Download or read book The Red Atlas written by John Davies and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Soviet Union written by R. R. Milner-Gulland and published by Facts on File. This book was released on 1989 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1000-year history of Russian culture and society intermingles illustrations, interpretation, and special features to provide an in-depth background to present Russia

Download or read book The Red Atlas written by John Davies and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia written by John Channon and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1995 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breakup of the Soviet Union has been accompanied by a new surge of interest in this most fascinating and contradictory of nations. This atlas covers Russia's history from the coming of the Slavic peoples and the invasion of the Swedish Rus and the Mongols through the territorial expansion of Catherine the Great to the rise of communism, the Cold War era, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Full color.

Download or read book Atlas of the Soviet Union written by Harry F. Young and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Routledge Atlas of Russian History written by Martin Gilbert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex and often turbulent history of Russia over the course of 2,000 years is brought to life in a series of 176 maps by one of the most prolific and successful historian authors today. This fourth edition of The Routledge Atlas of Russian History covers not only the wars and expansion of Russia but also a wealth of less conspicuous details of its history, from famine and anarchism to the growth of naval strength and the strengths of the river systems. From 800 BC to the fall of the Soviet Union, this indispensable guide to Russian history covers: war and conflict: from the triumph of the Goths between 200 and 400 BC to the defeat of Germany at the end of the Second World War and the end of the Cold War politics: from the rise of Moscow in the Middle Ages to revolution, the fall of the monarchy and the collapse of communism industry, economics and transport: from the Trans-Siberian Railway between 1891 and 1917 to the Virgin Lands Campaign and the growth of heavy industry society, trade and culture: from the growth of monasticism to peasant discontent, Labour Camps and the geographical distribution of ethnic Russians. Now bringing new material to view, and including seven new maps, this popular atlas will more than readily gain a place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in the history of Russia.

Download or read book Atlas of Russia and the Independent Republics written by Moshe Brawer and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes information on the history, natural features, population, and communications network of the former Soviet Union.

Download or read book Atlas of the Soviet Union written by Harry F. Young and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mapping Russia and Its Neighbors the New Atlas of the Changed Geographical Face of the Former Soviet Union written by Godfrey Harris and published by Los Angeles : Americas Group. This book was released on 1993 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Atlas of the Soviet Union written by Harry F. Young and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Atlas of Russian History written by Martin Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Atlas of Russian History written by Martin Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical atlas of Russia.

Download or read book Atlas of Russia and the Soviet Union written by R. R. Milner-Gulland and published by Oxford : Phaidon. This book was released on 1989 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an account of the cultural history of Russia and the Soviet Union from 860 AD to modern times. It covers early Russia and the rise and decline of Kiev as a political and cultural centre, the development of the modern cities and the revolutions of 1917.

Download or read book Soviet Union in Maps written by Harold Fullard and published by Philip's. This book was released on 1972 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survey in maps of physical, economic, political and social aspects of the Soviet Union, to 1970, wiht brief explanatory texts.

Download or read book Cultural atlas of Russia and the Soviet Union written by R. R. Milner-Gulland and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Former Soviet Union written by R. R. Milner-Gulland and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers geography, history, culture, and archaeology

Download or read book An Atlas of Russian History written by Allen F. Chew and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important changes in the boundaries and possessions of Russia from the ninth century to the present are recorded