Photographer Christopher Herwig presents a curated collection of the most interesting & obscure Soviet bus stops. Travelling over 30, 000km, Herwig discovered & documented these architectural treasures from around Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Abkhazia, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia & Belarus. ...

A follow-up to the hugely successful Soviet Bus Stops, with new photographs of bus stops in Russia, Crimea, Georgia & Ukraine. Christopher Herwig has an insatiable appetite for ‘ Soviet Bus Stops’. After the popular & critical success of his first book, Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more. In this second volume, as well as discovering new stops in the remotest areas of Georgia & Ukraine, Herwig turns his camera to Russia itself. Following exhaustive research, he drove 15, 000 km from coast to coast across the largest country in the world, in pursuit of new examples of this singular architectural form. A foreword by renowned architecture & culture critic Owen Hatherley reveals new information on the origins of the Soviet bus stop. Examining the government policy that allowed these ‘small architectural forms’ to flourish, he explains how they reflected Soviet values, & how ultimately they remained – despite their incredible individuality – far-flung outposts of Soviet ideology. The diversity of architectural approaches is staggering: juxtaposed alongside a slew of audacious modern & brutal designs, there are bus stops shaped as trains, birds, light bulbs, rockets, castles, even a bus stop incorporating a statue of St George slaying the dragon. Essential companion to the first volume, this book provides a valuable document of these important & previously overlooked constructions. ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet military embarked on a massive project to create maps of much of the world. As part of this exercise, many towns & cities in the British Isles were mapped in astonishing detail & to great accuracy, providing the Soviet Union with strategic intelligence on key British & Irish locations. These were not simply copies of existing local maps but included much original research. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, news of these previously secret maps started to emerge in the former Soviet Republics
- now newly independent countries
- where they had been stored ready for use. An archive of the maps was subsequently acquired by the Bodleian Library. Little is yet known about why the maps were made or how the information was gathered. In this fascinating volume, John Davies & Alex Kent look at the street plans of over thirty British & Irish towns. The authors examine some of their anomalies & inaccuracies as well as highlighting the surprising wealth of information they contain, including road-widths, bridge-heights, river-depths, street names & every strategic installation of possible significance. Their expert commentary offers suggestions about the sources of the data & what the maps may reveal about the methods used to compile the information during a period of deep mutual suspicion between the Soviet Union & the West.

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This book is dedicated to the Soviet Space Dogs, who played a crucial part in the Soviet Space programme. These homeless dogs, plucked from the streets of Moscow, were selected because they fitted the programmes criteria: weighing no more than 7kg, measuring no more than 35cm in length, robust, photogenic & with a calm temperament. These characteristics enabled the dogs to withstand the extensive training that was needed to prepare them for suborbital, then for orbital space fights. On 3 November 1957, the dog Laika was the first Earth-born creature to enter space, making her instantly famous around the world. She did not return. Her death, a few hours after launching, transformed her into a legendary symbol of sacrifice. Two further strays, Belka & Strelka, were the first beings to make it back from space, & were swiftly immortalized in childrens books & cartoons. Images of the Space Dogs proliferated, reproduced on everyday goods across the Soviet Union: cigarette packets, tins of sweets, badges, stamps & postcards all bore their likeness. This book uses these unique items to illustrate the story (in fact & fiction) of how they became fairy-tale idols. Monuments now commemorate their pioneering role in conquering the final frontier: their heroism will never be forgotten. ...

Sowerby Bridge in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Two versions have been published for this area, extending from Warley Town eastward to King Cross & Queen`s Road, & from Gibbet Street southward to Sowerby Bridge. Features include Rochdale Canal & Calder & Hebble Navigation with Basin; Canal Mills, Wharf Street with Christ Church, Scar Bottom, Octagon Tower, Washer Lane Dye Works, Pye Nest, Thorn Tree area, King Cross, St Paul`s station, Gibraltar area, Dunkirk Mills, Cote Hill, St John`s church, Warley Town, Willow Hall Mills, Albert Woollen Mills, Bairstow, Warley House, Cliff Hill, tramways on the 1905 version, etc. The 1892 version

Includes:: 1889 directory extracts for Sowerby Bridge & Warley & is in colour, taken from the beautiful 1st Edition OS h&-coloured map. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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Ardennes Recreational Maps at a scale of 1:25, 000 enable you to discover the Ardennes from junction to junction, each associated with a locality, through a network of hiking, cycling or riding paths. The network of mini walks consists of suggested routes with kilometre distance marked showing field boundaries & urbanised built up areas. Contour markings are at five metre intervals. The map legend is in English, French, Dutch & German. You can scan QR codes on the map for details about the respective locality or upload GPX files of the proposed routes via the provided website. ...