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Description

This 1926 map, Karta Raspredeleniia Magnitnykh Punktov v Yakutskoi ASS Respublike (Map of Magnetic Observation Points in the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), illustrates the Soviet Union’s methodical approach to scientific exploration and resource management in remote Siberian territories. Published by the USSR Academy of Sciences, it marks the distribution of magnetic observation points across the Yakutsk region, now the Sakha Republic, providing critical data for navigation and exploration in a vast, often inaccessible area.

At a scale of 1:4,200,000, the map uses red dots to denote magnetic stations, immediately highlighting their positions across rugged terrain. These stations were part of a larger Soviet effort to gather geomagnetic data, vital for navigation and industrial planning.

Produced by the Scientific-Technical Department of the VSNKh (Supreme Soviet of the National Economy) in Leningrad, the map’s straightforward design emphasizes functionality, with minimal but clear terrain features and labels in Russian. The systematic documentation of this remote region underscores the Soviet ambition to incorporate even Siberia's most isolated areas into the national economy, reflecting a vision of control and integration through science and detailed mapping.

The map seems to have been published in E. V. Shtelling, D. A. Smirnov, and N. V. Roze's Materials for the Study of Earth Magnetism in Yakutia.

Condition Description
Lithograph on early-20th-century paper. Minor soiling.