The Formation of a Soviet Company Town: Cheliabinsk, 1900s-1950s
by
L. Samuelson
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
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.