”Anyone old enough to have lived through those paranoid days of mutually assured destruction will find it a bit disturbing to see familiar hometown streets and landmarks labeled in Cyrillic script.”
I was only a child during the Cold War, but yes, a few years ago when I saw one of these Soviet maps of the Swedish Tiveden forest, it felt quite strange. The quality of the map was indeed magnificent.
I was only a child during the Cold War, but yes, a few years ago when I saw one of these Soviet maps of the Swedish Tiveden forest, it felt quite strange. The quality of the map was indeed magnificent.