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:: Monday, February 25, 2008 ::

Coming In From The Cold

Russian Military & KGB Maps of the UK
"What did the Russians ever do for us?
The spine-chilling fact is that they did more than you think. Every Soviet leader from Stalin to Gorbachev knew not only where you lived but how to get there by tank. For over 50 years, before, during and after the Cold War, the Soviet military undertook the most comprehensive global survey ever attempted and created detailed, accurate maps of practically every country in the world, including the UK.

"Satellite images, high altitude aerial reconnaissance including spies on the ground were used to collect all possible information which was sent back to 50,000 cartographers in Moscow. The maps were scanned and geo-referenced to the National Grid so that they can be overlaid with current mapping. And now for the first time, these unique UK maps have been added to Landmark's historical digital archive, which is already the UK's largest, most comprehensive and accurate."

Visit www.sovietmaps.com for the detailed history of the Soviet mapping of Great Britain by expert John Davies

Labels: Maps

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