Secret Soviet mapping project revealed at British Library exhibition
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DURING the depths of the Cold War, a secret Soviet project was painstakingly carried out.
Military personnel produced intricate maps of major cities around the world — including in Australia — with buildings colour-coded according to category.
The Australian maps were produced in the 1980s, and include multiple pages of detailed topography for Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth.
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Industrial, military and administrative structures were duly recorded with information on the height of trees, volume of reservoirs and depth and flow of rivers.
