TheRussian Revolution of 1917established the world's first socialist state under Vladimir Lenin's leadership. The Soviet Union emerged as a global superpower, competing with the United States during the Cold War. The USSR achieved significant technological advances, including the first human spaceflight...
Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite, and the first man in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and ...
After the fall of the Soviet Union, a large number of topographic maps covering much of the world became available in the West; the story behind these maps is told on the informativeSoviet Maps website. There aredealerswho will sell you sets of maps on CD or DVD, but there are also so...
the only country to use them in warfare, and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the world's sole superpower. The U.S. is a founding member of the United Nations,...
Consider the flag of Russia, which changed with the fall of the Tsarist regime, then again with the collapse of the Soviet Union, reverting to the tricolor of white, blue, and red. What makes the European flags particularly fascinating is their diversity. From the Nordic crosses of Sweden ...
. Soviet historians have produced a number of atlases; among these are theRussian Historical Atlas(1928) of K. V. Kudriashov and theAtlas of the History of the USSRby K. V. Bazilevich, I. A. Golubtsov, and M. A. Zinov’ev (parts 1–3, 1948–50). Atlases of the Union ...
These documents and manuals are used to describe the evolution of the designs of Soviet topographic maps at scales from 1:25,000 to 1:100,000 from the Revolutions of 1917 to the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. The nature of the maps inherited by the Soviet Union from Imperial Russia,...
The following three maps are of the invasion of Poland (or "the fourth Partition of Poland,"); the so-called Blitzkrieg in the west; and the invasion of the Soviet Union. The maps are from theAtlas der Globalisierungpublished byLe Monde diplomatique,and higher resolution copies can be foun...
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Russia & (former)Soviet Union Scandinavia Scotland-See Great Britain Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Republic Wales-See Great Britain Yugoslavia (former)Europe Road Atlases & MapsRecommended! Europe Road Atlas. 1:500,000 - 1:1,500,000. Michelin. Spiral-bound. The Atlas ...