The commies were ready to take over Central Park. A trove of secret, highly-detailed Soviet maps from the early 1980s shows street level views of New York, Washington, D.C., and other major cities — ...

What did Washington D.C. look like to the Soviets? A set of detailed maps from the Cold War era, replete with Cyrillic writing on familiar landmarks, gives one perspective. Elliot Carter, who runs the ...

THE Soviets were so convinced they would take over that they launched a covert project to ensure their future rule. Military personnel produced intricate maps of major cities around the world — ...

Who knows what dictators are up to behind closed doors (and iron curtains). For example, the Soviet Union mapped the world’s roads, typography, and, in some cases, the depth of rivers and density of ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet military mapped the entire world. This secret program was one of the most ambitious mapping efforts ever undertaken, and it produced thousands—perhaps even millions—of ...

This 1976 map of Seattle is not the kind you would have bought at a gas station. No, this is a secret map put together by the Military Topographic Directorate of the General Staff of the Soviet Army.