Month: October 2013

Starting in the 1930’s and continuing throughout the 1950’s in Russia, Joseph Stalin ruled with complete authority and controlled nearly every aspect on Russian life. His policies of collectivization and industrialization, along with the horrific measures he used to develop Continue reading Scientific Collectivization→

Plagued by famine, revolution, war, and backwardness, Russia had fallen behind the leading powers of the world in almost every aspect of development. Stalin, well aware of this constant game of catch-up, understood that they were slipping further behind with Continue reading Shock Workers: The Heroes of Industrialization→