John Davies and Alexander J. Kent, "The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World" (U Chicago Press, 2017)
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Soviet Maps - What's Next?
i think there's a major work to be done in interpreting all that textual information that accompanies the maps, and an taking that one forward. Of course, what we've focused on really until now are the military maps and the topographic mapping and the city maps. But it's very important to bear in mind, as john said much earlier on in the in the podcart, that actually the tourist maps as well are, you know, works of art in their eir own right. And often they're in overlooked. I think i seet you writ in going forward.
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