Administration

Karta Kabardino-Balkarskoi Avt. Sov. Sots. Respubliki. (Nal'chik: Gosydarstvennogo Izdatel'stva Kabardino-Balkorskoi ASSR, 1940). Printed map, colored. 1:200,000. Filed under USSR -- RSFSR -- Kabardinskaia ASSR -- 1940 -- 1:200,000 -- GUGK

Informative Stalinist-era map of the Kabardino-Balkariia Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1940 that emphasizes its political and administrative divisions, as well as its economic resources. Depicts six levels of populated settlements, in addition to regional centers, communal centers, and state farms; and shows boundaries at the levels of republic, raion, village soviets and state forests, and state and collective farms. Also shows railroads; paved roads, unpaved roads, and paths; telegraph and telephone lines; bridges; fords and ferries; factories, plants, and elevators; machine tractor stations and commercial farms; cemeteries; rivers, irrigation canals, and ditches; lakes, springs, and wells; glaciers and peaks; woods and gardens; relief by contours, spot heights, and land form drawings. Includes an indexed list of sixteen raions and raion centers, and 126 subordinate communes. Includes a Soviet emblem with a depiction of Lenin in the northwest corner. Notation: "Napechatana na bumage 'Maiak Revoliutsia'" = "Printed on 'Lighthouse Revolution' Paper."

Kabardino-Balkarskaia ASSR. (Moscow: GUGK, 1958). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000. Filed under USSR -- RSFSR -- Kabardinskaya ASSR -- 1958 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK, and at unverified call number G7063 .K15 1958 .R8

Soviet map of Kabardino-Balkaria from the late 1950s showing its administrative and political divisions. Depicts settlements; place names; republic, oblast, and raion boundaries; roads; railroads; resorts; rivers and canals; vegetation; glaciers; and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes legend. Includes an indexed list of twelve raions and raion centers.

Kabardino-Balkarskaia ASSR, Severo-Osetinskaia ASSR. Redaktor: S. D. Shteĭnberg. Tekhnicheskiĭ redaktor: O. V. Orlova. (Moscow: GUGK, 1970). Map, colored. Scale 1:600,000. Filed under LC call number G7063.K15 1970 .R8

1970 Soviet map of Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia emphasizing their political and administrative divisions. Shows cities, towns, and villages; place names; republic, oblast, and raion boundaries; reserves; roads and passes; railroads; rivers; glaciers; and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes indexed table of administrative divisions of both Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia (eight for each autonomous republic).

Kabardino-Balkarskaia ASSR. Severo-Osetinskaia ASSR. (Moscow: GUGK, 1974). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000. Filed under LC call number G7063 .K15 1974 .R8

Soviet map of Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia depicting their political and administrative divisions. Shows cities, towns, and villages; republic, oblast, and raion boundaries; reserves and sanctuaries; highways, roads, and passes; railroads; rivers and irrigation canals; glaciers; and relief by shading and spot heights. Includes an indexed table of raions and raion center for both republics. Includes legend.

Cities and Towns

All city maps of Karbardino-Balkariia are listed and described on the Library of Congress online catalog.

Physical

Kabardino-Balkaria ASSR. Fizicheskaia Uchebnaia Karta. (Moscow: GUGK, 1972). Offset lithograph, color. Scale 1:600,000.  Filed under LC call number G7063 .K15 1972 .R8

Soviet physical and economic map of Kabardino-Balkaria from the early 1970s.  Shows cities, towns, and villages; republic and oblast boundaries; roads; railroads; rivers and irrigation canals; sources of mineral waters; useful minerals; sites of cultural, historical, and natural features; glaciers; and relief by contours, shaded tinting, and spot heights. Includes extensive legend. Includes four insets, each with its own legend, depicting the republic's geology, climate, soils, and natural zones. Includes list with text of major attractions.

Travel and Tourism

Marshrutnaia Turistskaia Skhema iz Kabardino-Balkarii i Svanetiiu. (Tbilisi: GUGK, 1960). Offset lithograph, colored. Scale 1:600,000. Filed under USSR -- RSFSR -- Kabardino-Balkaria -- 1960 -- 1:600,000 -- GUGK

Soviet-era travel map of Kabardino-Balkariia, Russia, and Svaneti, Georgia, showing the tourist route from Nal'chik to Zugdigi. Shows towns and villages; railroads; roads, paths, and trails; rivers; waterfalls and sources of mineral waters; gardens and forests; tourist bases, alpine camps, and view point; and relief by shading, tinting, and land form drawings. Includes an indexed list of tourist objectives. Includes a bird's-eye view of Baksan Gorge, and an inset of the coast from Sukhumi to Ochamchire. Verso includes descriptive text and illustrations.

Nal'chik-Mestia. Turistskay Marshrutnaya Karta. ([Moscow]: GUGK, 1961). Offset lithograph, color. Scale not given. Filed under USSR -- RSFSR -- Kabardino-Balkarskaya ASSR -- "Chegem Valley" -- 1961 -- no scale -- GUGK

Soviet-era tourist perspective view looking north up the Chegem Valley from Nal'chik towards Mestia. Shows cities and towns; place names; a railroad; unpaved roads, trails, and tourist route no. 88; tourist bases, monuments, archeological remains, museums, and viewpoints; vegetation; glaciers; and relief by shaded tinting and spot heights. Descriptive text and illustrations on recto and verso.

Po Kabardino-Balkarii Tuistskaia Skhema. (Moscow: GUGK, 1972). Offset lithograph, colored. Scale not given. File under LC call number G7063 .K15E635 1972 .R8

Soviet bird's eye-view tourist map of Kabardino-Balkaria from the early 1970s. Shows hiking routes; tourist bases, alpine camps, shelters, cable cars, guest houses, and gas stations; sites of cultural, historical, and natural interest; towns and villages; place names; roads; railroads; rivers; vegetation; and pictorial relief by shading. Includes legend. Illustrations and descriptive text on recto and verso. Includes a list of popular travel routes and means of transportation in the region.

Nal'chik-Mestia, turistskaia skhema: vsesoiuznye turistskie marshruty. (Moscow: GUGK, 1972). Offset lithograph, color. Scale not giver. Filed under LC call number G7064 .N23E635 1972 .S6

Soviet tourist and hiking map of the Nal'chik-Mestia region in the Greater Caucasus. Shows the hiking routes between Mr. Elbrus and Nal'chik on both sides of the range divide. Also depicts roads, hiking and climbing routes, and passes; place names; cable car routes; tourist bases, alpine camps, guest houses, petrol stops, and hospitals; monuments, historical and archeological sites, and resorts; and relief by shading and spot heights. Inset includes an enlargement of the ascent route to Mt. Elbrus, with climbing and cable car routes, and tourist bases. Includes a list with text of tourist attractions. Verso includes a bird's-eye view of Nal'chik, and a list of the city's tourist accommodations. Illustrations on recto and verso.