Open-pit mines
Giant open pits lie close to the town. Their stepped benches form concentric rings that are unlike any other feature on a city map.
Minimalist map poster · Kazakhstan
52.9724° N / 63.1106° E
A Soviet-planned mining town on the Kazakh steppe, its tidy grid set beside vast open-pit iron mines

One city, five moods
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The map
Rudnyy in northern Kazakhstan was founded in the 1950s to serve the iron ore deposits of the Sokolov-Sarbai area, and its map shows this purpose clearly. The town is laid out as a regular planned grid of wide streets and apartment blocks. Next to it lie the open-pit mines, huge stepped hollows in the steppe that are larger than many districts of the town.
The Tobol river runs nearby, and the surrounding land is flat, open steppe. The mining and processing complex remains the reason the town exists. Railway lines and industrial sites connect the pits to the processing plants. Across the grid, parks and boulevards reflect Soviet planning ideas about green space in industrial towns.
A Rudnyy map poster shows a rare and striking contrast. On one side is the neat geometry of a planned town. On the other are the concentric terraces of the mines, which look almost like contour drawings. The two forms side by side make a powerful, unusual image in black and white.
Giant open pits lie close to the town. Their stepped benches form concentric rings that are unlike any other feature on a city map.
The town is built on a regular grid of broad avenues and residential blocks. From above it looks deliberate and orderly, typical of mid-century Soviet planning.
The flat steppe surrounds the town, and the Tobol river winds through it nearby. Its curves soften the hard geometry of the town and the mines.
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Why Rudnyy
For those who grew up in Rudnyy or worked the mines, this map is a portrait of a whole working life. Anyone else will see a graphic tension between grid and quarry that is rare on a city poster.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, in Latin or Cyrillic, and choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Download the HD files for $9, or order a printed poster shipped from partners in over 30 countries.
Order the Rudnyy 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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