Cyrillic: Russian Cartography and Geography Bibliography

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This guide provides bibliographic information and a short abstract about the item for sources about geography and cartography of East & Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia. Sources are listed by author's last name (if no author is listed, as in the case of Websites, title will be used).

Links to the Websites are provided.

Army, Department of the. Office of the Chief of Staff. USSR: strategic survey: a bibliography. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1969.

Bibliography of articles and books (with abstracts) on the Soviet Union as a whole. This source is of geographical interst not only for the section on "The land and the people", but also for the collection of maps.

Batalden, Stephen K. and Sandra L. Batalden, The Newly Independent States of Eurasia. Pheonix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1997.

  Each former Soviet republic (with the exception of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) are analyzed via statistical profiles, history and description, and contemporary issues. Bibliographies are provided for regional groups (Russia, non-Russian republics in Europe, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia)

Chernin, YE. A. Rossiiskaia istoroicheskaia kartografiia: XV - nachalo XX vv.) Moscow: VNIIDAD, 1997.

A Russian language "brief dictionary" of people, works, and concepts in the history of Russian cartography from the 15th to the early 20th centuries. Subject, person, and publcation indexes included.

Dewdney, John C. A Geography of the Soviet Union - third edition. New York, N.Y.: Pergamon Press, 1979.

Description of the physical geography, demography, and economic geography of the Soviet Union. Specific areas are also described. Maps, figures, tables, and bibliography are included.

Dinev, Liubomir and Kiril Mishev. Bulgaria: kratka geografiia. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University, 1969.

A "short geography" of Bulgaria in Bulgarian describing the physical, demographic, and economic geography along with the cities and tourist sites.

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Economist Intelligence Unit. Country Report. London: Economist Intelligence Unit.

Quarterly magazine published The Economist which summarizes political and economic news. Each country in this area has its own issue with the exception of Georgia and Armenia (they are together in one issue). Basic geographic information is given.

Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of Russian History. Fourth edition. London: Routledge, 2007.

Illustrates the history of Russia from 800 B.C. to the present via 161 maps. Textual descriptions exist, but are used so as to not overshadow the maps. Bibliography of atlases, maps, reference works, books, and articles provided.

Goldman, Minton F. Global Studies: Commonwealth of Independent States and Central/Eastern Europe. Fourth edition. Guilford, Conn.: Dushkin Publishing Group, 1992.

Surveys on conditions within the Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) and Central/Eastern Europe are given on a regional and country level. These surveys are followed by selected articles on the changes that have been occurring in 1991 and 1992.

Gorkin, A. P. Geografiia Rossii: entsiklopediia. Moscow: Nauchnoe izdatel'stvo "Bol'shaia Rossiiskaia entsiklopediia", 1998. IUCat

Russian-language encyclopedia of cities, regions, mountains, rivers, and other geographical features of Russia. Illustrations and maps are mixed within the entries. The encyclopedia itself is preceded by maps of Russia as a whole and is followed by alphabetical, subject, and name indexes.

Gregory, James S. Russian land Soviet people: a geographical approach to the U.S.S.R. New York, N.Y.: Pegasus, 1968.

General survey of the physical geography of the Soviet Union and its republics and how geography has impacted the area's social and economic development. 234 maps and diagrams along with a statistical appendix are included.

Grin, M. F. (et al). Soviet Union: a geographical survey. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976.

Description of the natural features, demography, and economy of the Soviet Union (divided into "areas"). Maps that illustrate the above subjects along with an appendix with figure and goals per the mid-1970's are included.

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Hoffman, George W. The Balkans in Transition. New York, N.Y.: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1963.

The geography (physical, historic, demographic, and economic) of Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria are discussed. It is interesting to read of the "problem areas" as seen in 1963 in the light of recent events. Selected bibliography and statistical appendix provided.

Klazanov, Anatoly M. After the U.S.S.R.: ethnicity, nationalism, and politics in the Commonwealth of Independent States Madison, Wisc.:University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.

Premise is that events in the breakup of the Soviet Union and creation of its successor, the Commonwealth of Independent States, were and are determined by nationalism and ethnic indetity. Case studies and tables are used to illustrate this point.

Kudriasheva, L. N., Judelson, Katherine (translator). Soviet geography today: aspects of theory. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1981.

Collection of essays discussing the history, acheivements, problems and perspectives of Soviet geographical science. Publications (historical and contemporary) are also discussed.

Laszlo, Zentai. Maps on the Hungarian part of the Web Accessible as of Oct. 2010 with the site being created in 1995.

This site has ready access to Hungarian maps with descriptions in Hungarian and English. Choices include the surrounding area, the whole country, regions, cities, and historical maps. There is also a link to the Department of Cartography, Eotvos University, Budapest.

Magocsi, Paul Robert. Historical atlas of East Central Europe. Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington Press, 1993.

Starting with the physical geography, this book covers the political and social history of East Central Europe (the area between eastern Germany and present-day Russia) from 400 C.E. to the present. Text and maps are very detailed.

Marxists Internet Archive. Maps of the Soviet Union. Accessible as of Oct. 21010.

Site provides maps of the Soviet Union, a modern map of Russia, and maps of the Russian Civil War (1917-1920). These maps are part of the Archive's picture index.

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Milner-Gulland, Robin with Nikolai Dejevsky. Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Revised edition. New York, N.Y.: Checkmark Books, 1998.

Three sections discussing the physical geography, the history, and descriptions of each of the republics from the former Soviet Union. The last section also has economic maps showing both agricultural and industrial areas.

Mokotoff, Gary. (compiler). WOWW Companion: a guide to the communities surrounding Central & Eastern European towns. Teaneck, N.J.: Avotaynu, Inc., 1995.

A companion to Where Once We Walked (WOWW), this book is an index locating towns in Central and Eastern Europe that had pre-Holocaust Jewish communities. Ths index lists towns via a numeric code based on longitude and lattiude and placement within as grid. WOWW gives information about the cities themselves.

Nikolich, Dragisha (director). Karte nashikh pogela: politichki yugoslovenskikh zemalya u 20. veku. = Maps of our dividings: political atlas of Yugoslav countries in XX century. Belgrade: BMG, 1991.

Collection of maps and historical descriptions concerning the ethnic, religious, and foreign divisions and "layouts" within Yugoslavia from the beginning of the 1900's to a blank map of 1991.

Post-Soviet geography and economics. Palm Beach, Fl.: V.H. Winston & Son, Inc.

Monthly journal (except for July and August) which prints selected papers on geographic and economic issues in the former Soviet Union and Soviet bloc.

Pounds, Norman J.G. Eastern Europe. Chicago, Ill.: Aldine Publishing Company, 1969.

The physical geography, demography, history, and economics are discussed on an overall level before similar discussions for the eight countries included in this area. Maps, diagrams, and an appendix with various languages' spellings of placenames included.

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Pounds, Norman J.G. Poland between east and west. New York, N.Y.: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1964.

Description of Poland's physical geography (natural and political). Explanations of its history, economic issues, issues surrounding the border changes of World War II, maps and some tables are included.

Room, Adrian.Placenames of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Jefferson, N.C.: MsFarland & Company, Inc., 1996.

Dictionary concerning the origin and meanings of placenames in the former Soviet Union. Useful for keeping up with the changes in names during the Soviet and post-Soviet era. Cyrillic transliterations provided.

Rosenberg, Matt. Geographical Dictionary of the Balkans. Accessible as of Oct. 2010. Created March 28, 1999.

Description of various Balkan countries. This link takes to the first page where direct links to Albania and the former republics of Yugoslavia are possible. The "Balkans" link leads to a guide where each Balkan country (including Greece and Turkey) has a link to maps and geographic data.

Shibanov, F.A. Ocherki po istorii otechestvennoi kartografii. Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Leningradskogo Universiteta, 1971.

A Russian language survey of the history of Russian cartography from the 16th century to the mid-20th century. Actions and works are described as well as biographies of Russian cartographers.

Simons, Jr., Thomas W. Eastern Europe in the postwar world. New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1993.

While the primary focus is on post-World War II developments, the framework looks at how three common traits among the eight countries discussed along a historical path. Maps and an appendix of leaders since 1945 are included.

Symons, Leslie. The Soviet Union: a systematic geography. - second edition. New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 1990.

Analyzes the physical geography and resources, demography, and economic gepgraphy of the Soviet Union as a whole. Regions are discussed on an economic basis. Maps, tables, and illustrations are included.

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Telberg, I. Russian-English Geographical Encyclopedia. New York, N.Y.: Telberg Book Company, 1960.

Place-names in the Soviet Union are listed in Russian alphabetical order with English explanations and descriptions of the city or region. An index of English names is at the beginning. While dated (1960), it can be used to transliterate place-names and get basic geographic information of the defined area.

Tomikel, John and Bonnie Henderson. Russia and her neighbors: Rossiia i yeyo sosedi Elgin, PA: Allegheny Press, 1994.

Describes the physical geography, culture, history, major cities, resources (agricultutal and industrial), and propspects for the 21st century of the following areas: Russia, the Baltic Region, Lands of the Cossacks (Belarus, Ukraine), the Caucasus Region, and Central Asia and the Muslim Republics.

Trioshnikov, A.F.. Geograficheskii entsiklopedicheskii slovar'. Moscow: Sovetskaiia entsiklopediia, 1988.

Russian-language "Geographical encyclopedic dictionary" which covers geographical and geological features. Pull-out maps, series of illustrations, and appendix tables are included.

Wilkinson, H.R. Maps and politics: a review of the ethnographic cartography of Macedonia. Liverpool, U.K.: University Press, 1951.

The ethnic character of Macedonia is examined via historical analysis of various nations' maps of this area. It also examines theories as to which ethnic group the Macedonians are closest.

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