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Armenia

Armenia Single Maps

Armenia vetvs in quattuor partes distincta, ad tempora Ivstiniani Impo. Auctore Ph. de la Ruë, Paris. I. Somer, sculp. Philippe de la Rue. (Lutetiæ, Apud Petrum Mariette, 1653.). Map, hand-colored. Scale not given. Filed under LC call numberG7150 550 .L3Vault

Seventeenth century map depicting Armenia as it appeared in 550 AD during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian. Relief shown pictorially.

A later edition issued inParis by Chès les Robert in 1741 is filed under LC call number G7150 550 .L31 Vault.


Specialkarte von Armenien zurÜbersicht des nach demFrieden von S. Stefano, 3 März 1878 zu Russland gekommenen Gebietes.A. Petermann (Gotha: Justus Perthes, [1878]). Lithograph, colored. Scale 1:1,200,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1878 -- 1:1,200,000 -- A. Petermann

Map of Armenia emphasizing the territory acquired by Russia from the Ottoman Empire following the Treaty of San Stefano of 1878. Depicts towns and cities, forts, post and telegraph stations, mountain passes, roads, railroads, rivers and lakes, boundaries, other cultural features, and relief by shading.


Armenia in relation to the New Turkish Empire. (S.l.: S.n, [19--]). Photostat map. Scale ca. 1:4,000,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- (19--) -- ca.1:4,000,000 -- no author

Positive photostat of American or British map, source of original not identified, showing the planned partition of the Ottoman Empire according to the aborted Treaty of Sèvres, 1920, emphasizing Armenia's position therein. Identifies the various zones and areas of interest, i.e. British mandate, French mandate, area of French special interests, zone of the Straits, area of Italian special interests, etc. Also shows place names, proposed boundaries, railroads, and relief by hachure.


Map of Armenia and adjacent countries. By H. F. B. Lynch & F. Oswald. The material compiled by W. Shawe. 1901. (London: Longmans & Co. [1901]). Colored lithograph. Scale 1:1,000,000 or 15.78 miles to 1 in. Filed atG7150 1901 .L9.

Finely-drawn and detailed map of Armenia, as well as Azerbaijan, southern Georgia, and northeastern Turkey. Shows towns and cities, place names, roads, railroads, churches and monasteries, rivers and lakes, boundaries, H. F. B. Lynch's survey route (in red) throughout eastern Anatolia and Armenia, and relief by shading and spot heights.

Another copy filed under Armenia -- 1901 -- Lynch and Oswald.


Karta Erivanskoi Gubernii. ([St. Petersburg]: Kartograf. zav. P. F. PetshS.P.B., [1907?]). Lithograph, colored. Scale 1:1,470,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- [1907] -- 1:1,470,000 -- P. F. Petsh

Early twentieth century Russian map of Yerevan Guberniya as part of the Caucasus Vice Royalty in the Russian Empire. Shows place names, roads, railroads, and distances between places. Possibly from P. F. Petsh'sRossiiav' kartinakh' po stolietiiam'[1907?].


Arménie Dressée par le Capitaine de Corvette Z. Khanzadian. (Paris: Délégation Nationale Arménienne, 191-). Lithograph, color. Scale 1:4,000,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- [191-] -- 1:4,000,000 -- Z. Khanzadian

French map of Armenia prior to World War I. Shows Armenia's international and provincial boundaries, place names, roads, railroads, rivers, tectonic directions and natural frontiers, volcanoes, and shaded relief.


Patmakan Hayastan ew harewan erkirnerě /Historical Armenia and the neighboring countries. Compiled by G. Vardanea,illustrated byG. Diwsterdik (Tbilisi:published by G. Vardanean and G. Diwsterdik, 1910).Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1910 -- 1:800,000 -- Vartanian and Dusterdick

Large, finely-drawn, wall map of Armenia and adjacent countries. Depicts cities and towns, place names, roads, railroads, churches and monasteries, rivers and lakes, boundaries, and relief by shading and hachure. Inset depicts the frontier between Armenia and Persia. Title includes an illustration ofTigran Mets(Tigran the Great), who ruled Armenia from95 to 55 BC at its greatest extent.


Map of Armenia and adjacent countries. By H. F. B. Lynch & F. Oswald. The material compiled originally by W. Shawe. 1901. (London: Longmans & Co., 1901). Colored lithograph. Scale 1:1,000,000 or 15.78 miles to 1 in. Filed under LC call number G7150 1901 .L9

Original edition of a finely-drawn and detailed map of Armenia, as well as Azerbaijan, southern Georgia, and northeastern Turkey. Shows towns and cities, place names, carriage roads and tracks, railroads, churches, monasteries, ruins, rivers and lakes, and Turkish, Russian, and Persian territorial boundaries. H. F. B. Lynch's survey route (in red) throughout eastern Anatolia and Armenia and relief by shading and spot heights in feet.


Map of Armenia and adjacent countries. By H. F. B. Lynch & F. Oswald. The material compiled originally by W. Shawe. 1901. (London: Edward Stanford, 1915]). Colored lithograph. Scale 1:1,000,000 or 15.78 miles to 1 in. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1915 -- 1:1,000,000 -- Lynch & Oswald

1915 edition by Edwin Stanford of the finely-drawn and detailed map, originally published in 1901, of Armenia, as well as Azerbaijan, southern Georgia, and northeastern Turkey. Shows towns and cities, place names, roads, railroads, churches and monasteries, rivers and lakes, boundaries, H. F. B. Lynch's survey route (in red) throughout eastern Anatolia and Armenia, and relief by shading and spot heights.


Map of United Armenia and Adjacent Countries. (New York: New Armenia Publishing Co., 1917). Photolithograph. Scale 1:2,000,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1917 -- 1:2,000,000 -- The New Armenian

Map of the restored Armenian state published towards the end of World War I by the New Armenia Publishing Company to reflect its territorial possessions at their broadest extent. Includes place names, boundaries, and relief by hachure. Verso of the map includes a "Statistical Analysis of the Racial Elements in the Armenian Provinces of Erzerum, Van, Bitlis, Harpoot, Diarbekr, and Sivas; drawn up in 1912 by the Armenian Patriarchate at Constantinople," which gives total and percentage populations of thirteen nations and races in the six provinces, as well as religions by nationality. Map included as an insert inThe New Armenia: A literary and political periodicalout of New York, New York.


République de l'Arménie. Z. Khanzadian ([Paris]: S.n., 1919). Two maps, chromolithographs. Scales vary.Filed under Armenia -- 1919 -- Khanzadian -- 3 sheets

Two maps prepared by Captain Z. Khanzadian, Capitaine de Corvette,for the delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Both are titledRépublique de l'Arménie. One emphasizes Armenia's contemporary and historical northeast boundaries with Russia, and also depicts place names, roads, railroads, and relief by color and hachures. The other is titledLes Frontieres Nord-Est (Khrame) / Armée de la République Arménienne. L'alignement tectonique militaire des frontieres naturelles: du point Kara-Kaya au point Ardjévan, and illustrates Armenia's natural northeast frontier with Georgia, with place names and relief by shading. Page of text authored by Khanzadian in May 1919 describes the role of geomorphology in the region's natural defenses.


Arménie. Revendications Arméniennes Dressèee par K. J. Basmadjian. (Paris: K. J. Basmadjian, 1919). Lithograph. Scale 1:4,000,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1919 -- 1:4,000,000 -- Basmadjian

French map depicting territory to be restored to Armenia following World War I. Identifies Turkish administrative divisions, as well as the boundaries of states, vilayets, and sandjaks. Also shows towns and villages, place names, lakes and rivers, and relief by hachure.


Armenia. ([Paris]: Délégation Nationale Arménienne, [1919]). Lithograph. Scale 1:2,000,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- [1919] -- 1:2,000,000 -- no author

Printed map of Armenia, without formal title, attributed toCaptain Z. Khanzadian, of the Délégation Nationale Arménienne on behalf of Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference.Handwritten annotation in cartouche reads "A la mission Americaine. Arménie par le Capitaine de Corvette Z. Khanzadian. Delegation Nationale Armenienne 12 Au. President Wilson, Paris." Depicts towns and cities, place names, rivers, roads, and railroads.


Arménie. Dressée par le Capitaine de Corvette Z. Khanzadian. (Paris: Wuhrer & Monrocq, [1920]). Chromolithograph. Scale 1:800,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- [1920] -- 1:840,000 -- Z. Khanzadian

Detailed map of Armenia by Captain Z. Khanzadian of the Armenian National Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. Shows towns and villages; dioceses of the Armenian Catholic Church; roads; railroads; lakes and rivers; place names; boundaries of Trancaucasian Armenia, as well as administrative and district boundaries, and the old Turkish-Russian frontier; and relief by shading, hachures, and spot heights.


Hayastani Sotsʻialistakan Khorhdayin Hanrapetutʻyan kartēz / [Map of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic] (Erevan : Petakan hratarakchʻutʻyun, 1932). Wall map on four sheets. Scale 1:200,000. Filed atG7150 1932 .A9 Vault Oversize

Wall map of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic printed and published in Yerevan in 1932. Depict place names, towns and villages, roads, railroads, relief by shading and spot heights, and depths by contours and gradient tints. Includes descriptive notes; statistical table for counties of the Armenian S.S.R.; inset of Yerevan city (with index to points-of-interest); inset of the South Caucasus republics (with statistical table); color illustrations of mountain heights (with graph); and Armenian coat-of-arms within the cartouche. Keyed legend identifies cultivated and uncultivated lands, administrative boundaries, populated settlements, roads, and other cultural features.

Map available as a digital image on the Library's website.


Übersichstkarte der SSR. Armenien. Sowjet Atlas Band II, Seite 117. ([Berlin]: [Germany. Heeres. Generalstab], [194-]). Photostat. Scale 1:500,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- [194-] -- 1:500,000 -- Germany

Photostat of German war time re-issue of 1940s Soviet map of Armenian SSR. Original showed cities, towns, and villages; place names (in Russian) roads; railroads; rivers and lakes; and relief by hypsometric tinting and spot heights. Insets show Yerevan and its vicinity, and the area around Lake Sevan. Includes legend of standard symbols.


Armianskaiia SSR. Uchebnaia Karta. (Moscow: GUGK, 1952). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1952 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Soviet political map of Armenia from the early 1950s. Depicts cities and towns; place names; roads; railroads; rivers and lakes; mountain passes; mineral resources, and submerged lands, and snow packs; boundaries; and relief by hypsometric tinting and spot heights. Includes legend of standard symbols.


Haykakan SSR : usumnakan k'artez / Armenian SSR Educational Map. Shteynberg, S. D. (Moscow:Kʻartezagrutʻyan ev geodeziayi glkhavor varchʻutʻyunKʻartezagrutʻyan ev geodeziayi glkhavor varchʻutʻyun, 1959). Photostat. Scale 1:600,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1959 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Photostat of Soviet educational map of Armenia, in Armenian, from the late1950s. Depicts cities and towns, place names, roads, railroads, rivers and lakes, mineral resources, submerged lands and snow packs, boundaries, and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes legend of standard symbols.

Administration

Arménie (Haïastan): Divisions Historique. Dressée et dessinée par: Raphaël Chichmanian. (S.l: Raphael Chichmanian, [1921]). Colored photolithograph.Scale 1:3,000,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- Administrative -- [1921]-- 1:3,000,000 -- R. Chichmanian

Map identifying the historical administrative divisions and sub-divisions of Armenian Cilecia, Little Armenia, and GreaterArmenia. Includes place names, rivers, railroads, and some relief. Also identifies the following historical frontiers of Armenia: the old Russian-Turkish-Persian frontier of 1913 (dashed line); Armenia's frontier as of October 1921 (yellow); Armenia's frontier as established by Woodrow Wilson at the Treaty of Sèvres (pink); territories ceded to Turkey at the Treaty of Kars on October 13, 1921 (green); and the autonomous zone under the protection of Azerbaijan by the Treaty of Kars (dash-dot line).


Armianskaia SSR. (Moscow: GUGK, 1952). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000 Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1952 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Soviet administrative map of Armenian SSR emphasizing its administrative divisions at the raion level. Shows cities and towns; place names; roads; railroads; rivers, lakes, and canals; submerged lands; forests; cultivated areas; state, okrug, and raion boundaries; and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes a list and locationindex of Armenia'sthirty-three raions. Also includes an index of standard symbols.


Armianskaia SSR. (Moscow: GUGK, 1958). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1958 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Soviet map of Armenian SSR from the late 1950s emphasizing its administration at theraion(district) level. Depicts cities and towns; place names; roads; railroads; rivers, lakes, and canals; forests; state, okrug, and raion boundaries; and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes a list of thirty-four raions keyed by number. Also includes a table of standard features.


Armianskaia SSR Uchebnia Karta. S. D. Shteynberg. (Moscow: GUGK, 1966). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000.Filed at USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1966 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Soviet administrative map of Armenia from the mid-1960s. Shows towns and cities; place names; roads; railroads; rivers, lakes, and canals; state, oblast, raion, and reserve boundaries; and relief by shading and spot heights. Armenian edition described below.


Haykakan SSR: usumnakan k'artez / Armenian SSR Educational Map. Shteynberg, S.D. (Moscow: SSRM erkrabanut'yan ministrut'yan. Geodeziayi ev k'artezagrut'yan glkhavor varch'ut'yun, 1966). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000.Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1966 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Soviet administrative map of Armenia from the mid-1960s issued in Armenian by the GUGK. Shows towns and cities; place names; roads; railroads; rivers, lakes, and canals; state, oblast, raion, and reserve boundaries; and relief by shading and spot heights. Russian edition described above.


Armianskaia SSR. (Moscow: GUGK, 1968). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1968 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Soviet map of Armenian SSR from the late 1960s emphasizing its administration at theraion(district) level. Depicts cities and towns; place names; roads; railroads; rivers, lakes, and canals; mountain passes; resorts; state, okrug, and raion boundaries; and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes a list, titled Administrativnoe Delenie Armianskoi Sovetskoi Sotsialisticheskoi Respubliki, of thirty-three raions and their administrative centers keyed by number. Also includes a table of standard features.

Boundaries

Boundary between Turkey and Armenia : as determined by Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America.([Washington? D.C. : s.n.], 1920). Colored lithograph. Scale 1:1,000,000. Filed at G7431.F2 1920 .M3 vault

Original map prepared under the auspices of President Woodrow Wilson in 1920 to draw the boundaries of President Wilson's proposed mandate for Armenia, which included its historical homelands of eastern Anatolia, following World War I and the Armenian Genocide. Map includes Wilson's proposed boundary between Armenia and Turkey, the Old Turkish-Russian boundary, other boundaries and administrative divisions, roads, railways, cities and villages, and relief by spot heights. An inset depicts the Near East and Turkey. Note states that the "Map compiled under the direction of Major Lawrence Martin, General Staff, U.S. Army, by the topographic branch of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Department of State, from field operations by the Harbord Mission and from maps of the Turkish General Staff . . . German maps prepared during the war . . . and British maps of Persian and Transcausian Territory . . . "

Map includes Woodrow Wilson's signature.

A digital image of the map is available via the Library's website.


Turkish-Armenian Boundary Decision of President Wilson, October 1920.&([Paris]:S.n., 1920). Photostat copy of map, with pencil coloring. Scale ca. 1:1,267,200. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- Boundaries -- 1920 -- 1" = 20 miles -- no author

Photostat copy of original map, source not identified, of Armenia's boundaries as proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1920.  Shown are the boundaries of four of the six vilayets of Western Armenia and Wilson's proposed frontier. Also includes place names, roads, relief by contours, and some penciled annotations in red.


Map to show territory which was Turkish prior to war 1914-'18 which it is proposed to include within Northern, Western and Southern Boundaries of Armenia. London, February, 1920. (London:Geog. Section, General Staff, 1920). Photostat copy of map. Scale 1:1,000,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- Boundaries -- [1920] -- 1:1,000,000 -- G.S.G.S. no. 2944

Photostat of original British map, source not identified, showing nine boundaries under consideration for Wilson's proposed Armenian mandate in the aftermath of the First World War. Depicted are the following: the line proposed by the commission in London in February, 1920; boundary of the proposed demilitarized hinterland of Trebizond; alternative Armenian claims; approximate line agreed upon in the negotiations between Lord Curzon and M. Berthelot; the present (1920) administrative boundary of Armenia; boundaries of Armenia under discussion; old and existing international frontiers; boundary of Lazistan; and alternative boundaries of Batum. Also include place names, railroads, rivers, and relief by contours and spot heights.


Map of Armenia. F. E. Meine. (New York: American Committee for the Independence of Armenia, 1925). Lithograph, colored. Scale 1:4,000,000.  Filed under Armenia -- Boundaries -- 1925 -- 1:4,000,000 -- Amer. Comm. for Independence of Armenia

Map depicting the historical boundaries of Armenia by the American Committee for the Independence of Armenia. Shows the following boundaries: those claimed by the delegation of Integral Armenia in Paris in 1919; those drawn by President's Wilson; the pre-war boundary between Turkish and Russian Armenia; the Bolshevik created Armenian Republic of 1921; the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia; territory ceded to Turkey; the autonomous district (Nakhchivan) under suzerainty of Azerbaijan; and the autonomous district (Nagorno-Karabakh) with a majority of Armenians under authority of Azerbaijan. Also includes a few place names and rivers.

Cities and Towns

Erewani hatakagitsě 1920 tʻ./ Plan of Yerevan 1920. M. Astuatsaturean. [Yerevan? : s.n., 1920]. Map hand-colored. Scale [ca. 1:13,000]. Filed at G7154.Y4 1920 .A8 Oversize

Standard-content city street map of Yerevan, hand-colored to depict generalized land use. Place names in Armenian. Legend keyed to select locations by number.

Map available as digital image via Library's website.


Plan g. Erivani. Po udverzhd. proektu Akademika arkhit. A. I. Tamianian. (Erivan: S.n., 193-). Photocopy. Scale 1:20,000. Filed under LC call number G7154 .Y4 1930 .T3

Photostat of original map, source not cited, by project academy architect, A. I. Tamianian, from the 1930s. Map emphasizes the city's circular grid design. Shows streets, but no street names. Legend identifies points of interest, which are indexed by numbers to map.


Stadtplanskizze von Erewan. ([Berlin?] : Generalstab des Heeres, Abteilung für Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), [1941]). Map. Scale approximately 1:11,400. Filed under LC call number G7004.Y45 1941 .G4

Second World War-era Nazi map of Yerevan.


Eriwan. Wehrwirtschaftskarte. (Berlin: Germany O.K.W, W. Stb. Ausl., 1943). Map, black-and-white. Scale 1:15,000. Filed under LC call number G7154 .Y4 1943 .G4

Detailed Nazi plan of Yerevan from 1943 emphasizing its economic viability. Shows streets and some street names; railroads; buildings; densely occupied areas; and the city's environs. Index identifies 171 potential objectives, mostly with industrial or military value, such as factories, bridges, universities, schools, military facilities, hospitals, train lines and tunnels, depots, etc. Verso includes a large-scale plan of the Kautschukwerk (rubber factory), "Kirov," in Yerevan, with list of thirty-seven points of interest.


Erewan. Stadtplan mit Mill. - Geo. Objekten. ([Berlin]: RSHA (Reichssicherheitshaputamt) AMT-VI SS, 1944). Photocopy. Scale 1:10,000. Filed under LC call number G7154 .Y4 1944 .G4

Large-scale SS plan from 1944 of Yerevan illustrating its military and geographic objectives. Shows streets and street names; railroads; rivers; and cemeteries. Index identifies over forty potential military, industrial, and cultural sites, such as the airport, divers factories, railroad depot, city hall, university, etc. keyed by number or letter to map.


Yervan Guide Map. Compiler, M. H. Mesropian. (Yerevan: Department of Foreign Tourism to the Armenian SSR, 1968). Map, colored. Scale not given. Filed under LC call number G7154 .Y4E635 1968 .M4

Late 1960s Soviet pictorial tourist map of Yerevan. Selected points of interest illustrated pictorially. Includes inset of tourist routes throughout the Armenian SSR. Includes legend. Verso includes indexes of cultural features and streets, and an inset for finding the way about town.


Erevan. Putovoditel' po Gorodu. Skhema plana goroda -- po. M. Mesropianu. (Yerevan: Spetsalnaia nauchno-proizvodstvennaia masterskaia po restavratsii piamnitkov kul'tury, 1971). Photolithograph. Scale not given. Filed under LC call number G7154 .Y4E635 1971 .M4

Monotone, yet vibrant and decorative map illustrating Yerevan's major buildings, antiquities, and monuments. Shows streets, buildings pictorially, parks, and surrounding region. Includes illustrations of prominent monuments, sites, and religious centers. Inset provides a panoramic view of the Yerevan region including Mount Ararat. Index contains a list of over 150 culturally significant buildings and tourist sites throughout the city, keyed by number to map. A location map includes Soviet regalia. Verso includes text, map of historic buildings in Armenia, and illustrations of culturally significant sites, as well as some Soviet edifices.

Ethnography

Carte Ethnographique de l'Arménie Présentée au Congès de la Paix Dressée par K. J. Basmadjian Professeur d'Histoire Paris 1919. (Paris: K. J. Basmadjian, 1919). Lithograph, colored. Scale 1:4,000,000. Filed under Armenia -- Ethnography -- 1919 -- 1:4,000,000 -- Basmadjian

Map prepared on behalf of the Paris Peace Conference by Armenian historian, K. J. Basmadjian, to illustrate ethnic composition within Armenia's historical territory and adjacent to it. Legend identifies ten ethnic groups, and emphasizes the area denuded of Armenians during the genocide. Notes include Armenian population numbers in diaspora nations, and identify data sources consulted.

Geology

A Geological Map of Armenia and its Border-Ranges, with Indications of Minerals & Mineral-Springs. Drawn and Hand-Coloured by Felix Oswald. (Nottingham, U.K.: Felix Oswald, 1907). Photolithograph (Chromolithograph). Scale 1:1,013,760. Filed under Armenia -- Geology -- 1907 -- 1 inch=16 miles -- Oswald

Vivid and detailed geological map of Armenia before the First World War. Illustrates lithology by color. Includes a legend keying rock type by color. Also shows towns and villages; place names; rivers and lakes; railroads; monasteries; volcanoes; passes; mountain ranges by thick lines; and elevations in English feet. Accompanied by text of explanatory notes, which, according to the map, is based on the author's "Treatise on the Geology of Armenia." Map may serve as a precursor and companion piece to his A Geological Map of the Caucasus from the the latest sources by Felix Oswald, dated 1914.


Geologicheskaia Karta Basseina Ozera Gokchi. Sostavil K. N. Paffenhol'z / Geological Map of the Lake Gokcha Basin. By K. N. Paffenholz. (Leningrad: VKT GGU NKTP-SSSR, [193-]). Photlithograph, color. Scale 1:100,000. Filed under Armenia -- Geology -- (193-) -- Paffenholz

Pre-World War II, Soviet-era geological map of Armenia's Lake Gokcha (Sevan). Indicates lithology by color and standard geological nomenclature. Also depicts place names (in Russian); towns and villages; roads; copper and coal deposits; faults, thrusts, and dips; outcrops; stratigraphy; and relief by contour and spot heights. Keyed legend to rock type and features in Russian and English. Includes an inset of Armenia and a locational grid.


Skhematicheskaia Geomorfologicheskaia Karta Armianskoi SSR i prilezhashchikh chastei malogo Kavkaza. N. V. Dmitrashko (Yerevan: Instituta Geologichekikh Akademii Nauk Armianskoi SSSR, 1961). Offset lithograph, color. Scale not given. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- Geology (Surface geology) -- 1961 -- Akademia Nauk Armianskoy SSR

Detailed Soviet geomorphological map of Armenia and adjacent parts of the Lesser Caucasus from the early 1960s, compiled and published by the Armenian Academy of Sciences in Yerevan. Map illustrates geomorphology, but also depicts geology. Includes two main legends: the first and largest identifies land form types (mountains, plateaus, and plains) by color and geological nomenclature, in addition to forms, reliefs, and complexes by symbols; the second identifies lithology by color and geological nomenclature. Contains three insets: the newest scheme of techtonic structures (with a separate legend of lithology and features keyed by color, number, and/or symbol); a scheme of aged relief; and a scheme of authored minerals. Also includes four schematic geological-geomorphological profiles.


Shkematicheskaia karta vykhodov mineral'nykh vod Armianskoi SSR 1967 g. Sostavila N. I. Dolukhanov. (Moscow: GUGK, 1968. Map, in color. Scale not given. Filed under LC call number G1751 .C36 1967 .D6

Map showing the locations of mineral waters, springs, and associated geology in Armenia. Legend identifies Armenia's geology/lithology, in addition to its sources of mineral water, by color and symbol.

History

Aprilian Egherni k'artes / Map of the Big Genocide. Zadig Khanzadian. (Beirut: Hratarakowt 'iwn Zart'onk orat'ert'i, 1965). Map, colored. Scale 1:800,000. Filed under LC call number G7151 .S7 1965 .K5

Map, based on the original map by Z. Khanzadian titled Carte des Massacres et des Déportations d'Arméniens, depicts Armenia, part of Turkey, and surrounding countries during the Armenican Genocide, 1915-23. Shows concentrations of Armenian populations in Anatolia; the directions and destinations of the forced deportations; lands occupied by deportees; and the Armenian SSR as of 1965.


Carte-Guide Illustree des Monuments Architecturaux Historiques de l'Armenie Sovietique. L. Berreghian. ([Yerevan]: s.n., [1968]). Photolithograph. No scale. Filed at USSR -- Armenian SSR -- History -- 1968 -- L. Berreghian

Pictorial map in French illustrating the monuments and architectural history of Soviet Armenia from the late-1960s. Includes pictorial representation of towns, villages, and significant cultural monuments, as well as a few place names and roads. Legend, arranged by region, identifies cultural features by number and with a brief description regarding its origin. Extensive text describes Armenia's cultural and architectural heritage. Map decorated by numerous engraved illustrations of cultural significant monuments and buildings.


Armenia (with boundaries of the 2nd century B.C.--5th century A.D.): Scholarly map. Tʻ. Kh. Hakobyan. (Erevan, Yerevan State University Publishing] 1970). Map, colored. Scale ca. 1:1,350,000. Filed under LC call number G7151.S3 1970 .H3

Map, in Armenian, shows important localities and territorial units related to the history of the Armenian people. Depicts towns and villages; place names; forts; battlegrounds; monasteries; rivers and lakes; administrative subdivision; and historical Armenia to its fullest extent, with its boundaries of AD 387, 591, and 1639. Includes legend, as well as a page of text with English translations.

Mines and Minerals

Arménie. Richesses Minérales.(S.l. S.n., [19--]). Manuscript map, pen-and-ink and wash. Scale 1:2,340,000. Filed under Armenia -- Mines and Minerals -- [19--] -- 1:2,340,000 -- no author

French manuscript map on linen by an unknown author depicting sources of minerals. as well as petroleum and coal, in pre-World War I Armenia. Legend keys mineral resources by symbol. Also shows place names, railroads, rivers, principal mountain ranges, and volcanoes.

Physical

Armianskaia SSR. Fizicheskaia Uchebnaia Karta. (Moscow:  GUGS, 1966). Offset lithograph, color.  Scale 1:600,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1966 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Soviet-era physical map of Armenia from mid-1960s. Shows cities, towns, and villages; place names; roads; railroads; rivers, lakes, and canals; mineral resources; prominent cultural features; and relief by gradient tints, shading, and spot heights. Includes historical and geographical text. Includes legend keyed by symbols.

Soils

Armianskaia SSR. Uchebnaia Karta Pochvennego Pokrova.(Yerevan: Akademiia Nauk Armianskoii SSR, 1962). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- Soils -- 1962 -- 1:600,000 -- Akademia Nauk Armianskoii SSR

Soviet-era soil cover map of Armenia, compiled and published by the Armenian Academy of Sciences SSR. Identifies five major groups of soils, and fifteen soil types thereunder. Also depicts quarries; rock outcrops; canals; irrigated lands; a few place names; and railroads. Includes eight pictorial cross sections of soil types. Legend identifies soil types by color and number.

Travel and Tourism

Marshrutnaia Turistskaia Skhema Lori-Pambak. (Tbilisi: Tbilsskoi Kartograficheskoi Fabrikoi, 1960). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:300,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenia -- Roads -- 1960 -- 1:500,000 -- Tbilsskoi Kartograficheskoi Fabrikoi

Soviet tourist route map of the Lori Region of Armenia, centering on the village of Pambak (Kirovakan) and its environs. Depicts towns and villages; place names; roads and tourist paths; railroad; rivers; forests; sundry cultural features, i.e. rest stops, monuments, museums, ruins, etc.; a list of prominent tourist sites keyed by symbol; and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes an inset of the Armenian SSR at 1:500,000 scale indicating boundaries, roads, and railroads. Also include a legend of keyed symbols. Historical and geographical text on verso.


Marshrutnaia turistskaia skhema. Zangezur. (Tbilisi: Tbilisskoi Kartograficheskoi Farbrikoi, 1960). Offset lithograph,color. Scale 1:300,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1960 -- 1:500,000 -- Tbilisskoi Kartograficheskoi Farbrikoi

Soviet tourist route map of the Zangezur region of southeastern Armenia. Depicts towns and villages; place names; roads and tourist paths; railroad; rivers; forests; sundry cultural features, i.e. rest stops, monuments, museums, ruins, etc.; a list of prominent tourist sites keyed by symbol; and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes an inset of the Armenian SSR at 1:500,000 scale depicting boundaries, roads, and railroads. Also includes a legend of keyed symbols. Historical and geographical text on verso.


Armianskaia SSR. Turistskaia Skhema. (Moscow: GUGK, 1961). Offset lithograph, color. No scale. Filed at USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1961 -- GUGK

Soviet bird's-eye view tourist map of Armenia from the early 1960s. Identifies cities, towns, and villages; place names; roads; rivers and Lake Sevan; and also includes pictorial representation of recreational activities, lands under cultivation, agricultural activities, and relief. Contains illustrations with text of fifteen prominent tourist sites, i.e. churches, monuments, architectural features, and places of natural beauty.

Vegetation

Armianskaia SSR Uchebnaia Karta Rastitel'nosti. (Yerevan: Akademiia Nauk Armianskoii SSR, 1962). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000. Filed under USSR -- Armenian SSR -- 1962 -- 1:600,000 -- Akademiia Nauk Armianskoii SSR

Soviet-era vegetation map of Armenia compiled and published by the Armenian Academy of Sciences SSR. Map depicts six environmental regions and fourteen vegetation types thereunder. Also identifies pine forests, plane groves, yew groves, and forest reserves. Includes place names, railroads, and rivers. Legend identifies vegetation types by color and number.