WWII Soviet army manuals

[Asjemenou]

Recently I have bought a number of Soviet army manuals from WWII. All manuals have a price listing. The price listing is printed on the manuals.
One of the manuals is that of the Mosin Nagant rifle and it has a price of 95 Kopek (цена 95 коп).
Does this mean that Soviet soldiers had to buy their manuals?

[Mehti Safarov]

Can we see the manual?

[Asjemenou]

Here are some images of the manual of the Mosin Nagant rifle.



Cover of the manual. Price indication is printed on the back (above the red arrow).





Some pages of the manual.

[Mehti Safarov]

The publishing house would charge People's Comissariat of Defence Industry/Arms for printing these manuals.

In other words, no soldier would pay for the manual since the Comissariat would cover all costs.

[Asjemenou]

Thanks for the explanation.