the territories of the present Smolensk, Pskov and Tver regions, as well as part of the Vitebsk region of Belarus. On the map of square N-36-A, you can find cities such as: Smolensk, Vitebsk, Orsha, Mstislavl, Pochinok, Yartsevo, Demidov, Velizh and White.

Red Army maps were used in the Great Patriotic War by Soviet commanders of formations and units, as well as intelligence for tactical purposes.

When working on an online map, we used both gridding and correction of objects on the map over a modern satellite image in order to minimize artifacts from scanning errors and paper jams.

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Historical information on the province

Smolensk province - administrative education within Russia, which existed until 1917.Bordered from the north and north-east with the Tver province, with the E - Moscow and Kaluga, with the SE - Orel, with the S - Chernigov, with the W - Mogilev, with the NW - Vitebsk and Pskov; was between 53 ° 5 "and 56 ° 36" N. NS. and between 30 ° 9 "and 30 ° 85" in. e. The greatest extent of the lips. from N to S 340 in., from E to W - 280 in. The area of ​​the lips, according to Strelbitsky's calculation, is 49212 sq. v. (according to general surveying 46746 sq. century), including under rivers and lakes 56956 dess. and under the swamps 303752 dess. Forming part of the Central Russian Upland, heading from the northwest lips. from the Valdai, or Alaun, flat upland to the south in the lips. Oryol and Mogilev, S. lips. occupies the south. and east. its slopes, and therefore the most elevated part of the lips. located in sowing. districts - Belsky and Sychevsky, where pp. Osugi and Luchesi reach heights up to 1010 feet. above ur. sea, while the lowest areas lie on the southern lips. in ooo. Krasninsky, Roslavlsky and Elninsky, and their height reaches only 756 feet. near Zabolotye, 735 ft. at Tolbin and 707 ft. at Khotysin. East part of the lips. represents a flat, treeless character, and the western one is counted in different directions by undulating flat chains of hills that accompany the flow of rivers and form steep slopes in places in their valleys; these chains of hills also serve as a watershed for the tributaries of the Dvina and the Dnieper and separate the tributaries of the latter from the tributaries of the Oka, Desna and Sozh in the south, and from the tributaries of the Volga in the north; on V they, going from Gzhatsk to Yukhnov, form the outskirts of the Moscow Basin. The entire Belsky district, with the adjacent parts of Porechsky and Dukhovshchinsky, is deepened in the middle, as a result of which the waters, having no free flow, formed here huge swamps and many lakes. Relief features of S. lips. are mainly due to the alluvial action of the ice age, which deposited material unevenly carried by it, and the erosion of water - that is why sometimes the places lying to the north have a lower height than the places lying to the south; so - Vyazma lies at an altitude of 833 feet, and Roslavl - 857 feet. and Cheluty, in Yelninsky u. - 880 ft.

Administrative division

Smolensk province was formed in 1708 as part of 17 cities with districts: Smolensk, Roslavl, Dorogobuzh, Vyazma, Bely, Pogoreloe Gorodishche, Zubtsov, Staritsa, Serpeisk, Kozelsk, Meshchovsk, Mosalsk, Likhvin, Borisovo-Gorodishche, Peremyshl, Vorotynsk, Odoevsk.

In 1713 the province was disbanded, most of it went to the Riga province.

In 1726, the Smolensk province was recreated as part of 5 counties: Smolensk, Belsky, Vyazemsky, Dorogobuzhsky and Roslavl.

In 1775 the province was transformed into the Smolensk governorship. 7 new counties were formed: Gzhatsky, Yelninsky, Kasplyansky, Krasninsky, Porechsky, Ruposovsky, Sychevsky. After 2 years, the Ruposovsky district was transformed into Yukhnovsky, and Kasplinsky - into Dukhovshchinsky.

In 1796 the Smolensk governorship again became a province. At the same time, the Dukhovshchinsky, Elninsky and Krasninsky districts were abolished (restored in 1802).

In 1918 the Porechsky district was renamed into Demidovsky. A year later, the Mstislavl district of the Gomel province entered the province.

In 1922 the Krasninsky district was abolished. From the Gomel province, the Goretsky district was transferred, and the Yukhnovsky district went to the Kaluga province.

In 1924, the Goretsky and Mstislavl districts were transferred to the BSSR. A year later, the Dukhovshchinsky district was transformed into Yartsevsky.

In 1927 Demidov and Dorogobuzh districts were abolished, and a year later - Gzhatsky, Elninsky and Sychevsky.

In 1929 the Smolensk province was abolished, and its territory became part of the Western Region.

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The old administrative-territorial unit with the name of the Smolensk province was formed in 1708 from 17 counties, some of which were later transferred to other provinces (for example, Staritsky - to Tverskaya, and Likhvinsky - to Kaluga and Moscow). In 1713 the Smolensk province was disbanded, and most of its lands were transferred to the Riga province. Under Catherine the First in 1726, the Smolensk province was re-created, this time from 5 counties. In 1775, in the course of the administrative reform of Catherine II, a new Smolensk governorship was formed, which additionally included 7 counties. Further changes in the composition and boundaries of the lands under the jurisdiction of the Smolensk province (reorganized from the governorship in 1796) were made under Paul the First, who enlarged part of the counties at the expense of three abolished ones and thus reduced their number to 9. Recent changes in the composition (12 counties) and the borders of the counties of the Smolensk province were introduced under Alexander the Great (in 1802), after which the borders of this province did not change during the entire subsequent period of the pre-revolutionary history of Russia.

In the Smolensk province in whole or in part
there are the following maps and sources:
(except for the general
all-Russian atlases, where this province may also be)