John Davies and Alexander J. Kent, "The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World" (U Chicago Press, 2017)
New Books in the History of Science
00:00
The Soviet Union in the Cold War
The soviet union spent huge amounts of time and money on mapping. The maps are very good quality, white paper with 12 coloured printing to a high degree of registration. They were printed in huge numbers and transported across the nation. It is ironic that now we look at these maps as curiosities but also as works of art - John O'Brien.
Transcript
Play full episode
