Georgian Alpine Club. Mountain Climbing Technique (Alpinizmis tekhnika), 1941. In Georgian

ალპინიზმის ტექნიკა.
ნაკვ. 1
საქ. ალპური კლუბი, საქ. სახკომსაბჭოსთან არსებ. ფიზკულტურისა და სპორტის საქმეთა კომიტეტი.
თბილისი, 1941.
55 გვ.: ილ., 20 სმ., 2000 ც.
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Alpinizmis tekhnika. [Mountain Climbing Technique].
Vol. 1 (and only).
Georgian Alpine Club (Sak. alpuri klubi), Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Affairs under the Council of People's Commissars of the Georgian SSR.
Tbilisi, 1941.
55 p.: ill., 20 cm.
Print run: 2,000 copies.

This rare 1941 Georgian-language manual, "Mountain Climbing Technique," is a significant artifact of pre-war and early wartime Soviet Georgian mountaineering culture. Published in Tbilisi on the eve of the Great Patriotic War (WWII), it was issued under the auspices of the Georgian Alpine Club and the state Committee on Physical Culture and Sports. The 55-page illustrated volume serves as a fundamental technical guide, covering essential skills and knowledge for climbers. Its publication in 1941, during a period of intense militarization and focus on physical preparedness, underscores the strategic importance of alpinism for training resilient and capable citizens. As a product of its specific historical moment, this practical handbook represents the institutionalization and popularization of mountaineering in the Georgian SSR. With a modest print run of 2,000 copies, surviving examples are scarce, making this a valuable collectible for historians of sport, Georgian social history, and specialists in the material culture of the pre-war Soviet Union.