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According to the Soviet Army TOE No. 2/307, the headquarters of the military district included an office with its own printing house and an engraving workshop. It printed forms for secret documents, dislocation lists and registers of troops for real and cover names. In addition, dozens of different publications with descriptions of theaters of military operations and opposing enemy troops were printed here. Foreign publications were also translated. Usually they received classification "For official use only", since the subject matter of this official literature revealed the operational purpose of the front troops, created on the basis of this military district in wartime.

Here are some covers and contents of those publications from the author’s collection:

1.Western direction

Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

Northern Group of Forces

Belarusian Military District

Carpathian Military District

National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic

NATO Engireer troops on the Central European theater of operations

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2.South-Western direction

Kiev Military District

Odessa Military District

Black Sea Fleet

Southern Group of Forces

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3.Other theaters of operations

The strategic manual "Fundamentals of preparation and conduct of operations of the Armed Forces of the USSR" defined the requirements for conducting a front-line offensive operation not only in Europe, but also in the South Asian and East Asian theaters of military operations:
The depth of the offensive operation - 600-800 km,
The width - up to 1000 km,
The average advance rate - 40-60 km per day,
The duration of the operation - 15-20 days.
Therefore, the headquarters of the military districts in the Far East, Transbaikalia, Central Asia and the Caucasus paid serious attention to the study of their southern and eastern neighbors. Here are some examples of such departmental publications.

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4.Publications of the GRU of the General Staff

Baltic Fleet

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6. Operational-tactical instructions

Here is the special literature of the Soviet Army from the private collection of the author. These instructions and books used to be classified as "Secret" and "Top Secret". Therefore, many who know about their existence have never actually seen them. Here you can see what this special literature looked like. To some books we have also posted their tables of contents.

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