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.