Grishin E. S., Umansky L. A. Methodological foundations of regional historical mapping based on the material of a unified digital model of the European part of the Russian Empire
Evgeniy S. Grishin
head of the Scientific Editorial Board of Cartography of the Great Russian Encyclopedia; Institute of
Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; ION RANEPA
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: bibliosof-info@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-9521-2246
Leonid A. Umansky
scientific editor of the Great Russian Encyclopedia
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: leonidioum@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-2528-7402
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DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2022-1-1-6-29
ABSTRACT. The article deals with the issues of constructing a historical map of the regional level. It describes the structure of the map, approaches to its construction. The characteristic of the main cartographic sources that determined the type of regional mapping of the Russian Empire is given. The article contains methodological recommendations and summarizes the experience of making regional historical maps for various purposes. The authors took into account the practice of conducting cartographic work in other disciplines, without ignoring the specifics of historically oriented maps: the problem of dynamics and chronological attribution of objects, the chronological relevance of the map. Studying issues of methodology for mapping individual regions involves solving several separate tasks:
determining the mathematical basis of the map, updating and adapting the general geographical basis, structuring thematic objects of mapping; for each of these tasks, recommendations are given regarding their solution and the implementation of the basic actions of the researchers in the formation of their own cartographic material. A special place in the article is occupied by the structuring of historical
cartographic projects in the format of geographic information systems. Despite the use of the digital model of the Russian Empire as an example, the methodological techniques described in the article are not tied only to a particular region and are formulated with a sufficient level of generalization. The text of the article can be considered as a basis for a more extensive methodological manual on conducting
historical cartographic work.
KEYWORDS: regional mapping, cartographic basis, European part of Russia, province
For citation: Grishin E. S., Umansky L. A. Methodological foundations of regional historical mapping based on the material of a unified digital model of the European part of the Russian Empire // Historical Geography Journal. 2022. Vol. 1. № 1. P. 6–29.
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