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
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Is There a Soviet City Plan in the World?
Soget mapping reflects different approaches to a military strategy as well as the economic systems. Militarily and economically, that i think reflected in the mapping. So it's quite a key part of these city plans, where it will explain, not on the map itself, but in the spraka,. which is a descriptive essay that accompanies his plans. E'll talk about whether the rivers freeze in winter, this sort of thing. It gives you real detail about what is going on on the ground.
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