Tankograd [electronic resource] : The Formation of a Soviet Company Town: Cheliabinsk, 1900s-1950s /
Samuelson, L.author.
A major production site of Soviet KV and T-34 tanks in WWII, the town of Cheliabinsk in the Urals was nicknamed 'Tankograd', its civilian machine-building factories swiftly converted to arms production. This book gives a social, economic and political panorama that describes everyday life in a typical Soviet company town during the Stalin era.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Cheliabinsk as Mirror of Russia's 20th Century -- From the Civil War to the Five-year Plans -- Industrial City as Socialist Vision and Soviet Reality -- The Tractor Factory's Civilian Production and Military Potential -- Stagnation and Streamlining in the Whirlwinds of Terror, 1936-39 -- Industrial Preparedness in Cheliabinsk, 1939-1940 -- Production Conditions for Heavy Tanks in the Urals -- 1418 Long Weekdays on the Home Front in the Southern Urals -- The New Military-Industrial Complex in Cheliabinsk in the Cold War.
A major production site of Soviet KV and T-34 tanks in WWII, the town of Cheliabinsk in the Urals was nicknamed 'Tankograd', its civilian machine-building factories swiftly converted to arms production. This book gives a social, economic and political panorama that describes everyday life in a typical Soviet company town during the Stalin era.
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