John Davies is editor of Sheetlines, the journal of the Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps. He lives in London. Alexander J. Kent is a reader in cartography and geographical information science at Canterbury Christ Church University and president of the British Cartographic Society.
Utterly fascinating. A must-read for anyone interested in the former Soviet Union or in maps and mapping in general. --Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian