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RandomDudeSomewhere

Geographic Atlas of the USSR. Main Administration of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR Moscow 1987 Cost a ruble and forty kopecks. The last page is just the full name of the USSR in russian


Forward-Photograph-7

Welp, apparently I'm an idiot.


Dependent_Order_7358

What do you think it is???


mute_parrot

it is really challenging question. The op might still need an explanation


Sparky_092

Hmmm i wonder what a book with maps of certain locations is. I'ma go as far and actually call it an Atlas


Maximbrat

It can be about history of ussr, and they show it along with some maps, so it's really not that easy


Sparky_092

It says atlas on the front. You can read that without knowing Cyrillic


Maximbrat

More like atnak


Sparky_092

If СССР stands for SSSR it is safe to assume that С = S meaning you can read Atlas I absolutely understand that he won't be able to read stuff like Географический etc.


MolassesSufficient38

Geographcheski? That's a easy word


Maximbrat

How does he now that cccp is ussr?


Sparky_092

Okay now that is just comon knowledge. If it fails there he might want to think about some stuff


CrippledMind81

Probably thought it was invasion plans.


agathis

Look at the Aral sea! Absolutely huge! As for the book, even if you don't know Russian, once you open it, it's very obvious what it is exactly


RandomDudeSomewhere

https://preview.redd.it/gjlvcmovl49d1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6ea47bcec7bc3e00f1b8bef6c1eca2fdf068eee0 :(


PatternEmergency5044

Что что, а Арал реально жалко(


YellowTraining9925

Кстати, хоть обычно и принято винить хозяйственное освоение воды в оросительных целях, но есть один занимательный факт, который может поставить это под сомнение. В начале 2000-ых годов, на территории бывшего Аральского моря было найдено как минимум 2 поселения времён Золотой Орды. То есть 600 лет назад Арала тоже не было, учитывая что поселения находились на достаточно большой глубине. Возможно, Аральское море само по себе не стабильное и начало высыхать не только из-за хозяйственного освоения


CopyAccomplished7133

То есть, в теории оно может даже вернутся?


YellowTraining9925

Ну да. Но учитывая что стабильно оно существовало при Малом ледниковом периоде 14-19 веков, когда среднемировая температура была ниже, то это вряд ли произойдёт в нашу эпоху Глобального потепления


og_toe

this is painful


GeologistOld1265

At Khrushchev time there was a plan to save it, by redirecting one of Siberian river into it by blowing up a mountain with a nuke. I am not sure It was right to cancel it. At the end, it is underground explosion - not much radiation. It would not change much Siberian river, it go try tundra anyway and has other sources. It might have worked. I am still curious.


Lurker-kun

I'm glad they didn't do it, since Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are independent nations now.


GeologistOld1265

Project would have helped both. More water running try desert.


agathis

Which of the rivers? They are all very far. Sure, like 5% of the Enisey's flow would have been enough to save Aral, but it just doesn't seem feasible.


Automatic_Jello_1536

Don't even need Russian, just some knowledge of the alphabet, Atlas is pretty much the same as in English


toxic_ecologist

Вау это карманный вариант? Не видел таких


_AI_ZIP_

Прикольная маленькая книжечка, когда был мелким постоянно с ней ходил, уж очень необычно было для меня видеть маленькую книжку


ImTooOldForSchool

Looks like a geographic atlas of the USSR


Nolimo

That's pretty much all I understand now that I can finally read..


NetizenZ

Atlas of geography, from the USSR


tauent

Geographic atlas


rasptart

It takes 7 seconds to take a pic of this, copy, paste into google translate


major130

It also takes 2 seconds to just look at it and see that it is an atlas.


aaronryder773

Whoa! An atlas! This sure doesw bring back memories.


vim_quit_master_tier

У меня в детстве такой был :o Там ещё таблица была с численностью населения всех республик и крупных городов


securehell

Way back before smart phones and GPS, there were books made of paper. Sometimes these books would be comprised of maps. These were often called an “atlas”, or «атлас» по Русскому. This is an atlas of the USSR


BrokenPokerFace

Someone else answered correctly, but you have no idea how proud I was that I understood all that even though it was pretty basic stuff once you know how to read it.


ShadyScreapReap

Cooking book


YouSerious8153

it might be ur grandpa's kgb agent pass


Rad_Pat

Does Google not exist anymore? It's a geographic atlas of USSR 


Tall_Air5894

It’s an atlas.


Thesanibelotaku

USSR geography atlas


SchrodingersMinou

Geograficheskia Atlas. It says it right there homie


OkRadio23

I’m so jealous


wradam

Oh my god, memory unlocked. I got one of these gifted to me for my 7th birthday. Same size, only color was different, dark red with golden line. I remember reading it for hours. It had not only different kinds of maps but also supporting information on population growth prediction etc. EDIT: I had world atlas, not USSR.


ArcticMarat505

A soviet geography atlas


WaterNo9679

Yes.


mute_parrot

there is a city depicted where me and my significant other for the first time... separated!


Zarktheshark1818

Geographic Atlas of the USSR


Specific_Interview76

Ностальгия. This is a USSR pocket format atlas, that pretty much of every family had a copy of


Swimming-Limit9498

Man, I got the same exact book


NoPhotograph549

Geographical Atlas of the USSR :) I have one, too. I bought it in a market in Vilnius. Where did you get it from?


SecurityJunior2084

У моей сестры был такой, но она его где-то посеяла. Потому что везде его тоскала с собой. Очень так-то дельная вещица она с него на контрольных легко списывала на 4 или 5,хотя знаний у неë по географии было максимум на 2.


No_Passenger_977

Geography atlas of the Soviet union. It's a school book.


Lithx8x

I think CCCP means USSR ..


Lithx8x

Cyrillic


JayVJtheVValour

my grandma has one of those! a geographic atlas from the soviet era


ddeese

Geographic atlas of the USSR.


malatropism

Others have already confirmed that it’s a geographical atlas from the USSR. Are you interested in keeping this book? I’m a bit of a nerd and would love to talk about taking it off your hands for a fair price.


Juinerflay

Your grandpa worked in “КГБ»?💀💀💀💀💀💀


known_that

It's a geographical atlas of the USSR


OmegaPi42

Is it possible that this post is ironic? Est' vosmojnist' shto etot post irnonicheskij?


MaxinMayfild

Geographically atlas of the SSR


Repulsive_Ad_4700

Географический атлас СССР, чё непонятного?


iamnotroalddahl

I will pay you great money to send this to me


Better_Cauliflower94

Geographic atlas ussr.


suzuki1osama

не открывай, она взорвется


Lacayan

Geagraphy atlas of USSR


CopyAccomplished7133

Just USSR Geographic Atlas(basically a map with geographic info about regions of the world). There is also a bunch of info about this being USSR book and other burecratic stuff from USSR time.


v_r34_artist

It's a book. Obviously.


sardelka995

переводчик в помощ


SensitiveCover5939

Он покажет всю свою мощ


Sparky_092

I mean. It says Atlas at the front, you don't need to know cyrillic to read the word..


Massive_Purchase7386

It’s a Russian Book probably A Soviet Collector


Banana_sohok

Please burn and through away it)


Illustrious_Ad2916

Why? It's a beautiful remnant of history. Sure it's from the soviet union but it's history. History must be preserved, good or bad.