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170215s2017 ilu e 1 eng
a| 9780226389578 (cloth : alk. paper)
z| 9780226389608 (e-book)
a| ICU/DLC
b| eng
c| ICU
e| rda
d| DLC
a| Davies, John
q| (John Michael),
d| 1942-
e| author,
e| cartographer.
a| The Red atlas :
b| how the Soviet Union secretly mapped the world /
c| John Davies, Alexander J. Kent ; foreword by James Risen.
a| How the Soviet Union secretly mapped the world
a| Chicago ;
a| London :
b| University of Chicago Press,
c| 2017.
a| xiii, 234 pages :
b| maps ;
c| 24 cm.
a| Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
a| Why 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.
a| Cartography
x| Political aspects.
a| Soviet Union
x| History
v| Maps.
a| Kent, Alexander,
d| 1977-
e| author,
e| cartographer.
a| Risen, James,
e| writer of foreword.
0| 0
1| 0
2| ddc
4| 0
6| 526_094700000000000_0904_DAV
7| 0
8| REF
9| 125682
a| OSA
b| OSA
d| 2018-02-06
e| OSA
l| 0
o| 526.0947/0904 DAV
r| 2018-02-06
w| 2018-02-06
y| BK
c| Reference
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