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Karta Pouchitslʹnai︠a︡ grazhdan rossiĭskikh 1917=Карта Поучитсльная гражданъ российскихъ 1917

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Title
Karta Pouchitslʹnai︠a︡ grazhdan rossiĭskikh 1917=Карта Поучитсльная гражданъ российскихъ 1917
Scale
Not drawn to scale  
Place of Publication
St. Petersburg (Russia)
Publisher
R. Golike i A. Vilʹborgʹ=Голике и А. Вильборгь  
Date of Publication
1917  
Extent
1 map : color
Dimensions
25 x 48 cm, on sheet 33 x 50 cm
Notes
  • ["Exceptionally rare and dramatic Russian-language seriocomic map depicting Germany's frustrations with Russia during World War I. The map depicts Germany as a giant, three-headed dragon, clawing its way into Russian territory at Kyïv and Riga, and most importantly, extending its long neck into Ottoman territory to block Russian goods from exiting the Black Sea and the American, French, and British navies from entering it. The longest-stretched of the dragon's necks reaches towards Bagdad, an allusion to the Berlin-Baghdad railroad. The map bears the printed monogram MK" in the lower-left corner ... The map is extremely rare, though we find one example in a Russian National Library exhibit on seriocomic maps. Their comments on it are as follows: "A typical example of propaganda maps is a map created in the penultimate year of the First World War. Germany is represented in the form of a dragon lying on the map of Europe and closing the Black Sea straits. 'Look, citizens, and know: this is what will happen if we succumb to flattering speeches, give up fighting and let the enemy take us with his bare hands'. A black-and-white copy of this map bears a dedication to Pavel Nikolaevich Milyukov (1859-1943), a Russian politician and leader of the Cadet Party, and his pencil portrait. As the minister of foreign affairs of the first composition of the Provisional Government (March-May 1917), Milyukov advocated the continuation of the war to a victorious end."]--Edited description of Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps.
  • Includes text.
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Pictorial Russian propaganda map.
Language
rus
Genre
  • Pictorial maps  
  • Thematic maps  
Type
Cartographic material  
Repository
Map Library
Local Bib ID
99954990451405899
Collection Title
World War I Maps
Collection
World War I Maps
TitleKarta Pouchitslʹnai︠a︡ grazhdan rossiĭskikh 1917=Карта Поучитсльная гражданъ российскихъ 1917
ScaleNot drawn to scale  
Place of PublicationSt. Petersburg (Russia)
PublisherR. Golike i A. Vilʹborgʹ=Голике и А. Вильборгь  
Date of Publication1917  
Extent1 map : color
Dimensions25 x 48 cm, on sheet 33 x 50 cm
Notes
  • ["Exceptionally rare and dramatic Russian-language seriocomic map depicting Germany's frustrations with Russia during World War I. The map depicts Germany as a giant, three-headed dragon, clawing its way into Russian territory at Kyïv and Riga, and most importantly, extending its long neck into Ottoman territory to block Russian goods from exiting the Black Sea and the American, French, and British navies from entering it. The longest-stretched of the dragon's necks reaches towards Bagdad, an allusion to the Berlin-Baghdad railroad. The map bears the printed monogram MK" in the lower-left corner ... The map is extremely rare, though we find one example in a Russian National Library exhibit on seriocomic maps. Their comments on it are as follows: "A typical example of propaganda maps is a map created in the penultimate year of the First World War. Germany is represented in the form of a dragon lying on the map of Europe and closing the Black Sea straits. 'Look, citizens, and know: this is what will happen if we succumb to flattering speeches, give up fighting and let the enemy take us with his bare hands'. A black-and-white copy of this map bears a dedication to Pavel Nikolaevich Milyukov (1859-1943), a Russian politician and leader of the Cadet Party, and his pencil portrait. As the minister of foreign affairs of the first composition of the Provisional Government (March-May 1917), Milyukov advocated the continuation of the war to a victorious end."]--Edited description of Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps.
  • Includes text.
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Pictorial Russian propaganda map.
Languagerus
Genre
  • Pictorial maps  
  • Thematic maps  
TypeCartographic material  
RepositoryMap Library
Local Bib ID99954990451405899
Collection TitleWorld War I Maps
CollectionWorld War I Maps

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