Russia Maps

Maps are important for locating the places where your ancestors lived. They help you see the neighboring towns and geographic features of the area your ancestor came from.

Maps show places, geographical features, transportation routes, and proximity to other towns. Historical maps are especially useful for understanding boundary changes.

Maps are published separately or in atlases: bound collections of maps. They may also be in gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, and history texts. Maps give many kinds of information:

Historical atlases describe the growth and development of countries. They show boundaries, migration routes, land owners, settlement patterns, military campaigns, and other historical information.

County maps, county atlases, and topographical maps give good county and land information.

City maps with street names and political ward boundaries are extremely helpful when researching large cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg.


 * http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html



Map of the current Federation of Russia which covers 11 time zones.

Maps of historic Russia http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html#russia

Map of Russia’s Ethnic Republics

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/russia_ethnic94.jpg

Family History Library Books (FHL INTL Book)

Russia in maps : a history of the geographical study and cartography of the country 947 E7pa

The Jews of Russia : their history in maps and photographs 947 F2gma

A map history of Russia

947 H3cb

A Keyword search of the FHLC for “maps of Russia” yielded 330 titles.