MILITARY TOPOGRAPHIC DEPOT OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND MAPS OF THE CRIMEA IN 1819-1853
The article analyzes the activities of the Military Topographical Service of the Russian Empire on the territory of Crimea in the period between the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Eastern (Crimean) War of 1853-1856. The role of engineer-general F.F. Schubert in the development and reform of the military topographic service of the Russian Empire is emphasized. The author also analyzes the activities of the Hydrographic Black Sea Depot and its founder E. Manganari, who created the Hydrographic Atlas of Crimea (1841). It is noted that atlases, maps and master plans of the settlements of the peninsula, created by Russian military topographers in the first half of the 19th century, were extremely in demand in the defensive theaters of military operations in the Crimea during the Eastern (Crimean) War.