A.N. Krajukhin, G.V. Pozdnjak, N.V. Smurova, N.N. Polunkina, V.V. Sveshnikov, V.I. Ryabchikova, S.V. Krivov
The Volume 1 of the National Atlas of Russia is an information dealing with cartographic and scientific-referential publication for experts from different branches of science, industry and culture, officers of the State machinery, teachers and students of academy and high school as well as for th population in our country and abroad.
The Volume 1 of the National
Atlas of Russia is published in accordance to the assignment of the Government of the
The Volume 1 contains 495
pages of maps and written material grouped into six sections: Introduction;
Formation, exploration and mapping of the Russian territory; Federative arrangement
The “Introduction” section contains the information on organizations and persons, participating in
the Volume creation, a physical map of
The process of the Russian territory formation is depicted in the section “Formation, exploration and mapping of the Russian territory”from ancient times to our days. Results of exploration by discovers of hitherto unknown lands, manufacturers, travelers, scientists and experts are reflected in maps of the section. The section is concluded with the chronology of the most important events, which led to changes of the country’s territory and its study, of the most important researches (expeditionary and stationary) and dates of creation the substantial cartographic works.
According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the contemporary, federative arrangements of the Russian Federation and administrative-territorial region for every one of its subjects are represented in the section “Federative arrangement of Russia” with the help of these maps using reference data and illustrative material (emblems and flags of the Russian Federation subjects).
In the section “Geographical regions and seas, surrounding
“Reference data” includes written material, tables, thematic maps, which
provide general information about
The “Index of geographical names” contains all names of geographical objects which are placed in maps of the Volume and is formed in Russian alphabetical order.
The Volume 1 of the National Atlas of Russia is prepared in two kinds: as a book and as a CD-ROM.