Great Soviet World Atlas, Volume I

Summary

Kathleen Barnes reviews the English-language supplement to Volume I of the Great Soviet World Atlas, published by Syracuse University in 1940. Prepared under George B. Cressey’s direction, it translates the titles, descriptive text, and legends of 168 plates, but leaves map place names untranslated. Barnes judges the supplement useful for readers without Russian and considers its omissions acceptable, while noting minor inaccuracies and suggesting that more generous spacing would improve clarity.