An item referred to the magazine Revista Marittime dated November 1938 reporting that the Russian defence budget over 1938 was 27 milliard rubles and over the last five years increased form 1 milliard in 1933, 5 in 1934, 6,5 in 1935m 14 in 1937 and 20 in 1937, although the last year just 17,5 was spent.
