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1909 Suvorin City Map or Plan of St. Petersburg, Russia
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Title
ОБЩЙ ПЛАНЪ С. ПЕТЕРБУРГА. / Overall Plan S. Petersburg.
1909 (dated) 26.5 x 24 in (67.31 x 60.96 cm) 1 : 19550
1909 (dated) 26.5 x 24 in (67.31 x 60.96 cm) 1 : 19550
Description
This is a 1909 Aleksei Sergeyevich Suvorin city map or plan of St. Petersburg, Russia. The map depicts the city from Neva Bay to the Neva River and from the Bolshaya Nevka River to Neva Bay. Situated on the Neva River estuary, St. Petersburg is constructed both on a series of islands, each of which are illustrated here, and on the 'mainland'. Highly detailed, individual buildings throughout the city are rendered, allowing for easy identification. All the larger streets are labeled, along with several buildings. St. Petersburg's districts are shaded different colors to allow for easy differentiation.
This map was created by Aleksei Sergeyevich Suvorin and most likely published in the 1909 edition of his All Petersburg guide.
This map was created by Aleksei Sergeyevich Suvorin and most likely published in the 1909 edition of his All Petersburg guide.
Cartographer
Aleksei Sergeyevich Suvorin (September 11, 1834 - August 11, 1912) was an extremely influential Russian newspaper and book publisher, journalist, playwright and theater critic. The eldest of nine children (three boys and six girls), Suvorin attended the Mikhailovsky military academy in Voronezh, from which he graduated in 1851. He too retired from the military and became a schoolteacher, teaching history and geography near his hometown. In 1861 he moved to Moscow to work for the magazine 'Russian Speech' («Русской речи») and then moved to St. Petersburg in 1863 where he continued to write for several different magazines. He continued to rise through the ranks in the magazine and newspaper world in St. Petersburg, acquiring the newspaper Novoye Vremya ('New Times') in 1876 of which he remained the editor in chief until his death. Suvorin first entered the publishing world in 1872 when he published an edition of the «Русский календарь» ('Russian calendar') and published from the late 1890s until 1914 a guidebook to St. Petersburg entitled «Весь Петербург» ('All Petersburg') More by this mapmaker...
Condition
Very good. Even overall toning. Verso repairs to fold separations. Blank on verso.