On the Eve of
the Great Patriotic War
September 1, 1939 – June 22, 1941
Murmansk
12 March 1940
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 3а, ser. 1, box 44, fold. 277.
Original
18 June 1940
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 325, fold. 2235, ff. 1–3.
Certified copy
4 July 1940
Russian State Archive of Contemporary History
Coll. 3, ser. 50, fold. 262, ff. 75–85.
Original
[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. 26.
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
12–13 November 1940
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 297, ff. 12–18, 19–29, 66–90, 91–105.
Original and copies
13 November 1940
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 216, ff. 42–49.
Certified copy
31 January 1941
Russian State Military Archive
coll. 1280k, ser. 2, fold. 26, ff. 14–22.
Copy. In German
29 April 1941
State Archives of the Russian Federation
coll. R‑7445, ser. 2, fold. 145, ff. 118–126.
Copy. In German
[15 May 1941]
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Coll. 16, ser. 2951, fold. 237, ff. 1–15.
Draft