Tankograd: The Formation of a Soviet Company Town: Cheliabinsk, 1900s-1950s

By Lennart Samuelson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349302643
• ISBN13: 9781349302642
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"