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Map of European Russia (or large map of the Russian Empire) in scale 1:500000, 1812
In preparation for war, Napoleon ordered the creation of several topographical maps of Russia. The most accurate of these was the Map of European Russia (or Large map of the Russian Empire) in scale 1:500000 (original title Carte de la Russie Européenne en LXXVII feuilles exécutée au Depôt general de la Guerre). Map consists of 104 sheets, 77 maps (size 50x79 cm) show European part of Russia. Maps named by columns and rows: column named by Latin letters (A-G), rows by digits (1-11).
There are several hypotheses as the Russian map found herself in the French General Depot. According to one of them, copper prints of Russian map were secretly purchased by the French ambassador J.A.Lauriston one of the employees of the State Archive in St. Petersburg. General depot of French army replaced all Russian-language place names to French.
Index of Map of European Russia (or Large map of the Russian Empire) in scale 1:500000, 1812
Fragment of Map of European Russia (or Large map of the Russian Empire) in scale 1:500000, 1812
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