Presidential Library: Recent Acquisitions

The Presidential Library keeps releasing materials provided for digitization by the Central Naval Library on its portal.

The “Territory” collection has added materials on geography – studies, textbooks, descriptions of territories of Russia.

The territory of Russia on the whole is described in the following books: P. N. Reipolsky Latest land description of the Russian Empire with some statistical notes authored by P. Reipolsky, the teacher of Kharkov Collegium. Moscow, 1810, F. P. Adelung Baron Meyerberg and his journey across Russia. St. Petersburg, 1827, A. F. Romanovsky Pocket political and statistical land description of the Russian Empire for all, with 81 lithographed maps, coat of arms of governorates and oblasts, mail and railroads, water communication and telegraph lines. Part 1. St. Petersburg, 1865, M. M. Sokolov World and its inhabitants : the first acquaintance with the geography of the world and Russia. St. Petersburg, 1895; P. P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky Geographical and statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire. St. Petersburg, 1863-1885. Vol. 1: [Aa-Gyam-malik]. 1863, Vol. 2: [Daban-Kyakhta town]. 1865, Vol. 3, Issue. 1: [Laa – Mam]. 1866, Vol. 4: [Pavasterort-Syatra-Kasy]. 1873, Vol. 5: [Taardzhal-Yaya]. 1885.

Textbooks include the following editions: Ya. A. Ruban Mathematics geography derived from reliable writers for the benefit of the youth… . Nikolaev, 1802, V. S. Kryazhev Modern universal geography, or Description of all parts of the world, Europe, Asia, Africa, America and South India, following the last political division… Moscow, 1816. Part 1: (Europe), Part 2: (Asia), Part 4: (America), Geography of the Russian Empire. St. Petersburg, 1837, Basics of geography for students of the Naval Military School. St. Petersburg, 1841, Geography for children. [Part 2]: Geography of Russia for children : with four colored pictures. St. Petersburg, 1843, Ya. P. Kuznetsov Preparatory course of geography. Part 1. St. Petersburg, 1849, Handbook for the first acquaintance with geography which makes a supplement to terrestrial and celestial globes authored by V. Krotov. St. Petersburg, 1849, Atlas of the Russian Empire intended to complement textbooks on geography at gymnasiums and district specialized schools. St. Petersburg, 1849, I. B. Shpindler Lectures on physical geography. Issues 1-2. St. Petersburg, 1903.

The description of territories of the Far East and Siberia, history of their exploration and nature can be discovered in the following books: Yuzhno-Ussuriysk Krai. St. Petersburg, 1880, A. Ye. Prik Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Ussuriysk District of Primorye Region. St. Petersburg, 1891, N. V. Slyunin Okhotsko-Kamchatcha Krai: natural and historical description. St. Petersburg, 1900. Vol. 1, Ussuriysk Krai : [historical and geographical description]. St. Petersburg, 1908, Outer Manchuria : facts, figures, observations : collected in the Far East. Moscow, 1909, A. N. Krishtofovich. Primorye : its nature and economy. Vladivostok, 1923, Regions of the Far Eastern Krai : (with the exception of Kamchatka and Sakhalin). Khabarovsk, 1931, M. A. Sergeev Soviet Kamchatka. Moscow; Leningrad, 1932, From the journey to Commander Islands : (read at the General meeting of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society), Kamchatka Region. Khabarovsk, 1940, I. E. Fisher The History of Siberia from the very discovery of Siberia to the conquest of this land by the Russian arms. St. Petersburg, 1774, K. Ritter Earth science of Asia... St. Petersburg, 1856-1874.

Preparation of new materials for the collection is underway.