Publisher: Voenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General'nogo shtaba (Soviet Union) (VTU GSh)
Published: 1970 - 1989

As a world superpower, the Soviet military initiated an unprecedented worldwide mapping effort to cover the entire globe. The 1:100,000 scale topographic map series is a significant achievement of the Soviet mapping program. EVC is the premiere source for the Soviet 1:100k 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 the former Soviet Union, most of Europe, most of the Middle East, northern and northeastern Africa, and the majority of Asia.


• Global Soviet Military Topographic Maps

• 1:100,000 scale, extensive 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: 20m (sometimes 40m)

• Extents: 20’ Latitude x 30’ Longitude (typically)

• Language: Russian

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

• Base Price: $79-$129 depending on format