Russian Military Intelligence on Afghanistan Published by IDC Publishers, 2006

Finding Aid Russian military intelligence on Afghanistan Published by IDC Publishers, 2006

• Descriptive Summary

Creator: Russia. Armiia. Voenno-uchenyĭ arkhiv

Title: Russian military intelligence on Afghanistan

Dates (inclusive): ca. 1800-1917

Abstract: Short description of contents

Languages: Predominantly in Russian and English, a few items in German, French and Chinese

Extent: 55 [i.e. 56] archival files ; 3 microfilm reels ; digital images available in the IDC Digital Library (www.idc-digilib.nl)

Order no.: RIA-7

• Location of Originals

Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voenno-uchenyĭ arkhiv (RGVIA), Moscow. Fond 445.

• Access Restrictions

Please, note that some files could not be filmed due do the physical condition of the materials or due to technical restrictions. The omitted files are not shown in this finding aid.

• Selected Search Terms

Organizations Russia. Armiia. Voenno-uchenyĭ arkhiv

Geographic Areas

Afghanistan -- Description and travel

Afghanistan -- Maps

Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects

• Container List Microfilm no.

Title: Plan of the fort Gurpan, located near the city of Herat (Afghanistan). 1 Dates: 19th century, beginning Extent: 1 p. Languages: French Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Gurpan ; Herat ; Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 1

Title: Map of the route Sonmiani-Herat. 1 Dates: 1820s Extent: 1 p. Languages: French Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Sonmiani ; Herat File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 3

Title: Map of the route Attock-Herat (Afghanistan). 1 Dates: 1820s Extent: 1p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Attock ; Herat ; Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 4

Title: Map of Kabul and frontier territories. Compiled by lieutenant Mochulski. 1 Author: Mochulski Dates: 1835 Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Kabul File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 5

Title: Map of Khorasan and Afghanistan. Compiled according to the astronomical observations 1 of Lemm and others. Lieutenant- colonel Blaramberg. Author: Blaramberg Dates: 1840 Extent: 2+I p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Khurasan ; Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 6

Title: Map of Khorasan and Afghanistan. Compiled according to the astronomical observations 1 of Lemm and others. Lieutenant- colonel Blaramberg. Author: Blaramberg Dates: 1840 Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Khurasan ; Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 7

Title: Map of Sejistan, Afghanistan and Belujistan. Compiled by Zimmerman. Berlin. Publ. 1 Reimer. Author: Zimmerman Dates: 1850 Extent: 1 p. Languages: German Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Sejistan ; Afghanistan ; Belujistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 8

Title: Plan of the city of Herat and vicinities, drawn by the topographer Zharinov. Signed by 1 Khanykov. Author: Zharinov Dates: 1858 Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Herat File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 9

Title: Map of Afghanistan with the itinerary of the march of Anglo- Indian troops and their military 1 positions. Compiled and published by Wild. London. Author: Wild Dates: 1850s Extent: 2 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 10

Title: Plan of Kabul and vicinities. Compiled and published by Wild. London. 1 Author: Wild Dates: 1850s Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Kabul File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 11

Title: Map of Hazara (in Afghanistan). Compiled by lieutenant Robinson in 1848-1849 and 1854- 1 1855. Calcutta. Author: Robinson Dates: 1868 Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Hazara ; Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 12

Title: Map of Afghanistan. Compiled by Welker. 1 Author: Welker Dates: 1878 Extent: 4 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 13

Title: A Letter of the Secretary of the Indian government Lyell to the English State Secretary on 1 the Indian affairs Cranbrook concerning special mission to the emir of Kabul for negotiations about relationships with England, an instruction to the mission. Author: Lyell Dates: 1878 Extent: 76 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: England ; India File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 14

Title: Map of Afghanistan, Kabul, Punjab and the river Indus. Compiled by Wild. London. Publ. 1 Wild. Author: Wild Dates: 1878 Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; Kabul ; Punjab ; Indus File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 15

Title: Report on a journey of colonel Matveev, a chief of staff in Syr- Daria area, around Bokhara 1 and Afghan provinces. A copy. Author: Matveev Dates: 1879 Extent: 85+I p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Syr-Daria area ; Bokhara province ; Afghan province File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 16

Title: Map of the theatre of operations in Afghanistan in 1878-1879. Petersburg. Published by 1 the Military topography department of the Main Staff. Dates: 1879 Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 17

Title: Description of Vakhan and Shugnan khanates. Compiled by Putiata. 1 Author: Putiata Dates: 1870s Extent: 30 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Vakhan khanate ; Shugnan khanate File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 19

Title: Part of the topographical map of Afghanistan. 1 Dates: 1870s Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 20

Title: Map of the area, located to the south of the river Amu-Daria. 1 Dates: 1870s Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Amu-Daria File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 21

Title: Map of the area, located to the south of the river Amu-Daria. 1 Dates: 1870s Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Amu Darya File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 22

Title: Plan of fortification of the fort Kandahar in Afghanistan. London. Publ. Wild. 1 Dates: 1880 Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Kandahar ; Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 23

Title: Map of Afghanistan and neighboring states. Petersburg. Publ. by the topographical office 1 of the Military topography department of the Main Staff. Dates: 1881 Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 24 Title: Map of northern Afghanistan. Compiled by Holdich in 1882. Calcutta. 1 Author: Holdich Dates: 1883 Extent: 2 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 25

Title: Correspondence of the Asian Department of the Main Staff with the General Governor and 1 the Staff of Turkestan Military District on the expedition of the English troops in Afghanistan in 1878-1879 and reconnaissance data concerning the district. P. 1. Dates: 8 April - 6 December 1885 Extent: 120+I-III p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 26

Title: Correspondence of the Asian department of the Main Staff with the General Governor and 1 the Staff of Turkestan Military District on the expedition of the English troops in Afghanistan in 1878-1879 and reconnaissance data concerning the district. P. 2. Notes on northern Afghanistan. Dates: 12 October 1885 - 13 June 1886 Extent: 376+I p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 27

Title: Inquiry map of northern Afghanistan 1 Dates: 1885 Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 27а

Title: Report of the French envoy in Tehran, addressed to the Asian Department of the Main 2 Staff on Afghan Serdar Mahmed- Khasan Khan, who is the leader of the anti English party in Afghanistan, and on the English influence. Dates: 11 May - 19 August 1885 Extent: 11+I p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; England File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 28

Title: A topographical map of the territory of Afghanistan between the river Harirud and the river 2 Morghab. Compiled by Captain Riecock. London. Publ. Stanford. Author: Riecock Dates: 1885 Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; Harirud ; Morghab File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 29

Title: Map of the territory of Afghanistan between the river Harirud and the river Morghab from 2 Merv to Herat. London. Publ. the Royal Geographical Society. Dates: 1885 Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; Harirud ; Morghab ; Merv ; Herat File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 31

Title: Map of northwestern Afghanistan. P.1. Triangulation survey by major Holdich. 2 Author: Holdich Dates: 1887 Extent: 1 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 32

Title: Map of northwestern Afghanistan. P.2. Triangulation survey by major Holdich. 2 Author: Holdich Dates: 1887 Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 33

Title: Report of the Chief of Staff of the Turkestan Military District to the Military Scientific 2 Committee on the situation in Afghanistan and Pamir. Dates: 17 May 1891 - 27 November 1897 Extent: 192+I-II p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Printed ; Handwritten Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; Pamir File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 34

Title: Correspondence of the Military Scientific Committee with the Chief of the Turkestan 3 Military District on sending to the Staff of the District of the book "On Sacred War", written by an Afghan mullah Muhammad-Azisi Khan. The manuscript of the book is attached. Dates: 22 December 1898 - 8 December 1899 Extent: 53 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Typescript File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 35

Title: Correspondence of the Military Scientific Committee with military agents of foreign states 3 on sending by them the keys to ciphers, map of the borders of Afghanistan, outlines of the line regulations in Chinese. Dates: 1898-1915 г Extent: 81 p. Languages: Russian ; Chinese Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 36

Title: Orographic descriptions of Afghanistan, outlines of dislocations of the military forces of 3 Afghanistan and the routes to Herat. Dates: 19th century Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; Herat File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 37

Title: Map of Afghanistan (an attachment to Andogski's article "A Military Geographical 3 Investigation of Afghanistan"). Dates: 19th century Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 39

Title: Map of Afghanistan, Arabia, Asia Minor and Persia. 3 Dates: 19th century, beginning Extent: 26+I p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; Arabia ; Asia Minor ; Persia File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 40

Title: Plan of the territory of the basin of the river Zob (Afghanistan) with the indication of military 3 and police posts, inns, telegraph offices, paved routes and paths. Dates: 19th century, beginning Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Zob ; Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 42

Title: Route map of Afghanistan, Belujistan and the part of Persia. Compiled by Tulier for 1884- 3 1886; 1894-1895 and 1899. Author: Tulier Dates: 1906 Extent: 11 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; Belujistan ; Persia File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 43

Title: Route map of Afghanistan, Belujistan and the part of Persia. Compiled by Tulier for 1884- 3 1886; 1894-1895 and 1899. Author: Tulier Dates: 1906 Extent: 12 p. Languages: English Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan ; Belujistan ; Persia File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 44

Title: Outlines of the French and Afghan border posts on the French-Afghan border (attachment 3 to the summary of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (GUGSH). Dates: 20th century Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Printed File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 45

Title: Plan of the fort Takhtapulo in Afghanistan. Compiled by Kornilov. 3 Author: Kornilov Dates: 20th century, beginning Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Takhtapulo File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 47

Title: Map of Afghanistan. Petrograd. Publ. by the Military Topographic Office. 3 Dates: 1915 Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 48

Title: Plan of disposition of the border posts in northwestern Afghanistan. 3 Dates: 1917 Extent: 1 p. Languages: Russian Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 50

Title: A Survey map of Afghanistan and northwestern borders of India. Compiled by 3 Zimmerman. Berlin. Publ. Schreder. Author: Zimmerman Dates: 1842 Extent: 1 p. Languages: German Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 52

Title: Map of Afghanistan with the indication of frontier territories belonging to Russia and 3 England. Compiled by Freitag. Vienna. Publ. Hartleven. Author: Freitag Dates: 1869 Extent: 3 p. Languages: German Type of Document: Printed Geographic Areas: Russia ; England ; Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 53

Title: Report of the French Ambassador in London and General Kaufman on the situation with 3 the Englishmen in Afghanistan and French borders in Asia. Author: Kaufman Dates: 28 April - 30 June 1880 Extent: 4+I p. Languages: Russian ; French Type of Document: Handwritten Geographic Areas: Afghanistan File no.: Fond 445, opis΄ 1, delo 54