1973年开始出版的苏联十二卷本《1939—1945年第二次世界大战史》,不久前已全部出齐。发行量达33万册,现正翻译成保、匈、德、波、捷等文字并在这些国家陆续出版,通过《国际书店》在世界上39个国家广泛发行。此书最后一卷(第十二卷)由苏共中央政治局委员、国防部长乌斯季诺夫主编, The 12 volumes of the Soviet Union, the history of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945, which began to be published in 1973, all came together shortly. With a circulation of 330,000 copies, it is now being translated into Chinese, Hungarian, German, Polish and Czech languages ​​and published in these countries one after another. It is widely distributed in 39 countries in the world through the “International Bookstore”. The last volume of the book (Volume XII) was edited by Ustinov, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee, and secretary of defense.