First and second edition
The Red Book first appeared in the USSR, in 1978. The 14th General Assembly of the Union for the Protection of Animals was held on the territory of the state in the city of Ashgabat. It is to this event that the creation of the first book in the history of the state is attributed. It consisted of only two parts, the first of which described rare species of animals, the second - plants.
In 1984, the book was edited and republished. A large number of rare animals have been added to it. For the first time, large-sized specimens were presented there, and a classification of rare fish species appeared. The Red Book has expanded its volume so much that a second volume had to be created to accommodate all the subspecies by class.
