Thecartography of Ukraine involves the history of surveying and the construction of maps ofUkraine.
The oldest-known 'map' of part ofUkraine is theDura-Europos route map, found in 1923 on the shield of a Roman soldier (dated to the 230s) inDura-Europos on the banks of theEuphrates in present-daySyria.[1] It features part of theBlack Sea coast, including the Greek names of cities on the territory of modern Ukraine, such as Τύρα μί(λια) πδ´ orTyras, near modernBilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, and theBorysthenes river (Dnipro).[1] Hand-drawn maps of Ukraine have been produced since theMiddle Ages.[1]
Polish historianBernard Wapowski was the first to create modern "maps of Poland and Lithuania (or Southern Sarmatia), includ[ing] Ukraine as far east as the Dnieper River and the Black Sea", in 1526 and 1528.[1]Battista Agnese's 1548 map was the first to include Ukrainian territory east of the Dnipro, and south of the Black Sea andSea of Azov.[1] Especially the Black Sea region was well-mapped due to its strategic and economic importance as theOttoman Empire rose as a regional power.[1]
During theTurkish wars between 1568 and 1918, high-quality French maps were kept[by whom?] as state secrets amid diplomatic negotiations, while 20th-century maps have reflected the region's multiple changes of government.
Ukraine is largely absent from the maps of the Turkish manuscript mapping-tradition that flourished during the reign of theOttoman SultanMehmed II the Conqueror (r. 1444–1446, 1451–1481); theMediterranean received its own section in world maps,[2]: 5 but typical Turkish maps of the period omitted theBlack Sea, and theentire region of theRus' appeared as just a small portion of Asia between theCaspian and the Mediterranean.[2]: 7
Two centuries laterGuillaume le Vasseur, sieur de Beauplan became one of the more prominent cartographers working with Ukrainian data. His 1639 descriptive map of the region was the first such one produced, and after he published a pair of Ukraine maps of different scale in 1660, his drawings were republished[by whom?] throughout much of Europe.[3] A copy of de Beauplan's maps played a crucial role in negotiations between thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and theOttoman Empire in 1640; its depiction of the disputedKodak Fortress was of such quality that the head Polish ambassador,Wojciech Miaskowski, deemed it dangerous to exhibit it to his Turkish counterparts.[4]
Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola's 1684 map ofTartaria d'Europa[5]includes "Vkraina o Paese dei Cossachi de Zaporowa" [Ukraine or the land of theZaporozhian Cossacks].
English-language maps of 1769 depicted theCrimean Khanate as part of itssuzerain, the Ottoman Empire, with clear boundaries between theMuslim-ruled states in the south and theChristian-ruled states to the north. Another map from the eighteenth century, inscribed in Latin, was careful to depict a small buffer zone between Kiev and the Polish border.[6][need quotation to verify]
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In more recent history, maps of the country have reflected its tumultuous political status andrelations with Russia; for example, thecity known as "Lvov" (Russian:Львов) during the Soviet era (until 1991) was depicted as "Leopol" or "Lemberg" during its time (1772–1918) in theHabsburg realms, while post-Soviet maps produced in Ukraine have referred to it by itsendonym of "Lviv"[6] (Ukrainian:Львів). (Under Polish rule (1272–1772) it went by the Polish name ofLwów).
| Year | Original Name | Name in English | Author | Description | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500s BC | Hecataeus world map | Hecataeus of Miletus | A map of Europe, Asia and Libya (Oikumene), where territory ofScythians, predecessors ofUkrainians, represented exactly in place of Ukraine. |  | |
| 230s | Dura-Europos route map | Cohors XX Palmyrenorum | Map of the northern Black Sea coast, drawn on the shield of a Roman soldier, discovered in 1923 inDura-Europos. |  | |
| 1154 | Map of al-Idrisi | Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani al-Sabti | The map of al-Idrisi in 1154 shows not only the territorial placement ofUkraine, but also for the first time the name "Rusia" (meaningKievan Rus'). The inscriptions on the map include "Ard al Rusia" - the land of Rus' (the territory ofRight-bank andLeft-bank Ukraine), "muttasil ard al Rusia" - the connected land of Rus', "minal Rusia al tuani" - dependent on Rus'. The rivers -Dnipro,Dniester,Danube - are marked and labeled, as well asKyiv (Kiau) and otherUkrainian cities. |  | |
| 1375 | Atles Català | Catalan Atlas (Portolan) | Abraham Cresques | The cartography was done during the decline of theKingdom of Galicia–Volhynia during theGalicia–Volhynia Wars, as well as theGreat Troubles of theGolden Horde. The map shows the cities ofLviv (Ciutà de Leó)[7] andKyiv (Chiva), as well as the country ofRus' (Rossia) on the right bank of theDnipro. Lviv is marked as a European city with a flag whose coat of arms appears in the Castilian armorialBook of Knowledge of All Kingdoms. Kyiv is depicted as an independent Asian city; it is located in the lower reaches of theDnipro.[8] |  |
| 1436 | Atlante di Andrea Bianco | Atlas of Andrea Bianco | Andrea Bianco | Map of the Black Sea |  |
| 1544 | "Cosmographia". Map of the Polish region | Sebastian Münster | Rus (Peremyshl,Lviv,Lutsk,Kyiv),Podolia (Kamianets-Podilskyi, Horodets, Bastarnia),Bessarabia,Scythia, Crimea (Perekop,Kaffa);Muscovy,Pskov region,Tataria;Livonia (Riga),Sarmatia,Lithuania (Vilnius,Hrodna), Prussia (Marienburg,Danzig),Mazovia,Greater Poland,Lesser Poland,Hungary,Wallachia,Moldavia. |  | |
| 1550 | Black Sea basinPortolan | Battista Agnese | Rus', Tataria and Muscovy | _2.jpg) | |
| 1559 | Black SeaPortolan | Diogo Homem |  | ||
| 1568 | ...dirego della seconda... | Forlani |  | ||
| 1571 | Tabula Sarmatiae from Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum | Ptolemy's map | Sebastian Münster | European Sarmatia with the cities ofOlbia,Heraclea,Theodosia,Claypida and geographical features such as theCarpathian Mountains, theDnieper (Borysthenes), theDniester (Tyras),Tauria, theSea of Azov (Paludes Meotidis), theBlack Sea (Ponti Evxini),Amadotian Lake and others. |  |
| 1613 | Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae Caeterarumque Regionum Illi Adjacentium . . . Anno 1613 (I) | Radziwiłł map | Hessel Gerritsz, Willem Janszoon Blaeu | The map shows "Eastern Volhynia, which is also called Ukraine and Nis by others" between Rzhyshchiv and Kaniv in central Podniprovia. It is one of the earliest cartographic sources with the mention of "Ukraine".[9][10] A copy was included in the 1635 edition of theTheatrum Orbis Terrarum byWillem Janszoon Blaeu.[9] | .jpg) |
| 1639 | Tabula Geographica Ukrainska | Ukrainian Geographical Map | Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan | Hand-drawn map, became the basis of hisGeneral Map of Ukraine. |  |
| 1648 | Delineatio Generalis Camporum Desertorum vulgo Ukraina | General Map of the Wild Fields, in common speech Ukraine | Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan | Together with Beauplan'sDescription of Ukraine (1651, 1660), thisGeneral Map of Ukraine and its later derivatives (numerous reprints, editions, copies, translations, adaptations) played a major role in raising knowledge of Ukraine in Western Europe.[11][12] | _Together_with_its_Neighboring_Provinces_WDL79.png) |
| 1649 | Typus Generalis Ukrainæ sive Palatinatuum Podoliæ, Kioviensis et Braczlaviensis terras nova delineatione exhibens | General Image of Ukraine or the Palatinates [Voivodeships] of Podolia [Podillia], Kiov [Kyiv] and Braczlav [Bracław], showing the lands with a new map | Jan Janssonius orWillem Hondius | Originally sketched by Beauplan of the Podilia and Kyiv voivodeships. Reprinted in 1658.[13] Laterreprinted by Moses Pitt as part of theEnglish Atlas (1681). |  |
| 1651 | Delineatio Specialis Et Accurata Ukrainae | Special Map and Accurate of Ukraine | Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan | Derived from the fifth version of hisGeneral Map of Ukraine. |  |
| 1659–1685 | Ukrainae pars quae Kiovia Palatinatus vulgo dicitur | Ukrainian lands, Kyiv Voivodeship | Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan,Covens & Mortier |  | |
| Late 17th century | Ukraine Pars qva Podolia... | Ukrainian lands, Podillia | Covens & Mortier | The Covens map was created based on the map by Beauplan. |  |
| Late 17th century | Ukrainae pars quae Barclavia... | Ukrainian lands, Bracław region | Covens & Mortier | Published in Amsterdam. |  |
| 1662 | Ukraine Pars qva Pokutia... | Ukrainian lands, Carpathians. | Joan Blaeu | Modern Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Created by cartographer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan. |  |
| 1665 | La Russie Noire ou Polonoise | Black or Polish Rus' | Nicolas Sanson | Black Rus' (Galicia) | .jpg) |
| 1665 | Tartarie Europeenne ou Petite Tartarie… | European Tartaria or LittleTartary | Nicolas Sanson | Tartary, Ukraine - the state of the Cossacks, Muscovy and Poland. | .jpg) |
| 1665 | Haute Volhynie, ou Palatinat de Lusuc; tire de la Grande Carte d'Ukraine de Beauplan | Upper Volyn, or Palatinate of Lutsk; part of the Great Map of Ukraine of Beauplan | Nicolas Sanson | .jpg) | |
| 17th century | Vkraina | Ukraine | Wilhelm Pfann |  | |
| 1670 | Regni Polonia magni ducatus Lithuania | Kingdom of Poland; Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Carlo Alard | Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine as part of thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |  |
| 1674 | Vkraine ou Pays des Cosaques | Ukraine or State of the Cossacks | Guillaume Sanson |  | |
| 1684 | Tartaria d'Europa ouero Piccola Tartaria | European Tartary or Little Tartary | Giacomo Cantelli | Dnieper Ukraine marked as "Ukraine or the land of the Zaporozhian Cossacks" (Vkraina o Paese de Cossachi di Zaporowa). To the east of it is another Ukraine - "Ukraine or the land of the Don Cossacks, dependent on Moscow" (Vkraina ouero Paese de Cossachi Tanaiti Soggetti al Moscouita). |  |
| 1705 | Королевства Польского и Великого княжества Литовского чертеж | Plan of the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Peter Picart | The map depicts the territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. There are also markings for Ukraine (Ꙋkraіna) and Part of Moscow State. |  |
| 1705 | Le mar noire... Et les pars Cosaques... | The Black Sea... And the Lands of the Cossacks... | Nicolas de Fer | The northern Black Sea coast - the lands of the Cossacks - Ukraine, and Little Tataria. |  |
| 1706 | Carte de Moscovie | Map of Muscovy | Guillaume Delisle | At the bottom of this cropped 1706 map of Muscovy,Ukraine Pays des Cosaques ("Ukraine Country of Cossacks") is depicted. | .jpg) |
| 1710(?) | Ukraine grand pays de la Russie Rouge avec une partie de la Pologne, Moscovie... | Great Country - Ukraine, Red Ruthenia, bordering with Poland, Muscovy, Wallachia... | Pierre Van Der Haeghen; |  | |
| 1710 | Ukraina | Ukraine | Abraham Allard | Map of Poland and Muscovy (including Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Volhynia, Courland, Crimea, Wallachia, Livonia) |  |
| 1711 | Ukraine ou Palatinat de Kiowie | Ukraine, Kiev Voivodeship | Guillaume Delisle | Map ofKiev Voivodeship. Published by Hendrik Florisz Scheurleer in a bookThéatre complet et particularisé de la guerre du nort (1724–1768) Wydawca pbl (table 9). In the book also published overview map of Black Sea region (table 17), map ofCrimea andTaurida (table 15), and parts of Ukraine territory on neighbour regions maps. | .jpg) |
| 1720 | Vkrania que terra Cosaccorvm... | Ukraine - land of the Cossacks | Johann Baptist Homann | Map "Ukraine or Cossack land with neighboring provinces of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Little Tartary" by Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg, 1716. Western and central parts of Ukraine are shown. Near UKRANIA is marked as RUSSIA RUBRA. According to one version, the man sitting and smoking a pipe surrounded by associates depicted on the cartouche isIvan Mazepa. | .jpg) |
| 1723 | Unnamed map inTravels through Europe, Asia and into parts of Africa | Aubry de La Mottraye [fr] | The author served kingCharles XII of Sweden, staying with his army inBender, Moldova during 1709–1713 after their retreat from the 1709Battle of Poltava. Most details concern western Black Sea coastal towns between Bender on theDniester andConstantinople (modernIstanbul), with few details on the area he called "UCKRANIA" except "Pultava" (Poltava, marked with crossed swords) on the left bank and a few towns including "Kiow" (modernKyiv) on the right bank. Mottraye publishedTravels through Europe, Asia and into parts of Africa in London in 1723 (dedicated toGeorge I), including this map with (dedicated probably toRobert Sutton (diplomat)). | .jpg) | |
| 1730 | Nova Mappa Maris Nigri… | New Map of the Black Sea | Matthäus Seutter | .jpg) | |
| 1740 | Nova Et Accurata Tartarie Europe Seu Minoris… | European Tartary | Matthäus Seutter | Little Tartary and Ukraine - land of the Cossacks. |  |
| 1740 | Nova et accurata Turcicarum et Tartaricarum Provinciarum | Matthäus Seutter | Malo-Tartary and Ukraine - Cossack State. | _by_Tobias_Conrad_Lotter.jpg) | |
| 1740-1745 | Theatre de la Guerre Dans La Petite Tartarie La Crimee La Mer Noire &c. Dressee, Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier | Guillaume Delisle | .jpg) | ||
| 1750 | Amplissima Ucraniae Regio Palatinus | The largest part of Ukraine, the Palatine Region | Tobias Conrad Lotter | Ukrainian lands |  |
| 1781 | Russia Rossa | Antonio Zatta | Translates to "Dry Rus". According to another version - "Red Rus". | .jpg) | |
| 1918 | Dismembered Russia — Some of the Fragments | Dismembered Russia — Some of the Fragments | The New York Times | Article fromThe New York Times published on 17 February 1918 at the end ofWorld War I, showing the provisional boundaries of theUkrainian People's Republic (UPR), which emerged from thecollapsedRussian Empire.[14] The accompanying title and caption reflect U.S. and Allied foreign policy at the time.[a] | .png) |
| 1918 | Der Ukraine: Land und Volk. Die ukrainische Volksrepublik in ihren voraussichtlichen Grenzen | Ukraine: Country and People. The Ukrainian People's Republic within its Provisional Borders | Schropp Land & Karte [de], Berlin | A German map of theUkrainian People's Republic, probably from early 1918, to familiarise the general public with this newly independent country, which theCentral Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire had formally recognised at Brest with theBread Peace of 9 February 1918. It makes some general observations about the size of Ukraine's territory and population, comparing it to other European countries, while its economy is compared to the rest of the former Russian Empire, claiming that "Ukraine was the economic backbone of Russian power", dwarfing "the rest of Russia" in peacetimeproduction of grain, sugar, iron, coal,anthracite, andcoke.[b] |  |
| 1919 | Carte de Ukraine | A map presented by the delegation of theUkrainian People's Republic (UPR) at theParis Peace Conference. |  | ||
| 1920 | Світова мапа з розміщенням Українців по світу | World Map with the Distribution of Ukrainians around the World | Georg Hasenko | Map of Ukraine and theUkrainian diaspora in 1920. |  |
| 1928 | Contemporary Division of Eastern Slavs by Language | Modern division of Eastern Slavs by language | Kudryashov K. V. | A map published in the "Russian Historical Atlas" in Moscow, which received the first prize of the TsEKUB and the Central Executive Committee of the USSR. |  |
| 1939 | «Украинская ССР. Экономическая карта» | Ukrainian SSR. Economic map | Ukrainian SSR government authorities | Economic map of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as of 15 September 1939, in Russian Cyrillic. At this time during theinterwar period,Galicia (Halychyna) andVolhynia (Volyn') were part of theSecond Polish Republic;Budjak was part ofGreater Romania; and Crimea was part of theRussian SFSR. |  |
| 1947 | «Адміністративна карта Української РСР» | Administrative Map of the Ukrainian SSR | Scientific and Editorial Cartographic Department | Administrative map of theUkrainian SSR as of 1 November 1947 (na lystopada 1947 roku), in Ukrainian Cyrillic.Izmail Oblast, established in 1940, would be added toOdesa Oblast on 15 February 1954. Four days later,Crimea was transferred to Ukraine. |  |
| 1991 | Ukraine | Ukraine | Central Intelligence Agency | "Includes Soviet Union location inset." The map shows Ukraine just before theDeclaration of Independence of Ukraine on 24 August 1991. All toponyms within Ukraine were derived from Russian endonyms. |  |
| 1993 | Ukraine Map (Political) 1993 | Ukraine Map (Political) 1993 | Central Intelligence Agency | All toponyms within Ukraine were derived from Ukrainian endonyms, except that of the capital city ofKyiv, which was still renderedKiev. |  |
| 1997 | Ukraine on a sphere (globe) | Vinnytsia State Cartographic Factory | A globe with physical map of Ukraine strettched to 2/3 of sphere. with neighbor country borders titled. ∅ 120 mm. | Further information:SSPE Kartographia § Maps and globes | |
| 2005 | Ukraine. Administrative-physical globe | SSPE Kartographia (or Vinnytsia State Cartographic Factory) | A globe with administrative and physical maps on opposite hemispheres, with neighbor country borders titled. ∅ 120 mm. | Further information:SSPE Kartographia § Maps and globes | |
| 2010 | Ukraine. Administrative-physical globe | SSPE Kartographia | A globe with administrative and physical maps on opposite hemispheres. Without neighbor country borders titled. ∅ 160 mm. | Further information:SSPE Kartographia § Maps and globes | |
| 2010 | Ukraine: Location Map (2010) | Ukraine: Location Map (2010) | OCHA | Basic map of Ukraine (with a world location inset), featuring some of its most populous cities with Ukrainian-derived endonyms, includingKyiv, andOdesa with ones. Only the riverDnieper was still based on a Russian-derived English exonym. | _-_UKR_-_UNOCHA.svg) |
| 2014 | Ukraine | Ukraine | United Nations | General map of Ukraine, an UN member state, as of 1 March 2014. | |
| 2014 | 2014 Russo-ukrainian-conflict map | 2014 Russo-ukrainian-conflict map | Wikimedia Commons and other | A map of southeastern Ukraine (with a Europe location inset) made by the Wikimedia community in September/October 2014 to depict theRussian annexation of Crimea and theWar in Donbas. |  |
| 2018 | Автономна Республіка Крим (монета 5 гривень) | Autonomous Republic Crimea (coin 5 hryvnias) [uk] | Ivanenko Svyiatoslav,National Bank of Ukraine | Map of Ukraine on a coin. Minted as a part of theOblasts of Ukraine (coins serie) [uk]. Crimea name title text placed on top, and Ukraine title text placed below the map. |  |
| 2021 | The World Turned Upside Down (It's No Game) | Mark Wallinger | Map of Ukraine on the upside down terrestrial globe. (preview image cropped from a full globe photo) | _(cropped).png) | |
| 2020 | Мапа об'єднаних територіальних громад України | Joint Territorial Communities Map of Ukraine | Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine | A map of theDecentralization in Ukraine depicting newly formed subregions (JointTerritorial Communities), after old subregions (Raions) was reshaped, submerged or retired. Top-level regions (Oblasts) are not changed, as they are defined in theConstitution of Ukraine. |  |
| 2014-2022 | Russo-Ukrainian conflict (2014-2022) | Russo-Ukrainian conflict (2014-2022) | Wikimedia Commons and other | A map of southeastern Ukraine (with a Europe location inset) made by the Wikimedia community in September/October 2014 to depict theRussian annexation of Crimea and theWar in Donbas. | .svg) |
| 2023 | Black Sea Globe | unknown, sponsored byEU andUNDP | The Black Sea Globe 3D model and rendered as a part of EU4EMBLAS project for the educational winter school «The Globe of The Black Sea», resulted in creation of artisticportolans for the «Black Sea Globe» exhibitions in Ukraine. | ||
| 2023 | SSPE Kartographia | 2023 Easter egg on greeting card.Pysanka orKrashanka, with a map of Ukraine. Sort of Egg Globe of Ukraine. Card published on official site. | Further information:SSPE Kartographia § Maps and globes | ||
| 2025 | 50th parallel (globe) | unknown | 50th parallel north stone installed on the territory ofKharkiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine) in a form of a globe of Ukraine with 50th parallel north crossing the globe. | .jpg) | |
| 2022–present | Map of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | Map of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | Wikimedia Commons,Institute for the Study of War and other | Russian invasion of Ukraine – ongoing military conflict in Eastern Europe since 2022. | |
| 2014–present | Мапа війни в Україні | Ukraine interactive map | Liveuamap | Liveonline map of the critical breaking news of Ukraine andworld news releated to Ukraine, with geolocated source or place of news. Mostly focused onRusso-Ukrainian War. Also, there are regional version of the map for the Middle East, Africa, etc. | https://liveuamap.com |
| 2022–present | Карта повітряних тривог України | Air Raid Alert Map of Ukraine | Alerts.in.ua | Live online map to disseminate air raid alerts and other sort of danger warnings in Ukraine. Shows live notifications and provides access to archived data. There are timelines and tools to analyze the data, visualize it on map and createstatisticcharts. | https://alerts.in.ua |
The city of Leopolis [Lviv]. Some merchants arrive at this city heading to the Levant via the Sea of La Mancha [North Sea/Baltic Sea] in Flanders.
