Measures 5" x 7", paperback cover, 191 pp., published by LENIZDAT, Leningrad Publishing House, approved for printing on 24 June 1941, just about six weeks before the blockade. The manual was part of the advanced training for the commanders of Local Air Defense of Leningrad. The manual covers general information, chemical defense, first aid, fire defense, and organization of air defense in a residential building and in an industrial facility. The manual is richly illustrated with drawings, schematic diagrams, and tables.

In very good to excellent condition. The cover shows minor so

Measures 5" x 7", paperback cover, 191 pp., published by LENIZDAT, Leningrad Publishing House, approved for printing on 24 June 1941, just about six weeks before the blockade. The manual was part of the advanced training for the commanders of Local Air Defense of Leningrad. The manual covers general information, chemical defense, first aid, fire defense, and organization of air defense in a residential building and in an industrial facility. The manual is richly illustrated with drawings, schematic diagrams, and tables.

In very good to excellent condition. The cover shows minor soiling and a few stains, the internal pages are mostly clean; the text and graphics are perfectly legible. The spine shows a small separation at the foot, but overall, the binding is tight and strong.

This manual is proof positive that the Soviet government knew about the upcoming war with Germany well before 1941, and was preparing for it. The manual was approved for publication on 24 June 1941, 28 days before German armies crossed the Soviet border. Understanding full well that a manual like this could not possibly be created from scratch in less than a month, and remembering that USSR and Germany were allies as per the Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact, let's read on p. 5 of the preface to the manual. "Despite the peaceful policy of the Soviet Union, the German fascism has drawn its bloodied sword against the Soviet people, against our great socialist Motherland. The war has begun." Stalin did not necessarily see his country on the defending side of that war, but he was definitely preparing for war.
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