About Soviet Classified Map
The Soviet General Staff (Genshtab) mapped the entire planet between 1950 and 1990 to a single rigorous standard: khaki-gray sheets, forest-green forest polygons, brown contour lines and a kilometer grid annotated in Cyrillic. Every sheet carried the red СЕКРЕТНО stamp.
This system borrows that disciplined, slightly austere cartography. It is built for density and legibility — flat tinted fills, fine line-work, condensed labels and a precise grid that never decorates, only locates.
- Origin
- Moscow, USSR — Soviet Military Topographic Directorate
- Era
- 1950–1990 (Cold War Genshtab mapping)
- Key figures
- Военно-топографическое управление ГШ · ГУГК
- Movements
- military cartography · Cold War intelligence design · standardized survey
Soviet Classified Map design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
PT SansHeadings
Noto SansBody
Noto SerifMono
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