Publisher: Voenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General'nogo shtaba (Soviet Union) (VTU GSh)
Published: 1963 - 1987

As a world superpower, the Soviet military initiated an unprecedented worldwide mapping effort to cover the entire globe. The 1:200,000 scale topographic map series is a significant achievement of the Soviet mapping program. EVC is the premiere source for the Soviet 1:200k map series, holding the world’s largest commercially-available collection of these maps.

No other series covers more of the earth in more detail. Coverage includes Europe, Asia (except portions of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea), Africa (except the equatorial region), most of North America, and a portion of South America.


• Soviet Military Topographic Maps

• 1:200,000 scale, near-global coverage

• Commercial holdings are without equal

• Entire collection available for purchase here in e-commerce

• Rapid order fulfillment

• Paper or POD (plotted copy) options

• Raster and georeferenced raster options

• Georeferenced raster files delivered in the projection and datum of your choice

• Raster formats: Tiff, Jpg, Jpeg2000, GeoTiff, Tiff+Tfw, Ecw, others

• Projection: Gauss-Kreuger

• Datum: Pulkovo 1942

• Contours: 40m (sometimes 80m)

• Extents: 40’ Latitude x 1deg Longitude (typically)

• Language: Russian

• Licensing: Single-organization. For other licensing please contact us.

• Base Price: $9-$79 depending on format