On the Eve of
the Great Patriotic War
September 1, 1939 – June 22, 1941
Kerch
[July 1940]
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Coll. 16а, ser. 2951, fold. 239, ff. 1–37.
Original
18 September 1940
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Coll. 16а, ser. 2951, fold. 239, f. 27.
Attachment to report from Soviet People’s Commissar of Defence S. Timoshenko and Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army K. Meretskov to the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party about the basic principles of the strategic deployment of the Soviet Armed Forces in the West and East in 1940 and 1941.
Press proof
29 April 1941
State Archives of the Russian Federation
coll. R‑7445, ser. 2, fold. 145, ff. 118–126.
Copy. In German