Modernization of communication lines in Russia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries Authors Nadezhda Gryaznova Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences; Moscow Institute of Architecture DOI: https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.72.1977 Keywords: legislation of Catherine II, the system of state roads, post, waterways, canals, technical innovations, utopian projects Abstract The article analyzes the transformation processes in the transport system of the Russian Empire as a result of Catherine II’s legislative activity. The empress considered roads not only as means of transportation but also as means of communication (including information communication) linking the whole state. The new road system was to reflect the hierarchy of state power location: capitals – principal towns of provinces – principal towns of districts – gentry estates and rural settlements. Of particular interest are technical innovations in road construction, river channels, bridges and other structures that were especially developed during that period. Some of them were so idealized that they finally remained unrealized. How to Cite Gryaznova, N. (2022). Modernization of communication lines in Russia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Project Baikal, 19(72), 46–56. https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.72.1977 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Published 2022-06-24 Issue No. 72 (2022): linearity Section refereed articles License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. References Archives Section of State Public Library (AS SPL) (n.d.). F. 247. Vol. 14. L. 51. Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire (CCLRE) (n.d.). Vol. XVI, No. 12 137, p. 720. CCLRE 1 (n.d.). Vol. XVI, № 12 053, p. 541. CCLRE 1 (n.d.). Vol. XX, No. 14 392, p. 254. CCLRE 1 (n.d.). Vol. XXI, No. 15 323, pp. 378-379. CCLRE 1 (n.d.). Vol. XXI, No. 15 344, p. 395. CCLRE 1 (n.d.). Vol. XXI, No. 15 379, p. 464. CCLRE 1 (n.d.). Vol. XXII, No. 16 346, p. 546. Grigorovich, N. I. (1789). Kantsler Knyaz Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko v svyazi s sobytiyami ego vremeni [Chancellor Prince Alexander Andreyevich Bezborodko in connection to the events of his time]. In 2 vols (Vol. 1, p.155). St. Petersburg. Grot, Ya. K. (1879). Catherine II in correspondence with Grimm. St. Petersburg. Kuznetsova, A. P. (2015). Istoriya dorozhnykh odezhd [History of road pavements]. SAPR i GIS avtomobilnykh dorog, 1(4), 93-98. DOI: 10.17273/CADGIS.2015.1.13. Retrieved from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/istoriya-dorozhnyh-odezhd/viewer O stroenii dorog i, vo-pervykh, o peshekhodnykh dorogakh [On the construction of roads and, firstly, on pedestrian roads] (1798). In Proceedings of the Free Economic Society (Part 52, p. 148). St. Petersburg. Pushkin, A. S. (1986). Sochineniya [Works]. In 3 vols (Vol. 2, p. 305). Moscow: Khudozh. lit. Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents (RSAAD) (n.d.). F. 16. Inv. 1. File 968. RSAAD (n.d.). F. 248. B. 5741. L. 223. RSAAD (n.d.). F. 1262. Inv. 1. P. 3. File 5064. L. 2. RSAAD (n.d.). F. 1262. Inv. 4. P. 2. File 1012. Russian State Historical Archive (RSHA) (n.d.). F. 1281. Inv. 11. File 140. RSHA (n.d.). F. 1399. Inv. 1. File 898. Vigel, F. F. (1891). Zapiski F. F. Vigelya [Notes of F. F. Vigel] (P. 1, p. 73). Moscow. Volkonsky, S. M. (1992). Moi vospominaniya [My Memoirs]. In 2 vols. Moscow. Vyazemsky, P. A. (1958). Stikhotvoreniya [Poems]. Leningrad.