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Subject: Maps of Uzbekistan
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:11:24 +0000
From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps of Uzbekistan
The State mapping agency “Kartografiya” produces most maps available in
Uzbekistan.
Their address is 7 Ul. Zielilar 6, Tashkent 700170, Uzbekistan.
Ph 998-71-1627482 or 1625366
Fx 998-71-1625731
Buying from them in person is bureaucratic, but possible.
They produce various thematic maps of Uzbekistan, a world map, continent
maps (sadly Australia/Oceania is currently out of stock), school
atlases, provincial administrative maps, and city plans. No topographic
series seem to be on sale to the public sadly.
Exchange rate: 1340 Uzbek Som = US$1.
For Tashkent there are several street maps, but none are particularly
good. Much better is the paperback “Atlas Tashkent”, a street directory
rather than a wall map. It comes in to sizes: A5 and A4, both near
identical in content and using the same 91 colour pages to cover the
entire city.
The A4 version costs about 25,000 som, the A5 version about 7000.
The A5 version is ISBN 978-9943-15-128-4
In 120 pages it has 91 pages of maps, and a good index (in Russian), of
government offices, embassies, hospitals, museums, theatres, concert
halls, mosques, churches, madrassas and streets.
The mapping is typically Soviet, showing individual buildings, man of
which are labelled with their street numbers. Metro stations are shown,
with all entrances marked for each station (much better than using a
single large blob to mark the station itself!). parks, orchards,
cemeteries, industrial and other areas are marked too. MY main complaint
is the absence of tramlines! While I found a number of errors and
omissions, mainly in smaller streets, this is definitely the best street
map for the city.
The standard map of the country is the 1:1,600,000 “Respublika
Uzbekistan”, available in Russian (Cyrillic) and Uzbek (Latin) editions.
It is a political map, coloured by province (oblast) and with spot
heights indicating relief. Provinces are divided into their counties,
which are numbered and indexed in the key. There is a 1:110,000 inset of
Tashkent city, showing its rayons. There is meant to be a physical
version with relief tinting, but this appeared to be out of stock at
Kartografiya as well as at bookstalls around the country. Cost c.5000 som.
There is a series of recent (c.2006) province (Oblast) administrative
maps at various scales, from 1:200,000 for each of the three Ferghana
valley oblasts, down. There colour each county in the oblast, and show
the urban forms of the towns and villages, roads, rail, rivers, with
relief indicated by spot heights. The reverse side has a placename index.
Ferghana oblast is out of stock nationwide, but other oblasts are
available. Cost 3500 som in the street, half that from the state agency.
For other cities, there are several different (state produced) sheet
maps, of reasonable quality. Eg the 2005 “Samarkand city map” at
1:13,000 is adequate, if not completely accurate nor up-to-date. A
1:500,000 physical province map on the reverse is useful. There is a
similar map for Bukhara. There are available nationwide. For Khiva, the
best thing I found was the “Khiva Guidebook” on sale at ever souvenir
shop in hat city in various languages, including English. Authors: M.
Madaminvov, B. Masharipov & A. Abdurasulov. Published by RUZ Co., 65
Profsoyuznaya, Moscow, 2001. email [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Ph 7-95-3349189 or 3359031. There is no
ISBN shown. It’s a 110pp glossy A5 paperback, detailing each building in
the old city (and several beyond) with photos and historical
description. It’s introductory essay on Khiva mentions early maps of the
city, and has redrawn versions (sadly not reproductions) of each,
including Nazymov’s 1740 map, and (quite nice) Nigmatulaev’s 1922 plan.
A modern city plan of the old and new cities, at 1:10,000 over 6 pages
is very useful, although a further enlargement of the old city would
have been nice.
Kartografiya also produces school atlases: colour paperback A4, 24-50
pages. 1000-2000 som direct, 3000-4000 som in the street (an they are
available from many sidewalk booksellers)
The geographical atlases are produced for year classes 6 through 9. The
year 6 and 7 atlases are in Russian only. The class 8 and 9 atlases are
available in Russian (Cyrillic) or Uzbek (Latin) versions. Titles:
“Atlas, fizicheskaya geografiya materikov i okeanov, X klass” and “Atlas
dunyoning iqtisodiy va ijtimoiy geografiyasi, X sinf” respectively,
where X = 6, 7, 8 or 9 for the Russian versions an 8 or 9 for the Uzbek
versions.
Class 6 contains world, continent and ocean map, physical political and
thematic. ISBN 9789943150089.
Class 7 covers Central Asia and Uzbekistan with physical, political and
thematic maps, and Uzbek regional physical thematic maps (geology,
soils…). ISBN 9789943150126.
Class 8 is again Uzbek and oblast maps with more advanced thematic maps
(employment, economic sectors, agriculture, international trade…). No
apparent ISBN.
Class 9 has more advanced world thematic maps: economics, agriculture,
the oil industry, and regional economic/land cover/use maps: Britain,
France, Germany, Russia, Central Asia, SE Asia, China, India, Middle
East, Japan, US, Canada, Mexico, S. America, Africa, Australasia. No
apparent ISBN.
There are also workbooks, available separately, to accompany each atlas,
which are a collection of outline maps for students to label and colour.
Historical school atlases are also produced by Kartografiya, but for
Klass 6,8 & 9 only. There does not appear to be one for Klass 7. Again,
they are available in Russian, or for Klasses 8 and 9, in separate Uzbek
versions.
“Atlas Istoriya (s drevneishikh vremen do V v. N.E.) 6 Klass”. ISBN
978-9943-15-028-7 covers world history (mainly Egypt, Greece, Rome, as
well as Central Asian states) to about AD 500.
“Atlas Vsemiriaya Istoriya seredina XVII-seredina XIX vv. 8 Klass”.
Covers world history of the 17-19 centuries, with emphasis on Russian
and Central Asian topics as well as more general topics like the US and
English civil wars. No apparent ISBN.
“Atlas Vsemiriaya Istoriya (1870-1914 gg.). 9 Klass”. Covers world
history 1870-1914” German expansion/unification, Russian expansion into
Central Asia, African colonialism, up to WW1. No apparent ISBN.
All these atlases would make useful additions to any library seeking
material on Central Asia.
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Besides the officially-produced maps, Asia Travel, an agency
specialising in trekking, offers some maps for sale (10,000 som each).
These include
“Central Tien-Shan Pobeda Peak (7439m.) Khan-Tengri (6995 m.)”, a
1:100,000 topographic map of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz-China tripoint area. 100
contours.
1:500,000 topographic locator map an pass classification table of the
rear. 1999.
“Pskemskii Khrebet” 1:100,000 topographic map o the passes along the
Kyrgyz-Uzbek border east of Tashkent. Printed 1990. 40m contours.
Includes pass classification table.
“Yogo-Vostok Uzbekistana / South-east of Uzbekistan”, 1:200,000
bilingual topographic tourist map, compiled from old Soviet military
maps. Touris info and plan of Shakhrisabz city on the rear. 1993.
Contact:
Boris Karpov, Asia Travel, 97 Chilanzarskaya str., Tashkent 100115
Ph +998-71-2735107 or 2732655
Fx +998-71-2730871
Email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
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Web www.asia-travl.uz <http://www.asia-travl.uz/> or www.asia-travel.cc
<http://www.asia-travel.cc/>
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Second-hand Soviet era maps and atlases are available from a (nameless)
bookshop at
40 Rashidov Kochasi, Tashkent.
Open 9-6 Mon-Sat, contact Russian-speaking Vladimir at 998-71-2565035
(shop) or 998-93-5306802 (mob). In particular they currently have the
huge Soviet “Atlas Mira” for 175,000 som, and a 15-sheet looseleaf
geological Atlas of the Ferghana Valley (1954, Leningrad) for US$100
(134,000 som).
Dr Brendan Whyte
Faculty of Management Science
Ubon Ratchathani University
Warin Chamrup - Det Udom Road
Ubon Ratchathani 34190
THAILAND
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