To the 90th anniversary of CD of Russia: the history of the creation of the civil defense system in the Republic of Tatarstan
The protection of civilians during armed confrontation has been one of the most important tasks throughout the history of mankind. Historians have estimated that over the past five and a half millennia, about 15 thousand wars have thundered on the planet, in which more than three and a half billion people have died. And in its entire history, humanity has lived only 292 years without armed conflicts.
Civil defense occupies a special position in the ethics of armed confrontation. Its purpose is to protect civilians and assist them during military operations, as well as protection from peacetime emergencies.
The formation and development of civil defense has its own history. The need to protect civilians from the dangers of hostilities was realized in Russia during the First World War. The beginning of the formation of the state organization for the protection of the population can be considered February 1918.