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MAPS & MAP SHOPS (5 listings) File Created: 28-Jan-03
Finding good maps in English is difficult in Saint Petersburg. The few map shops have a limited selection of foreign maps published in English or German. Buy the Russian maps when you see them (they are reasonably cheap and now quite good in quality) or bring your favorite map with you. Look for local maps in Russian, usually in KIOSKS or BOOK SHOPS.

Our Traveller's Yellow Pages City Map for Saint Petersburg is the most popular English map in Saint Petersburg (more than 40,000 copies) and can be found in most hotels in St. Petersburg, or order it by mail.

Below is a list of the best maps of Saint Petersburg and its suburbs.

The Traveller's Yellow Pages City Map for Saint Petersburg, 2nd Edition. Published as an accompaniment to the Traveller's Yellow Pages by Infoservices International Inc., USA. Scale: 1:16000; 68 x 90cm; 75,000 in print. In Russia, the map is available from our offices in Saint Petersburg and Moscow or from many fine shops and hotels . Printed in English, The TYP City Map for Saint Petersburg features transport lines, names of almost all streets (even the smaller ones), both English-Russian and Russian-English street indexes, major points of interest, a list of new-old street names, map coordinates used by The Traveller's Yellow Pages, a map of surrounding suburbs, and a detailed metro map. Major streets are indicated both in Cyrillic and English transliteration. Cartographically accurate, the best map available at the lowest price.

St. Petersburg City Map Falk Plan, Falk-Verlag, Hamburg. Scale: 1:19,000 to 1:24,000; 63 x 80 cm. $12.95. Good map, bilingual Russian-German street index. Enclosed in booklet with strange folding system; difficult to use, map rips easily. German transliteration difficult for English speakers. Variable distance scale makes it difficult to judge distances. Available in St. Petersburg at Bahlsen-Le Café.

The New Saint Petersburg Map and Guide, Northern Cartographic, VT, USA, distributed by Russian Information Services, VT, USA, 1993. City scale: 1:35,000; downtown scale: 1:15,000; 68 x 98.5cm. $7.00. Basically clear, no street names in Cyrillic, no list of new-old street names, no public transport lines. Bilingual metro map. Available in St. Petersburg & by mail.

St. Petersburg - Sankt-Peterburg, Published by Freytag & Berndt, Vienna. City scale: 1:53,000; downtown scale: 1:20,000; scale for environs: 1:250,000; 62 x 83cm. $8.95. Reissue of similar map published by Aerogeodeziya, 1992 (see below). Includes metro map and short descriptions of palace parks in English, German, French, and Italian. Separate booklet with street index in Cyrillic and German transliteration. Overall good map but German transliteration difficult for English speakers.

Saint Petersburg City Plan, Published by Karta Ltd, Saint Petersburg. Reissued 1994, 50 x 70cm; 1:34,000; Walking map with street names in historic center, detailed scale with 3-D relief of buildings; Map in English transliteration. Index of historic buildings in English and English transliteration. General map of Saint Petersburg and surrounding area on reverse side. Of interest to architecture and history buffs.

St. Petersburg Euro-City Map. Published by American Map Corporation, NY, USA. Scale: 1:15,000. $9.95. High-quality, accurate map. Suffers from lack of labeling and detail. Booklet has small metro map, index of streets, shops and points of interest in German transliteration. Somewhat difficult to read for English speakers. Headings translated into sixteen European languages.

Aerogeodesy  
   6 Bukharestskaya ul............................................................................................................Tel: 166-2979
   Tel: ..................................................................................................................................................166-5641
Mo-Fr 8-17 (11:30-12:30);
      
Finder  
   8 Povarskoy per....................................................................................................................Tel: 113-3094
   Tel: .........................................................113-4276;    Fax:...........................................................113-4276
Mo-Fr 10-18; L: Eng; Mayakovskaya;
      
Map Maps and atlas of Saint Petersburg and Russia.
   3 Krasnogvardeyskaya pl...................................................................................................Tel: 224-0522
Mo-Fr 8-17; Novocherkasskaya;
      
New Time Maps and other cartograhic products
   44 Dostoevskogo ul..............................................................................................................Tel: 315-1986
Mo-Fr 10-18; Vladimirskaya;
      
Vsegei, Map Makers  
   72 Sredniy prosp. V.O..........................................................................................................Tel: 213-2767
   Tel: ..................................................................................................................................................218-9190
Mo-Fr 9-17; Vasileostrovskaya;
Eastern Europe:
Freytag & Berndt, $10.00. Not available in SPb.

Russland West:
Bertelsmann, Germany, 1995.1:4,000,000; 98 x 170cm. $18.00. Booklet in German and index in German transliteration. Topographical map of Western Russia.

Russia and Newly Independent Countries of the Former Soviet Union:
English, NationalGeographic Society, $7.50. Not available in SPb. Shows principal communication lines and roads.

Western Soviet Union Road Map:
Cartographia, $7.00. Not available in Spb. Operational Navigation Charts of Northwest Russia and Finland Published for the US Department of Defense

Set of four: ONC C-2, C-3, D-3, & D-4.
Published by Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center, Missouri, USA; 105 x 142cm; 1:1,000,000. Civilians may purchase these maps from the following address: DMA Combat Support Center (DMACSC), Attn; DDCP, Washington, DC 20315-0020. The most topographically accurate set of maps of Northwest Russia and Finland. Absolutely essential for pilots.


MAPS OF WESTERN RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE IN RUSSIAN

Atlas of Auto RoadsAtlas avtomobilnykh dorog
Published by Minskaya Kartograficheskaya Fabrika; Scales vary widely--from 1:250,000 to 1: 4,000,000. 150 pages of maps of CIS and adjacent nations. Index of population points, full color layout of road signs. Printed entirely in Cyrillic.

Eastern Europe:
Freytag & Berndt, $10.00. Not available in SPb.

Russland West:
Bertelsmann, Germany.1:4,000,000; 98 x 170cm. $18.00. Booklet in German and index in German transliteration. Topographical map of Western Russia.

Russia and Newly Independent Countries of the Former Soviet Union:
English, National Geographic Society, $7.50. Not available in SPb. Shows principal communication lines and roads.

Western Soviet Union Road Map:
Cartographia, $7.00. Not available in Spb. Sankt-Peterburg Auto City Published by UGAI GUVD, Helsinki. Small, sketchy layout of city in Cyrillic. Listing of auto service shops, traffic police stations, insurance agencies; other information useful to motorists.

[Russian], Karta dlya avtomobilistov, Saint Petersburg City Motoring Map
Novoe Vremya & V. V. Valdin, Helsinki. Scale of city and surrounding area: 1:40,000; scale of city center: 1:25,000; 70 x 100 cm; 3rd edition. $3-5. The best and most detailed map for motorists available. List of old-new names, same background and cartographer of transport map below. Enclosed in booklet containing addresses and phone numbers of police stations, automobile sales, auto parts shops, everything for motorists. Great map, highly recommended for motorists with a bit of knowledge of Russian.
Very detailed map of center city with recommended thoroughfares, streets closed to traffic, one-way streets, tram lines, service stations, parking lots, police stations, and customs. Main routes to suburbs (Pushkin, Peterhof, Lomonosov). Bilingual Russian-English index. Full map of city and surrounding areas, covers more area than any other currently published map with such detail. Mostly in Russian with a few English names of towns. Available in kiosks throughout the city. Earlier editions published as 1,800 Streets, Prospects, Embankments, etc., in Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg Municipal Transport Map
Universalnyy plan St. Peterburga s marshrutami gorodskogo passazhirskogo transporta Novoe Vremya & V. V. Valdin, Saint Petersburg (new updated edition annually). City scale: 1:40,000; town scale of town center: 1:25,000; 70 x 100cm; 50,000 in print. $3-5. The best and most detailed transportation scheme available.
Very detailed map of center city with house numbers, transport routes, and metro lines superimposed; full index of streets in Cyrillic and English. Complete list of beginning and end points of transport lines, and when lines operate. Full map of city and surrounding areas, covers more area than any other currently published map with such detail. Mostly in Russian with a few English names. Available in kiosks throughout the city.

Nastoyashchiy Peterburg, The Real St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya, Saint Petersburg. Scale: 1:25,000; 50,000 printed. Highly detailed map of center city based on this firm's popular map series. Streets indicated in both Russian and English, bilingual index of key sights. High-quality printing.

*Saint Petersburg Tourist Map
Published by Aerogeodeziya, Saint Petersburg. City scale: 1:40,000; downtown scale: 1:20,000; 69 x 95cm; Map, street index in Cyrillic, bilingual English listing of sights.

Turistskaya karta Sankt-Peterburga, Saint Petersburg Tourist Map
by Aerogeodeziya. City scale: 1:53,000; downtown scale: 1:20,000; scale for environs: 1:250,000; 60 x 81cm; 30,000 in print. Small metro map. Streets, street index, listing of sights all in Cyrillic. Turistskaya karta Sankt-Peterburga, Saint Petersburg Tourist Map, by Aerogeodeziya, scale: 1:53,000; downtown scale: 1:20,000. Small metro map, panorama of Nevskiy Prospekt and the Admiralty up to Ploshchad Vosstaniya. Published separately in Russian, English, German, and French.

Sankt-Peterburg Saint Petersburg
Aerogeodeziya, Saint Petersburg. City scale: 1:40,000; center city scale: 1:20,000; 68 x 94cm; No specified price. Small metro map and small map of Nevskiy Prospect. Street names all in Cyrillic, legend in English and Cyrillic, rather complete index of streets and monuments in separate booklet. Useful overview of Saint Petersburg's nearby suburbs, similar in coverage to Freytag & Bernt map. Includes house numbers, good paper, fairly good detail.

Saint Petersburg, AtlasAtlas "Sankt-Peterburg"
Published by Finder and Time Ltd. Scales 1:10000, 1:20000; circulation 50,000 copies. Convenient 68 page atlas of major shops, hotels, restaurants, museums and exhibits.

The Whole St. Petersburg, AtlasAtlas "Ves Peterburg"
Published by "Spravochniki Peterburga". Scales 1:1500, 1:25000; 30 pp. Supplement to "Ves Peterburg" telephone directory.

Municipal Transport Routes Marshruty gorodskogo transporta
Published by GP "Geodeziya"; City scale 1:40000; Map of the suburbs on the cover with bus routes leaving from St. Petersburg, scale 1:150000.

Valaam

Published by Valaam Cathedral of the Transfiguration.
Map of Valaam and nearby islands. Brief history of the Valaam Monastery on the reverse side of the map.

Russia and Republics of the Former USSR Rossiya I respubliki byvshego SSSR Published by Karttakeskus OY, Finland; Scales 1:9000000. Map with the information about Russian and the countries of the Commonwealth.

Highway Map of Regions Surrounding Saint Petersburg Karta-Skhema avtodorog rayonov, prilegayushchikh k Sankt-Peterburgu

Published by VTU GSH, prepared for printing by VKF KVO. Scale: 1:200,000; 80 x 121cm; 100,000 in print. , Best map covering 200 km radius of St. Petersburg, All in Cyrillic, not very good paper. Topographical map extending from Vyborg in the West to Kingisepp and Ozero Samro in the Southwest to beyond Lake Lagoda in the Northeast and Tikhvin in the East. Shows all the settlements within these areas, railroad lines, highways, swamps, type of forest. Useful for finding your way into the near regions of the Leningrad Oblast.

Environs of Leningrad Leningrad I Okrestnosti Published by Northwest Aerogeodeziya, former USSR. Scale: 1:150,000; 62 x 93cm; 100,000 in print. A topographical map of the area 35-45 kilometers from the city center. Shows towns, type of highway, railroads, towns, waterways, railway stations, forests, swamps, other topographical features. Transmission lines and chicken factory. Beyond Lomonosov in the west and to Petrokrepost in the East. Might be useful in helping you find your way to your dacha. Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod, Petrozavodck Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod, Petrozavodsk Published by VTU GSH, 1990. Scale: 1:400,000; 78 x 108cm; 450,000 printed. All Cyrilic, two-sided topographical map that covers the area from Petrozavodck in the Northeast to Pskov in the Southwest, including Novgorod and all of Lake Lagoda. Major highways, railroads, towns, and some topographical features. Useful for traveling in this region. May not be accurate due to Soviet-era cartographic practices. All Cyrillic.

Highway Map of the Leningrad Oblast Avtodorozhnaya karta Leningradskoy oblasti Published by VTU GSH. Reissue of an earlier map published by BKF LVO. Scale for oblast: 1:500,000; city scale: 1:39,900; 73 x 92cm; 50,000 in print. Map of the entire oblast, from the Finnish border in the Northwest to Novgorod in the South, all in Cyrillic. Some topographical features, shows major highways and railroad lines, gas stations, table of distances, Reverse side is a plan of Saint Petersburg showing the major highway routes and bridge opening times during navigational season. Shows old administrative regions of city (pre-1991), fairly good printing quality. Useful for venturing about the Leningrad Oblast.

Nevskiy Prospekt, Environs of Leningrad, City, Downtown Nevskiy Prospekt, prigorody Leningrada, tsentr goroda Published by Karta, Saint Petersburg. Excellent for nearby suburbs and industrial & residential regions. No detail of center. $1.50-2.50.
Automobile roads to the south of the Leningrad Region. Avtomobilnye dorogi yuga Leningradskoy Oblasti. Auto roads of the south Leningrad Oblast . 1:20,000. And the similar The Karelian Isthmus, north of St. Petersburg, 1:20,000. Excellent maps to find your way to the dacha with topographical markings.

Vyborg City Map 1992. 1:10,000; downtown scale: 1:20,000, scale for Karelian Isthmus: 1:500,000. In Finnish, best map for Vyborg , limited English subheadings

Mushrooms and wild berries in Karelia Pogriby i yagody v Kareliyu Includes train schedules. From time to time, specialized maps such as the last listing are published. Have fun looking in kiosks.

Karelia Motoring Road Map Karjala Autoilijan Tiekartta Published by Karttakeskus, Helsinki. Scale: 1:800,000. 68 x 80cm. High quality road map of Karelia Peninsula in Russian, German, and Finnish. Map extends from Saint Petersburg to Murmansk. Very useful information for motorists (including emergency service and gas stations).

Karelia Motoring Road MapSuburbs of Saint Petersburg Okrestnosti Sankt-Peterburga Published by Novoe Vremya in association with V. V. Valdina, 10,000 in print. Directory of parks in Saint Petersburg, Pavlovsk, Gatchina, Lomonosovsk, Strelni, and Kronshtadt in Russian and English.

Kronstadt Simple walking map, most likely published by the Kronstadt government. Concise, well-written history of this Gulf of Finland island in Russian and English. Informative for prospective tourists.

Churches and Cathedrals of Saint Petersburg
Khramy Sankt-Peterburga
Published by Novoe Vremya in association with V. V. Valdin, Saint Petersburg, 1994. No scale indicated; 70 x 100cm; 10,000 in print. No specified price. Based on a 1912 map of the city. Street names in Cyrillic. Short description of 411 churches and cathedrals in Russian. Closed churches as well as those in operation are indicated on the map.

Saint Petersburg 1994
Sankt-Peterburg 1994
Published by AO Karta, 1994. Scale: Major architectural sights are indicated on map.

St. Petersburg and surrounding areas 1914
Plan Sankt-Peterburga s blizhayshimi okresnostyami, 1914
Reproduction of 1914 map.

Motorist in Saint Petersburg
Avtomobilist v Sankt-Peterburge
Published by Avokado. Scale: 1:20,000; 10,000 in print. Atlas for motorists in English.

Tire Repair, Auto Repair and Parts Map for Motorists in St. Petersburg
Shinomontazh, avtoremont, zapchasti, karta-skhema avtolyubitelya Sankt-Peterburga
Road scheme with detailed listing of where to get repairs, auto parts, etc.

Magnificent St. Petersburg
Published jointly by Petropol Publishers, Saint Petersburg, and Hoppers Drukkerijen bv, Landgraaf, Germany. Artistically appealing, map-panorama of Saint Petersburg and surrounding area. Painted using a watercolor technique to create a refined landscape graphic and bird's-eye perspective. Key sights indicated in English. Useful to visitors as a walking map and for general orientation but don't use it for gauging distances.

Nevskiy Prospekt informatsionnyy byulleten
Published by Mednyy Vsadnik, Saint Petersburg. Small, though very detailed profile map: extends from the Hermitage to Ploshchad Vostaniya, indicating location of key shops, department stores, and historical landmarks along the way. English and Russian versions. Succinct, informative paragraphs on sites and personages of historical interest with accompanying illustrations. Unique, potential souvenir.

St Petersburg at a Glance
Published by Kuperard, $4.95. Small fold-out map of the city, only major streets indicated. Index and streets in English transliteration.

Nevskiy Prospekt Local Guide
Publisher unknown. About $1, with advertisements. Cute, creative walking map of Nevskiy and neighboring streets. Not very detailed but good for general orientation. Extends from Admiralty to Ploshchad Vosstaniya. Bilingual Russian-English street index, list of local establishments in Cyrillic, some listings in English.

Municipal Transport Routes
Marshruty gorodskogo transporta