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The World Map 1:2,500,000 (Russian: Карта Мира 1:2,500,000) is an internationally standardized and edited map series. The Russian term Карта Мира or in transcription Karta Mira is now commonly used to describe this series, even outside the Soviet Union or Russia .
A noted exception is the quadrangle series of the United States in 1:24,000 scale. A high-profile has been gained worldwide by map series published as a collaborative effort by several countries, especially the International Map of the World (1:1,000,000) (IMW) and the World Map / Karta Mira (1:2.500,000). The IMW was developed from 1913.
This is followed by a number of general regional maps (1:1,500,000 to 1:750,000) and supplemented for important areas by large scale maps (1:250,000 to 1:750,000). 18 different colours are used from deep blue for the ocean deeps to dark brown and white for the highest mountains and glaciers.
The Karta Mira or World Map was an atlas that was begun by Radó in July 1964. [120] The Soviet Union had used the 1-2,500,000 scale for their cartography since the 1930s and were familiar with its use. [ 121 ]
The Serbian Wikipedia (Serbian: Википедија на српском језику, Vikipedija na srpskom jeziku) is the Serbian-language version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Created on 16 February 2003, it reached its 100,000th article on 20 November 2009 before getting to another milestone with the 200,000th article on 6 July ...
On 1 October 2007, President Putin announced at the United Russia party congress that he would accept the party's invitation to head the list of candidates, although he refused to join the party. In his speech, Vladimir Putin said that a previous speaker's suggestion that he become prime minister after the end of his second presidential term ...
The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (US: / ʊ z ˈ b ɛ k ɪ s t æ n,-s t ɑː n / ⓘ, UK: / ʊ z ˌ b ɛ k ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n, ʌ z-,-ˈ s t æ n /), also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, the Uzbek SSR, UzSSR, or simply Uzbekistan and rarely Uzbekia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union.
A drawing showing the economic life of Praia de Mira Azulejo showing a maiden collecting water from the fountain of São Bento Beach of Mira. In 1442, the regent Peter, Duke of Coimbra, conceded administrative autonomy to the town of Mira. [3] Concession of its first Foral (charter) occurred almost a century later, during the reign of King D ...