Stalingradskaya is the resonant title of this 1952 city and regional railway plan, issued by the Ministry of Communications of the USSR and produced by Glavtransproekt under the editorship of L. N. Anatolyev. Conceived as part of a 56-map cycle devoted to the Soviet rail network, it fixes Stalingrad at a defining postwar moment, when the city’s lifeblood of freight yards, passenger stations, and industrial spurs was being rethreaded after the Battle of Stalingrad. As a city map, it is notable for entwining the urban core with its transportation arteries, emphasizing how streets, depots, and docks converge along the Volga. The result is a precise portrait of a strategic hub whose railways structured daily movement, industrial recovery, and national logistics.

The cartography highlights hydrography as a shaping force: the Volga’s great sweep, adjacent channels, and riverine lowlands are traced with engineer’s clarity, underscoring Stalingrad’s dual identity as port and rail junction. Rail alignments shadow the riverfront and feed into marshalling yards, while secondary lines stitch factories to the quays. The map’s legend decodes a careful hierarchy of routes and facilities, setting rails against roads and waterways to reveal intermodal synergies. In 1952—coinciding with the opening of the Volga–Don Canal—this relationship takes on added significance, as the city becomes a hinge between river shipping, canal traffic, and long-haul rail.

At the urban scale, Stalingradskaya excels in reading the city through its streets and stations. Vokzal’naya and Zheleznodorozhnaya announce the passenger terminal and railway district; Lenina Avenue, Komsomol’skaya, Revolyutsionnaya, Sovetskaya, and Krasnoarmeyskaya chart civic boulevards and Soviet monumental axes. Industrial spurs braid toward the Stalingrad Tractor Plant and the great metallurgical complexes of Krasny Oktyabr and Barrikady, while Proletarskaya, Plekhanovskaya, and Gorkogo thread worker neighborhoods to the rail grid. The long riverfront and the slopes toward Mamayev Kurgan frame the central districts, where sidings, warehouses, and switching yards nestle among the rebuilt fabric. This is a city map that treats streets not as isolated ribbons, but as the connective tissue binding industry, labor, and transport.

Radiating beyond the city, the map situates Stalingrad in the continental web: lines run north toward Saratov and the Volga heartland, south toward Astrakhan and the Caspian approaches, and southwest toward the Don and Rostov-on-Don—corridors echoed by toponyms such as Kavkazskaya and Novorossiyskaya. An inset enumerates nearby stations and their distances, a compact aid to timetabling, routing, and freight tariffs. Administrative boundaries and the overlaid road network supply geopolitical context, clarifying how oblast limits and highway corridors interlock with the rails. An extensive alphabetical index of stations—spanning forty pages—turns the map into a research instrument, swiftly cross-referencing junctions, branch termini, and halts across the Stalingrad region and beyond.

Glavtransproekt’s engineering ethos and Anatolyev’s editorial rigor inform every line: a disciplined symbology separates mainlines from branches, flags depots and sidings, and distinguishes urban thoroughfares from regional roads, making the dense railscape instantly legible. Issued by the USSR’s Ministry of Communications, this work embodies the mid-century drive to modernize transport and rationalize space after wartime devastation. As a city map, its value is twofold: it preserves the Soviet-era urban vocabulary—Avenida Stalingrada, Stalingradskaya Street, Voroshilova, and others—while exposing the operational logic of a great railway city. It is both historical document and analytical lens, capturing Stalingrad at the juncture of recovery, canalization, and renewed mobility.

Streets and roads on this map

• Avenida Stalingrada
• Bol'shaya Sadovaya Street
• Donskaya Street
• Gorkogo Street
• Kavkazskaya Street
• Komsomol'skaya Street
• Krasnoarmeyskaya Street
• Lenina Avenue
• Molotov Street
• Novorossiyskaya Street
• Pionerskaya Street
• Plekhanovskaya Street
• Proletarskaya Street
• Revolyutsionnaya Street
• Sadovaya Street
• Sirotinskaya Street
• Sovetskaya Street
• Stalingradskaya Street
• Tsentral'naya Street
• Trudovaya Street
• Uritskogo Street
• Vokzal'naya Street
• Voroshilova Street
• Zheleznodorozhnaya Street
• Zelenaya Street

Notable Features & Landmarks

• Detailed depiction of the Stalingrad railway system.
• Inset map of nearby railway stations and distances.
• Representation of adjacent hydrographic features, including rivers.
• Labelled cities and administrative boundaries.
• Road networks shown in relation to railway lines.

Historical and design context

• Published by: Ministry of Communications of the USSR, produced by Glavtransproekt (1952).
• Editor: L.N. Anatolyev.
• Part of a collection of 56 maps detailing the Soviet railway network.
• Additional features: table of contents, legend, and an extensive 40-page alphabetical index of railway stations.
• Themes: focus on railway systems, including hydrography, roads, cities, and administrative boundaries.
• Regions shown: primarily Stalingrad and surrounding areas, with broader coverage of the Soviet railway network.
• Design style: bound in luxurious brown embossed covers with gilt title, reflecting quality cartography of the era.
• Historical significance: mid-20th century Soviet transport evolution and post–World War II railway development.

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This map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.

This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.

For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.

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My standard frame is a gallery style black ash hardwood frame. It is simple and quite modern looking. My standard frame is around 20mm (0.8in) wide.

I use super-clear acrylic (perspex/acrylite) for the frame glass. It's lighter and safer than glass - and it looks better, as the reflectivity is lower.

Six standard frame colours are available for free (black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white and antique gold). Custom framing and mounting/matting is available if you're looking for something else.

Most maps, art and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte (not shiny) cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced box wood frame, and then 'float' the piece within a wood frame. The end result is quite beautiful, and there's no glazing to get in the way.

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My maps are extremely high quality reproductions of original maps.

I source original, rare maps from libraries, auction houses and private collections around the world, restore them at my London workshop, and then use specialist giclée inks and printers to create beautiful maps that look even better than the original.

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I can also make maps on canvas, cotton rag and other exotic materials.

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Well, now you can, by selecting Aged before you add a map to your basket.

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If you select Aged, I will age your map by hand, using a special and unique process developed through years of studying old maps, talking to researchers to understand the chemistry of aging paper, and of course... lots of practice!

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I use a unique process to restore maps and artwork that is massively time consuming and labour intensive. Hunting down the original maps and illustrations can take months. I use state of the art and eye-wateringly expensive technology to scan and restore them. As a result, I guarantee my maps and art prints are a cut above the rest. I stand by my products and will always make sure you're 100% happy with what you receive.

Almost all of my maps and art prints look amazing at large sizes (200cm, 6.5ft+) and I can frame and deliver them to you as well, via special oversized courier. Contact me to discuss your specific needs.