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Персия и персидская смута / Под общ. ред. И.М. Бикермана; Пер. с фр. А. Павловича. – СПб.: Брокгаус-Ефран, 1912. – 300 с. – (Современное человечество. Б-ка «Обществоведение»).

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 Багров Л.С.
Карты Азиатской России: Исторические заметки. – Петроград, 1914. – 28 с.

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 Атлас Союза Советских Социалистических Республик применительно к областям экономического районирования Госплана СССР: Политический, физический и экономический обзоры областей СССР: Национальные объединения СССР / Сост. А.Ф. Белавин. - М.-Л., 1925. - 64 карты.

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By the beginning of 21 century intensifies the continuous problem of all libraries: on the one hand that is ensuring good physical condition of the rare books collection, and on the other hand – necessity of consideration the readers’ interests, who need to use those books. This complex issue of preservation and access in full measure now appeared in Tajikistan.
This issue became the main goal of this project on access to rare books and preservation of those books in the library of Academy of Sciences on Tajikistan, funded by the US Embassy in Tajikistan under the Ambassador Fund on cultural heritage preservation program.

Ambassador Fund on cultural heritage preservation program was launched by the Congress in 2001 and it is being implemented by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. The mission of the program is assistance to developing countries in preserving their cultural heritage including preservation of monuments, rare books, dance and musical arts masterpieces, valuable museum collections. Documental heritage preservation activities of the libraries excellently demonstrate international community efforts in world cultural heritage preservation efforts.

Through the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation, Department of State is helping eligible countries around the globe preserve historic sites and manuscripts, museum collections, and traditional forms of music, dance, and language. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers the Fund, established by Congress in 2001 to assist less-developed countries in preserving their cultural heritage.

One of the largest book collections in Tajikistan is the collection of the Central Scientific library of Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tajikistan numbering approximately one and a half million items. Among the most valuable book collections of the academic library is the Rare Book collection with over 15 thousand books.

This is next publication in the planned series of electronic publications. The main goal of the series is making available the contents of the rare books collection of the Central Scientific library of the Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tajikistan.

  Maps from rare books collection

 

Geographical maps are an important historical source. Their role is unique as valuable historical evidence, defining historical process in the context with territorial aspects. They reflect not only the level of development of geographical science, but also they graphically demonstrate specifics of the human knowledge development process.

Maps are the product of the historical epochs and cultures and a marvelous monument of the human civilization.

The Academic library collection contains a number of geographical maps, a large amount of which are in the books. The maps included in the old books are of a special interest. The Rare books collection of the Academy library of Tajikistan contains of a significant amount of such maps. The most attractive for the researcher are the maps of Central – Asian region and the neighboring territories, what can be explained in the first place by the rich history of the people of this ancient land that shaped the geographic appearance of this region.

Old maps can tell a lot of interesting facts from the history, geography, and culture of this region. The most fascination occupation is studying the toponymy, and no wonder that historical geography as a science was developing in close interaction with development and forming of the geographical and cartographical sciences. This CD presents to your attention the maps, primarily of the Central Asian region, that are stored in the Academy library.

The oldest European geographical map is from the oldest of the European print publications, stored in the library book collection. This map is from the book “Cosmography” by Iohann Gonter, Antverpen edition of 1554 year.

Another fascinating map is from the old German book on history of Persia. This book was printed in 1754 and it includes a very interesting map with remarkable geographical names, reflecting level of knowledge of the Europeans about the Central Asia in the eighteenth century.

Among the presented maps an important place take the Russian maps of the nineteenth century, the time of active progress of Russia into the Central Asia. There are quite detailed geographical and topographical maps that can be useful even at present times.

One of the maps of the highest quality is the map of Persia and Afghanistan with the neighboring southern regions of the Central Asia, prepared by the Military department of Great Britain. The map was published in the series “Stanford library of maps” in 1906.

The maps from the Rare books collection of the Academy library of Tajikistan can be of a great interest for the scientists and researches as well as for the general readers who like to learn about history, geography and culture of the Central Asian region.

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