В. В. Воробьев; К. Н. Мисевич · 1980
These compilation accounts, published in 1980, describe plans for the Mongolian national atlas as a joint undertaking by Mongolian and Soviet scholars. The contributors propose coordinated coverage of nature, resources, economic activity, population, history and public services, with explanatory texts and maps intended to support planning and forecasting. Particular attention goes to livestock husbandry, seasonal pastoral movement and changes in settlement. For population mapping, they recommend census data at settlement or soum level, delineation of actual settlement areas, and separate treatment of urban and rural populations. A technical account recommends 1:5,000,000 as the principal scale and discusses page layouts, thematic base maps, map documentation and graphic design. The final layout and scale series still awaited approval by the joint editorial board; these are proposals and preparatory work, not confirmation of the contents or format ultimately published in 1990.
З. В. Карамышева · 1985
Karamysheva outlines the National Atlas of the Mongolian People’s Republic being prepared jointly by Soviet and Mongolian institutions, focusing on its vegetation section. The planned 40 × 50 cm atlas would contain approximately 300 maps on 120–150 sheets, covering nature and resources, population, the economy, and social development. Vegetation coverage comprises typological, regionalization, and plant-distribution maps. The prepared vegetation map at 1:3,000,000 revises the 1979 map using material from the preceding decade of joint expeditions. Its legend groups 142 mapping units into 17 major divisions, integrating geographical, ecological, and floristic distinctions. Refinements differentiate alpine tundra and Kobresia meadows, forest types and dominant tree species, cryophytic steppes, desertified and desert steppes, and extremely arid deserts, while identifying basin environments and regional affiliations. The article also describes Lavrenko’s revised phytogeographical regionalization, forest mapping, and distribution and resource maps of endemic plants, phytogeographical indicator species, and useful wild plants.
Р. И. Злотин; С. В. Зонн; Д. А. Лилиенберг; Я. Г. Машбиц; А. И. Фадеев; В. П. Чичагов · 1988
In their account of national-atlas compilation, the authors report that the scientific concept and working programme for the National Atlas of the Mongolian People’s Republic were developed in 1976 with Mongolian scholars and the Institute of Geography of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Writing before publication, they anticipated its appearance in 1989. They explain that thematic maps produced by joint Soviet–Mongolian expeditions provided a foundation for the atlas while setting demanding expectations for its scientific quality. The atlas is described as having 17 sections covering history, natural conditions and resources, population, economic activities and social development. The authors single out its hydrological coverage as especially varied: 22 listed items include maps, tables and diagrams on runoff, lakes, glaciers, water chemistry, resource use and water balances, with both current conditions and forecasts. They also record 59 agricultural maps and five principal map scales, ranging from 1:3 million to 1:12 million.
