Therefore, the military command of the army and authorities began to develop and carry out measures to protect the population from the dangers arising from the conduct of hostilities.
These events were held in large cities of the Russian Empire: Petrograd, Odessa, Sevastopol, Warsaw, Minsk, Riga, Grodno, Bialystok, Brest, Tallinn.
At the state level, civil defense measures were first held during the repulsion of the German attack on Petrograd in February - March 1918.
[2] At this stage, the leadership of the MPVO-GO was entrusted to the executive bodies of the Councils of Deputies of Working People of Territories, Regions, Cities and Districts.
[3] Extinguishing large natural fires in the Moscow Oblast in 1972 required the involvement of significant civil defense forces and means to solve peacetime problems.
On July 30, 1987, following the experiences and lessons taken from the handling of the Chernobyl disaster resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR No.
Coordination of the work of various forces is entrusted to the regional, inter-regional and federal crisis management centers established in the Ministry of Emergencies.