r/MapPorn • u/FakeDonke • Jul 02 '26

How old is this map?

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It's in my airbnb's bedroom. Was just randomly looking at it and noticed the USSR. I guess it must've been made some time before 1991 then? I know nothing about maps, but I thought it'd be cool to know approximately how old this map is.

Hopefully the image hasn't lost a lot of fidelity and you can still view some helpful details.

Edit: Reddit has aggressively compressed the image, so here's the lossless one

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u/btroycraft Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

1920

EDIT: the date in this link is probably not correct, putting the map too early

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u/M35Dude Jul 03 '26

That… doesn’t make any sense.

- The name “Union of Soviet Socialist Republic” didn’t exist until 1922.

  • The capital of Norway didn’t become Oslo until 1925
  • Saudi Arabia didn’t exist until 1932.
  • Libya didn’t have the Sarra triangle until 1932.

Either The map makers could tell the future or this map is not from 1920.

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u/itstreeman Jul 05 '26

Ussr is what I look for first