Author: John Davies
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022638960X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The “utterly fascinating” untold story of Soviet Russia’s global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian). From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and London to towns like Pontiac, MI, and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. The information on these maps ranged from the locations of factories and ports to building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by Soviet spies on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these incredible Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.
The Red Atlas
Author: John Davies
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022638960X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The “utterly fascinating” untold story of Soviet Russia’s global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian). From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and London to towns like Pontiac, MI, and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. The information on these maps ranged from the locations of factories and ports to building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by Soviet spies on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these incredible Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022638960X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The “utterly fascinating” untold story of Soviet Russia’s global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian). From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and London to towns like Pontiac, MI, and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. The information on these maps ranged from the locations of factories and ports to building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by Soviet spies on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these incredible Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.
The Red Atlas
Author: John Davies
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022638957X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, DC, and London to towns like Pontiac, MI and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. What they chose to include on these maps can seem obvious like locations of factories and ports, or more surprising, such as building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by actual Soviet feet on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022638957X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, DC, and London to towns like Pontiac, MI and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. What they chose to include on these maps can seem obvious like locations of factories and ports, or more surprising, such as building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by actual Soviet feet on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.
Soviet Union (map).
Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Soviet Union in Maps
Author: Denoyer-Geppert Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Soviet Union in Maps
Author: Harold Fullard
Publisher: Philip's
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Survey in maps of physical, economic, political and social aspects of the Soviet Union, to 1970, wiht brief explanatory texts.
Publisher: Philip's
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Survey in maps of physical, economic, political and social aspects of the Soviet Union, to 1970, wiht brief explanatory texts.
USSR in Maps
Author: John C. Dewdney
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9780340244142
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9780340244142
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
A Map History of Russia
Author: Brian Catchpole
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Soviet Topographic Map Symbols
Author: United States. Department of the Army
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Soviet Union in Maps
Author: Harold Fullard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Maps of the Soviet Union at the University of Chicago Map Collection
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description