MVD USSR. Forensic Research Institute (NIIK). Collection of Examples of Characteristic Examinations No. 1 (Sbornik primerov kharakternykh ekspertiz), 1955. In Russian

МВД СССР. Главное управление милиции. Научно-исследовательский институт криминалистики. Сборник примеров характерных экспертиз из практики научно-технических аппаратов органов милиции №1.
Москва: [Типография МВД], 1955.
32 с., ил. Издательская картонная обложка, обычный формат. Состояние: Удовлетворительное. Секретно. 
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MVD USSR. Main Directorate of Militia. Forensic Research Institute. Collection of Examples of Characteristic Examinations from the Practice of Scientific and Technical Apparatus of Militia Agencies №1.
Moscow: [MVD Printing House], 1955.
32 pp., illustrated. Publisher’s cardboard cover, standard format. Condition: Fair. Classified (Secret). 

This 1955 classified manual is an exceptional artifact from the hidden history of Soviet law enforcement. Published by the Forensic Research Institute (NIIK) during the post-Stalin transition period, it served as a restricted instructional tool for experts in Scientific and Technical Departments (NTO). Prepared under the authority of MVD Order №0202-1953, this first issue was designed to standardize and elevate forensic methodologies across the USSR.
The collection provides detailed case studies of forensic examinations, ranging from ballistics and dactyloscopy to document analysis and chemical traces. It is particularly notable for documenting the evolving "cat-and-mouse" game between authorities and the criminal underworld, describing sophisticated new methods used by offenders to conceal physical evidence.
Richly illustrated with photographs of evidence and experimental results, this document was never intended for public eyes. It offers a rare, unvarnished look at the technical capabilities and investigative priorities of the Soviet militia in the mid-1950s. For historians of the MVD, criminologists, and collectors of "closed" Soviet literature, this surviving copy is a premier primary source on the professionalization of Soviet forensics.