Nizhny Novgorod province: counties, villages and hamlets. Mende maps of the Nizhny Novgorod province Topographic maps of the Nizhny Novgorod province

Then in the cartographic department, later he managed a widow's house and the educational part of Moscow institutes. Under the supervision of Mende (based on the encyclopedia), topographic boundary atlases of the Tver, Ryazan and Tambov provinces were compiled.

[ ] The RGADA archive contains similar atlases of eight provinces, the dates of their compilation indicate that they were compiled under the leadership of Mende (in addition to the above three atlases of Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Simbirsk and Penza provinces).

Biography

Children: Nikolai (1844), Vladimir (1849), Natalya (1849), Lydia (1852).

Father - naval doctor Johann Mende. Brother Mende - naval doctor Karl Ivanovich Mende (1793-1878).

He was educated at the St. Petersburg Gymnasium.

In 1824 he was sent to the headquarters of the 2nd Army.

In 1839, in April-July, he served as chief of staff of a detachment operating under the command of Lieutenant General E. A. Golovin in Southern Dagestan. He took part in battles with the highlanders, supervised the construction of fortifications, and the construction of a road from the Akhtinsky fortification through the Caucasus ridge.

In 1844, in April-July, he served as chief of staff of the Dagestan detachment and participated in the battles for the village of Gergebil.

Since 1845, head of military survey of the Vitebsk province.

In 1847, he was appointed to assist the boundary department to supervise cartographic work during the delimitation of provinces.

In 1847-66 Mendt A.I. (Mende) headed large-scale topographic and cartographic work in the central provinces of Russia, organized by the Military Topographic Depot of the General Staff, the Land Survey Department and the Russian Geographical Society to correct land survey atlases.

In 1856, for distinguished service, he was promoted to lieutenant general.

The Mende couple are buried in Moscow at the German Cemetery.

Some evidence

Recognition of the merits of Mende A.I. is the anniversary medal “In memory of the fiftieth anniversary of the Corps of Military Topographers. 1872". This medal bears 81 names of individuals who headed the Russian military topographical service until 1872 or who glorified it with their creative achievements. The sequence of surnames is not alphabetical, but by merit.

Correction of provincial atlases

Under his leadership, the “Topographic boundary atlas of the Tver province” (v. 1-12, 1853-57; scale 1:84,000), the “Topographic boundary atlas of the Ryazan province” (1860), as well as maps of the Ryazan and Tambov provinces (over 1 thousand sheets in total).

For his “zeal and labor” in compiling maps of the Tver province, M. was awarded the highest favor in 1850.

His name is associated with extensive work, called “Mende surveys,” organized by the Russian Geographical Society, the Military Topographic Depot of the General Staff and the Land Survey Department to correct land survey atlases.

A. I. Mende from 1847 to 1866 supervised topographical and cartographic work in the central provinces of Russia.

Until the stage of publication of the atlas of the Tver province in 1853, the head of the work was referred to as A. I. Mendt. A similar spelling is present in the materials of the “A. I. Mende Foundation” Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (RGADA), as well as in other sources.

The report for 1849, which was published in the Notes of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (IRGO), analyzes the progress of work on correcting provincial land survey atlases. The information of the IRGO by the Minister of Justice in March 1848 is noted.

« that the Minister of War, having ascertained the success of the work carried out by Major General Mendt, ... presented to the Sovereign Emperor a most humble report on the continuation of this state work by the combined forces of the General Staff and the Boundary Department.”

Based on the results of the report, the Emperor allowed the work to continue

“...and in other demarcated provinces lying east of the Moscow Meredian, starting in 1849, with the Ryazan Province, and being guided by the method and order adopted for this in the Tver Province; upon completion of work in the Ryazan Province, begin filming the Vladimir, then Yaroslavl, Tambov, Voronezh, Penza, Nizhny Novgorod, Simbirsk, Saratov and Kazan provinces, so that in 1859, i.e. within 10 years, all these ten provinces were removed"

To carry out the work, it was decided to increase the number of surveyors from 36 to 40, and the number of officers of the Topographer Corps from 4 to 8.

The corrected atlas of the Tver Province was published in 1853, its materials were discussed at the general meeting of the IRGO on 04/09/1853:

Alexander Ivanovich Mende (Mendt) was awarded the orders: St. Anne, 3rd class. (1823), St. Vladimir 4th Art. (1826), St. Anne 2nd Art. (May 1829), St. Anne 2nd Art. with crown (December 1829), St. Stanislaus 3rd Art. (1832), St. George 4th Art. (1841), St. Vladimir 3rd Art. (1849), St. Stanislaus 1st Art. (1852), St. Anne 1st Art. (1856).

Work on the publication of such maps ceased due to the abolition of serfdom in 1861 and changes in the structure of land surveying.

Literature

Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. Fund 1357. Materials from the department of the head of geodetic work on the compilation of the Atlas of the Russian Empire, General A. I. Mende

The Nizhny Novgorod province was established in 1714 during the administrative reform of Peter the Great in the territories included in 1708 in the Kazan province (northwest of this province) with the cities of Alatyr, Arzamas, Balakhna, Vasilsursk, Gorokhovets, Kurmysh, Yuryevets, Yadrin and their surrounding lands. However, in 1717, the Nizhny Novgorod province was abolished, and its lands were again included in the Kazan province. In 1719, the Nizhny Novgorod province was restored as part of 3 provinces (Alatyr, Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod) and 7 cities. In 1779, under Catherine II, the Novgorod governorship was established, which included the entire territory of the former Nizhny Novgorod province, as well as part of the lands that were previously under the administrative subordination of the provinces of Ryazan, Vladimir, and Kazan. (see ending below)

In the Nizhny Novgorod province in whole or in part
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All-Russian atlases, which may also include this province)

2nd layout of land surveying (1778-1797)
A two-layout map of land surveying - non-topographic (latitudes and longitudes are not indicated on it), a hand-drawn map of the last decades of the 18th century, very detailed - on a scale of 1 inch 2 versts or in 1 cm 840 m. A single county was drawn in fragments, on several sheets, shown on a single composite sheet. The purpose of the survey map is to indicate the boundaries of private land plots (so-called dachas) within the county.

1-layout of the Nizhny Novgorod province of Mende, 1850s.
One-page map of Mende - topographical (latitudes and longitudes are indicated on it), drawn map of the mid-19th century. (after regular changes in the borders of Russian provinces in 1802-03), very detailed - on a scale of 1 inch 1 verst or 1 cm 420 m. The province is divided into squares shown on the collection sheet.

We have at our disposal a full-size electronic version of the map of the Nizhny Novgorod province Mende 1b with a resolution of 300 dpi.

Lists of populated places in the Nizhny Novgorod province 1863 (according to 1859 data)

- status of a settlement (village, hamlet, hamlet - proprietary or state-owned, i.e. state);
- location of the settlement (in relation to the nearest highway, camp, river or river);

- distance from the district town and camp apartment (camp center) in versts;
- presence of a church, chapel, mill, etc.

Lists of water supply to villages of Nizhny Novgorod province 1914
The list of populated places is a universal reference publication containing the following information:
- status of the locality (village, hamlet, hamlet);
- location of the settlement (in relation to the nearest highway, camp, well, pond, stream, river or river);
- the number of households in a settlement and its population;
- distance from the county town, postal station or railway road in versts;
- etc.

Economic notes to the General Survey of the Nizhny Novgorod Province

For the Nizhny Novgorod province, handwritten economic notes of all counties

Under Paul the First in 1796, as a result of reorganization, the Nizhny Novgorod governorship began to be called a province. At the same time, the counties of Knyagininsky, Makaryevsky, Perevozsky, Pochinkovsky (the last two were not subsequently restored), and Sergachsky were abolished. In 1797, the Nizhny Novgorod province included lands from the Penza province, abolished at the same time. The last changes in the administrative boundaries of the Nizhny Novgorod province and its composition took place during the reign of Alexander the First (in September 1801), when the lands that previously belonged to the Penza province (Krasnoslobodskaya district), which at that time were restored to their previous borders, were excluded from the province. As part of the Nizhny Novgorod province itself, the districts of Knyagininsky, Makaryevsky, and Sergachsky were simultaneously restored. Throughout the subsequent pre-revolutionary period of the history of the Nizhny Novgorod province, its borders and the composition of the districts did not change.

Maps of Nizhny Novgorod province

Detailed ancient maps of the Nizhny Novgorod province (region) 20th century, 19th century, 18th century

The date of formation of the Nizhny Novgorod province is 1779. It included 3 provinces (Nizhny Novgorod, Alatyr and Arzamas) and 6 counties. The population at the beginning of the 20th century was 1,799,500 people, and the total area of the territory was 51,252 km 2.

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4 layouts without a year.(Makaryevsky district)
Non-topographic map of reading institutions. The scale is set by eye. The scale is 1 inch = 4 versts or 1 cm = 1680 m.
The map is monocolor, non-detailed. There is no collection sheet as it is unnecessary.
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Ardatovsky district
quantity: 19 A3 files (in five parts), the county is made along the borders of Catherine