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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Alsoby
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Cheliabinsk As a Mirror of Russia in the 20th Century
- 2 From the Civil War to the Five-year Plans
- 3 The Industrial City As a Socialist Vision and Soviet Reality
- 4 The Tractor Factory’s Civilian Productionand Military Potential
- 5 Stagnation and Streamlining in theWhirlwinds of Terror, 1936–1939
- 6 Industrial Preparedness in Cheliabinsk, 1939–1940
- 7 Production Conditions for Heavy Tanks in the Urals
- 8 1418 Long Days on the Home Front in the Southern Urals
- 9 The New Military-Industrial Complex inCheliabinsk during the Cold War
- 10 Historical Memory and Research in Today’s Cheliabinsk
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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