Abstract: | This article examines the objectives, structure, content, and scientific significance of three new major world atlases being prepared for publication by the Institute of Geography of the USSR Academy of Sciences in cooperation with other organizations. Translated from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, seriya geograficheskaya, 1988, No. 3, pp. 22-30 by Jay K. Mitchell, PlanEcon, Inc., Washington, DC 20005. |