И. С. Брыковская · 1964
The review examines the 1963 Atlas of the Uzbek SSR, a 53-page atlas of natural conditions containing only physical-geographic maps, chiefly of relief, geology, tectonics and hydrogeology. The reviewer values its synthesis of previously inaccessible cartographic materials and its new original maps depicting the republic's distinctive natural conditions. Particular strengths include the loess-subsidence map, which classifies risks to engineering structures and lists protective measures, maps of artesian basins and mineral and thermal waters, and cotton-oriented agroclimatic maps. The agroclimatic map combines area shading for moisture availability with diagrams of vegetation seasonality and cotton growth. Criticisms concern uneven map content, unsuitable scales, too few supplementary maps and graphs, limited treatment of resource value, reserves, conservation and human impacts, inconsistent coverage beyond republican boundaries, and inadequate explanations of physical-geographic regional units. The reviewer concludes that the atlas provides valuable information, with brief texts supporting its more complex maps, and hopes subsequent editions will be fuller.
Stanisław Leszczycki · 1964
This article reviews the Atlas of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, published in Tashkent–Moscow in 1963. Compiled by an editorial committee led by Dr. L. Babushkin, Professor of Geography at Tashkent University, the atlas comprises 53 pages of maps and text and covers only physical geography, thus not fully qualifying as a national atlas. Its structure includes general administrative and physical maps, geological and tectonic maps, climatic maps (including agro-climatic zoning), hydrographic maps, and a notably rich biogeographical section (soil types, vegetation, animal distribution). The atlas contains 50 maps at scales ranging from 1:3,500,000 to 1:10,000,000. The reviewer notes that the atlas employs sound cartographic methods and greatly facilitates knowledge of Uzbekistan in Poland, but its lack of a socio-economic section is a clear shortcoming.
K. A. Salishchev · 1964
In his survey of Soviet regional atlases, K. A. Salishchev cites the maps of loess cover and loess-like rocks and of temperature sums during the cotton-growing season in the 1963 Atlas of the Uzbek SSR as examples of mapping a region’s specific characteristics.
