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Russian Empire: Bessarabia: Lake Yalpuh (or Ialpug; now in Ukraine). Two sketches...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/1078/2/21

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This record is about the Russian Empire: Bessarabia: Lake Yalpuh (or Ialpug; now in Ukraine). Two sketches... dating from 1856 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 78/1078/2/21
Date
1856
Description

Russian Empire: Bessarabia: Lake Yalpuh (or Ialpug; now in Ukraine). Two sketches on one sheet. Face: A view of part of the lake, showing Bolhrad and Tabak. Dorse: 'Sketch of Bolgrad & Tabac taken 28th Septr. 1856 from a Tumulus on Trajan's Wall on the West Side of the Yalpokh Valley': contoured map of the same area as shown by the view. Drawn by Lieutenant [Charles George] Gordon, Royal Engineers.

Related material

For copies of the map and view, lithographed onto a single sheet at the Topographical & Statistical Depot, War Department, see WO 78/5663 FO 925/3526

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
MPH 147B (13); WO 78/1078/21
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
12 cm x 47 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4741
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448499/

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