Russian Maps of Dublin

CiaranIRL · 13-02-2012 12:49am #1

Has anyone ever seen a street map of Dublin drawn up by the Russians during the Cold War?? They are very detailed and some of the best I've ever seen... I just cannot remember the name of the website.... Cheers

tony 2 tone · 13-02-2012 3:36pm

kgb.com?

tony 2 tone · 13-02-2012 4:03pm

http://www.mapstor.com/map/500k--n29-4.html
Nearest I could find, but it's a pay site.
Journal article here from retired Irish Defence Forces Colonel Desmond Travers.
http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/publications/areastudies/sovmilmap.cfm

YoureATowel · 13-02-2012 9:24pm

Dublin City Centre

Some other available examples

Polar101 · 14-02-2012 8:30am

Interesting. I like the Russian street names, for example Pearse St. seems to be Pirs-Strit.

pinkypinky · 14-02-2012 11:18am

Polar101 wrote: »

Interesting. I like the Russian street names, for example Pearse St. seems to be Pirs-Strit.

That's because of the way English is transliterated into Russian. When I lived there, I always found it hilarious to hear the names of famous US actors pronounced in a Russian accent.

BeerNut · 14-02-2012 12:52pm

My visa for Russia had my first name (John) transliterated into cyrillic, and then back into roman letters again as "DJON".

Quentinkrisp · 16-02-2012 4:31pm

COMMIE BASTARDS!!:mad::mad:

CiaranIRL · 18-02-2012 10:19pm

Many thanks for the help... Cheers

Russian Maps of Dublin

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