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Selling is a 1943 magazine article about: Magnitogorsk RUSSIA Title: "Magnetic City," Core of Valiant Russia's Industrial Might Author: John Scott Quoting the 1st page “For nearly 2 years the Russian armies have been beating off attack after attack, striking blow for blow. There are many reasons for Russia's unexpected strength. 1 of the most important is the modern industrial base built up during the past 15 yrs in the Urals and Siberia. The now gigantic factories of that area are today furnishing the Red Armies with the spare parts, new tanks, and munitions they need for fighting. Until 1930 almost all of Russia's heavy industry was concentrated in the Ukraine and in western Russia. These territories were taken by the Germans in the 1st months of the war and held for more than a year. Had it not been for the new base in the east, the Russians probably would have been defeated 6 months ago, for no modern army can function unless it is backed by powerful industry. In 1931 Stalin made a remarkable speech in Moscow. He said, in effect: "We (the Soviet Union) are 50 to 100yrs behind the more advanced countries, industrially and militarily. We must overtake and surpass them in ten years or we shall be invaded and destroyed". Stalin achieved his program. For a decade the entire surplus of Soviet economy was invested in capital construction. Riding roughshod over all who disagreed with him, Stalin forced the immense country to strain every nerve and muscle to build mills and factories. Many of them were built in Siberia and the Urals, for Germany had invaded the Ukraine once, and might do it again. The Leningrad district was a stone's throw from the frontier. But it was doubtful that anyone could thrust through Russia some 2,000 mis to invade Siberia. During the 1930's the Ural-Siberian industrial base came into being. I spent 5yrs (1932-1937) in Magnitogorsk, 1 of the largest developments in the Soviet Union. I saw a city spring from nothing, just as the railroad construction town of our Middle West, three-quarters of a century ago, sprang up on American soil. I saw primitive backward people in Magnitogorsk advance from the 10th to the 20th century in their personal lives and habits within 5yrs. It was an incredible saga, and it has become more unbelievable during recent months when Magnitogorsk has poured iron and steel at the rate of more than 3 million tons a year into tanks and guns for the Red armies. Once in the misty past hordes of Mongols left their homes in teeming eastern Asia and surged over the Urals into Russia. Later other invaders rode their war horses back and forth to extend the sovereignty of the Mongols from the Danube to the Pacific. At some time during those restless centuries a little village grew up on the Ural River just a few miles below its source. The inhabitants were Bashkirs and Kirghizi. They engaged mostly in cattle raising. The village was situated on the extreme western edge of Asia, in the middle of the steppe, east of the watershed of the Ural…" 7” x 10”, 32 pages, 27 B&W images plus mapThese are pages from an actual 1943 magazine. No reprints or copies. 43E1 Please note the flat-rate shipping for my magazine articles. Please see my other auctions and store items for more old articles, advertising pages and non-fiction books. Click Here To Visit My eBay Store: busybeas books and adsThousands of advertisement pages and old articlesAnything I find that looks interesting! Please see my other auctions for more goodies, books and magazines. I’ll combine wins to save on postage. Thanks For Looking! Luke 12: 15 Note to CANADIAN purchasers: Since 2007 I've only been charging 5% GST on purchases. Thanks to a recent CRA audit I must change to the full GST/HST charge. Different provinces have different rates, though most are just 5%. My GST/HST number is 84416 2784 RT0001 Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
