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In the past, http://poehali.org/maps/ offered a free-of-charge download of Soviet military topographic maps of many areas in the world. Those maps are in the public domain. Now, this site redirects to http://mapstor.com , a website offering a low-cost archived download of those maps, but not free-of-charge. http://www.topomapper.com/ allows for interactive looking at Soviet military maps, but only for parts of the world and only up to a scale of 1:100.000, even for areas mapped at 1:50.000.

Where can I download free-of-charge public domain Soviet military maps?

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Enjoy http://maps.vlasenko.net/soviet-military-topographic-map/

Update: There seem to be some torrent cache's of http://poehali.org/maps/ search at your own risk.

Below are some websites with varying degrees of content and geographic coverage.

University of Georgia Libraries: http://www.libs.uga.edu/maproom/collections/soviet.html

MadMappers.com Africa specific: http://www.madmappers.com/mapset.php?MS=182 http://www.madmappers.com/mapset.php?MS=183

One more source that claims to be 80 GB of data compatible with OziExplorer http://www.afanas.ru/mapbase/help Use a translator to read the help if needed. If you browse to the source of the downloads you can browse the directory and grab what you need after entering the credentials listed in the help file.

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Nice! I see this is mostly (but not exclusively) the former Soviet union and satellite states, which is the most relevant because it's where often no alternatives are available. But other answers are still welcome, too. – gerrit Mar 11 '12 at 9:48
I can't vote this high enough. So sweeeeet. – Ragi Yaser Burhum Mar 12 '12 at 6:29
Thanks Ragi! Okay this has been a bit addictive. These maps are just too cool. Since there seems to be a fair amount of interest here's one more source – Greg Barrett Mar 13 '12 at 23:08
... Beware, I have no idea if there are any IP restrictions with these data sets, I can't read Russian, but I did run across a thread regarding some disagreement whether it is okay to use these maps as a source for OSM. Oh, and sorry if my posts don't follow protocol, I'm new around these parts and learning as I go. – Greg Barrett Mar 13 '12 at 23:15
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You can try Russia Topographic Maps. Can find there old soviet maps and new maps as well (2000-2010).

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