The red atlas
Subtitle: how the Soviet Union secretly mapped the world
By: John Davies, Alexander J. Kent ; foreword by James Risen
Contributors: Kent, Alexander, 1977- author; Risen, James, writer of foreword
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780226389578
Subjects: Atlases; Cartography
Other titles: How the Soviet Union secretly mapped the world
Description: xiii, 234 pages : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why this book is a detective story; title: War and peace : the background of the story; title: from Napoleon's march on Moscow to the collapse of the Soviet Union; title: Capturing the world .. on paper : describing the style, content, and symbology of the Red Army's maps of the world; title: Plots and plans : the overt and covert methods of the Soviet cartographers; title: Resurrection : the discovery of the maps after the fall of the Soviet Union and their continuing significance today; title: Appendix 1: Examples of maps of various series and scales; title: Appendix 2: References and resources; title: Appendix 3: Translation of typical city plan "Spravka"; title: Appendix 4: Translation of typical topographic map "Spravka"; title: Appendix 5: Symbols and annotation; title: Appendix 6: Glossary of common terms and abbreviations; title: Appendix 7: Print codes; title: Appendix 8: Secrecy and control.