Anmeldelser: Atlas Republiky Československé

Summary

The Atlas of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, published in Prague in 1966 by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and the Central Administration of Geodesy and Cartography, comprises 58 map sheets (50×86 cm) at scales from 1:1 million to 1:6 million, with high technical quality. Text is in Czech with English and Russian summaries, though full commentary is Czech-only. This review highlights the sections on population and economic development from 1921–1961 (maps 25–40), which vividly document the demographic upheaval following the expulsion of the German population (~2.5 million) from border regions, the subsequent regeneration processes, and the stark contrast between rapid urbanization in Bohemia and evenly distributed population growth in rural Slovakia. The atlas serves as an exceptional resource for analyzing the geographical impacts of fundamental historical processes, including post-war reconstruction, industrialization, and land-use transformation.