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1 21,000; 1 42,000; 1 126,000; 1 200,000; and 1 420,000 were sübstituted
by the metric scales of 1 5,000; 1 10,000; 1 25,000; 1 50,000; 1 100,000;
1 200,000; 1 300,000, and 1 500,000. It is now safe to say that the territory of
the Soviet Union has been fully mapped in the required scales.
The map on a scale of 1 1,000,000, known as the "millionth-scale map," has a
place apart: in the Soviet Union it was made in a very short time (1940-1945). It was
the first detailed small-scale map which in content surpassed the famous International
map on this scale. Since 1951, there has been a new edition incorporating the latest
topographical data. This map has served as a basis for maps on a scale of 1 1,500,000;
1 2,500,000; 1 5,000,000, etc.
There is regulär production of populär maps, such as A Political Map of the World
on scales of 1 15,000,000; 1 30,000,000, and 1 50,000,000; A Political Map of
Europe on a scale of 1 3,500,000; Western Europe on a scale of 1 5,000,000; maps
of the continents, etc. Other editions include politico-administrative maps of the USSR
on scales of 1 4,000,000 1 5,000,000; 1 8,000,000 and 1 15,000,000; the Euro
pean part of the USSR on scales of 1 2,000,000and 1 4,000,000. There are also ad
ministrative maps of the territories and regions of the Soviet Union on a scale of
1 6,000,000 and smaller.
A Hypsometrie Map of the European Part of the USSR on a scale of 1 1,500,000
(1937) was a step forward compared to all other similar maps of this type. In 1949,
there appeared A Hypsometrie Map of the USSR on a scale of 1 2,500,000. Other
maps include A Geological Map of the USSR on a scale of 1 2,500,000 and A Tectonic
Map of the USSR and Neighbouring Countries on a scale of 1 5,000,000, summarising
the results of a scientific effort of many years. Of equal scientific importance is A
Geobotanical Map of the USSR, on a scale of 1 4,000,000.
Alongside the maps of the Soviet Union, many various purpose atlases are also being
published. Of interest in this respect is an edition of the Great Soviet Atlas of the
World which is populär at home and abroad. At the Paris World Exhibition of 1937
it won the Grand Prix and the great Gold Medal. Prominent scientific institutions
took part in compiling the atlas, among them the Central Research Institute of Geodesy,
Aerial Photography and Cartography, most of the institutes of the Academy of Sciences,
the All-Union Arctic Institute, the Moscow and Leningrad Geographical Institutes, etc.
More than 300 Soviet scientists took part in making the maps of the first volume. This
was issued in 1937 as a capital work and included physico-geographical, economic, poli
tical and historical maps of the world. Another fundamental publication is the Marine
Atlas intended as a work of reference for scientific institutions, navigators, students and
the public at large. The first volume was issued in 1950; the second, in 1953, and the
third, in 1958.
Among the reference atlases mention should be made of the book-size Atlas of the
USSR (1954), the World Atlas (1954); the pocket-size Atlas of the USSR (1954)
and the pocket-size World Atlas. The following atlases are issued at regulär intervals
for general education schools: A Geographical Atlas for Primary School; A Geograph
ical Atlas for the Fifth and Sixth Grades of Middle School; An Atlas of the History
of the Ancient World; An Atlas of the History of the Middle Ages; Modern History
Atlas; An Atlas of the History of the USSR; A Geographical Atlas for Secondary
School Teachers, etc.
