Print Codes

The maps have a print code in bottom right hand corner.
This comprises :
Series code, job number/sheet, month and year of printing, factory code

For example :
И 35/2 VI-84 Л indicates City plan, job 35 sheet2, printed June 1984 at Leningrad

Series codes are :
• А
1:10,000 topo
• Б
1:25,000 topo
• В
1:50,000 topo
• Г
1:100,000 topo
• Д
1:200,000 topo
• Е
1:500,000 topo
• Ж
1:1,000,000 topo
• З
1:2,000,000 and 1:4,000,000 aeronavigation map
• И
1:10,000 and 1:25,000 city plan

Factory codes are :
• Б
[not known]
• В
Vilnius
• Д
Dunayev (Moscow)
• Е
[not known]
• И
Irkutsk
• К
Kiev
• Л
Leningrad (now St Petersburg)
• Ср
Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg)
• Срт
Saratov
• Т
Tashkent
• Тб
Tblisi
• Хб
Khabarovsk


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