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100 1 $aDavies, John$q(John Michael),$d1942-$eauthor, cartographer.
245 14 $aThe red atlas :$bhow the Soviet Union secretly mapped the world /$cJohn Davies, Alexander J. Kent, foreword by James Risen.
246 30 $aHow the Soviet Union secretly mapped the world
246 14 $aSovershenno sekretno
264 1 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c[2017]
264 4 $c℗♭2017
300 $axiii, 234 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color) maps (chiefly color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
336 $acartographic image$bcri$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and indexes.
505 0 $aWhy this book is a detective story -- War and peace: the background of the story--from Napoleon's march on Moscow to the collapse of the Soviet Union -- Capturing the world--on paper: describing the style, content, and symbology of the red army's maps of the world -- Plots and plans: the overt and covert methods of the Soviet cartographers -- Resurrection: the discovery of the maps after the fall of the Soviet Union and their continuing significance today -- Appendix 1. Examples of maps of various series and scales -- Appendix 2. References and resources -- Appendix 3. Translation of typical city plan Spravka -- Appendix 4. Translation of typical topographic map Spravka -- Appendix 5. Symbols and annotation -- Appendix 6. Glossary of common terms and abbreviations -- Appendix 7. Print codes -- Appendix 8. Secrecy and control -- Index. Place-names -- Index. General.
650 0 $aCartography$xPolitical aspects.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xHistory$vMaps.
700 1 $aKent, Alexander,$d1977-$eauthor, cartographer.
700 1 $aRisen, James,$ewriter of foreword.
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