Ural River
The dammed river runs through the centre as a wide reservoir. It separates the steelworks from the main residential districts and marks a line between two continents.
Minimalist map poster · Russia
53.3981° N / 59.0066° E
A steel city split by the Ural River, its vast works on one bank and planned housing districts on the other.

One city, five moods
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The map
Magnitogorsk was founded in 1929 as one of the flagship projects of the first Soviet five-year plan, built beside Magnitnaya mountain and its iron ore. The Ural River, dammed here into a long reservoir, runs north to south through the city. The river is traditionally taken as a boundary between Europe and Asia, so the city spans both continents.
The Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works covers an enormous area on the left bank. Its rail spurs, workshops and slag fields form one of the largest industrial footprints in Russia. Across the water, the right bank holds most of the residential districts, laid out in large rectangular blocks and long straight avenues typical of Soviet town planning.
A Magnitogorsk map poster shows a city of pure scale. The river and reservoir cut a clean band down the frame, with dams and bridges crossing at intervals, and the grid of residential blocks faces the industrial complex directly. Few cities make their purpose so plain from above, and that is what gives this map its force.
The dammed river runs through the centre as a wide reservoir. It separates the steelworks from the main residential districts and marks a line between two continents.
An industrial complex of remarkable size stretches along the left bank. It is drawn as a dense field of rail lines, sheds and service roads that fills much of the map.
Large, regular blocks of Soviet-era housing sit along wide avenues. Their consistent orientation gives the residential side a calm, geometric rhythm.
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Why Magnitogorsk
Many families in Magnitogorsk have been tied to the steelworks for generations, and a map of the city speaks to that history directly. For those who have moved away, it is a clear reminder of where their story began.
Add your own title and subtitle, a date or a dedication, and choose between Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand. Noir suits the industrial scale of the left bank well. The digital files cover six print sizes, each as a PNG and a PDF.
Order the Magnitogorsk poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
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