Soviet Maps
Resources
Soviet maps on paper can be viewed at these
libraries :
The
British Library Map Room Bodleian Library Oxford Cambridge University
Library Trinity College Library
Dublin
Free online viewing and downloading of Soviet
military topographic maps can be found at Poehali.org and at Topomaps.
Maps of Ukraine are at http://maps.vlasenko.net/
Soviet street plans of Polish cities are at http://mapy.eksploracja.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=48
Information, listings and some downloads may be
found at :
University
of California Berkeley, UC
Stanford, Perry-Castañeda Library
Map Collection.
Cyrillic
keyboard and Russian translation can be found at Translit.ru or Multitran.ru
Reference guide to the specifications and symbols is at Soviet Topographic Map Symbols (1958 edition)
Chargeable
downloads of Soviet military topographic maps
at mapstor.com.
Paper
or electronic copies can be obtained from various shops
and dealers in several countries.
SOVIEWER is a very useful program for viewing Soviet maps. It has world gazetteer with 6 million names with instant display of appropriate map section and lets you zoom in and out between scales and pan in all directions over adjacent sheets.
Very interesting Pravda report on Soviet espionage in Sweden is here.
The Cartographic Journal, December 2006, contains a
review by John Davies of the book Russian
Military Mapping published by East View Cartographic.
There is a full-page illustration of the Oxford map
(1973), with a description by Nick Millea, map librarian at the Bodleian
Library, in ‘The Map Book’ edited by Peter Barber, published by Weidenfeld
& Nicolson, London, 2005, ISBN 0-297-84372-9.
A study of the Soviet mapping of Ireland by Desmond
Travers appears on the Parallel
History Project website
Polish maps 1919-1939 for comparison can be viewed
and downloaded at http://www.mapywig.org/
Jomidav Home page SovietMaps Home page Download
example maps
John Davies, March 2007 Contact me at John@SovietMaps.com