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Beginning in the early 1950s, the so-called 'Cold War' began, and Russian maps produced by the Soviet Union from about that time until the early 1990s had many intentional errors placed in them. The primary intent of these errors was to throw off and confuse military targeting and planning had the 'cold war' become a real war, | Beginning in the early 1950s, the so-called 'Cold War' began, and Russian maps produced by the Soviet Union from about that time until the early 1990s had many intentional errors placed in them. The primary intent of these errors was to throw off and confuse military targeting and planning had the 'cold war' become a real war, | ||
The usual problem with these maps was the localities were shifted five or more miles from where they actually were. So if a locality was five miles from another locality, it is entirely possible that it would actually appear where a different locality actually was. But the shift did not happen in the same direction for all localities, one might be shifted to | The usual problem with these maps was the localities were shifted five or more miles from where they actually were. So if a locality was five miles from another locality, it is entirely possible that it would actually appear where a different locality actually was. But the shift did not happen in the same direction for all localities, one might be shifted to the east, the other the south, and maybe another one to the west. And it was not always five miles either, it might be a greater or lesser distance. | ||
For this reason, maps from this era may need to be compared with either pre-1950 maps or post 1990s maps and satellite images to confirm the location of places during that time period. This is also true for any of the nations that were satellites of the Soviet Union during the same time period. | For this reason, maps from this era may need to be compared with either pre-1950 maps or post 1990s maps and satellite images to confirm the location of places during that time period. This is also true for any of the nations that were satellites of the Soviet Union during the same time period. | ||
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