Abstract
THE cause of world freedom owes much to the amazing development of mineral resources and heavy industries in the Soviet Union since the inception of the first Five-Year Plan. In the late 'twenties, thanks to the sagacity and foresight of their leaders, the Russians embarked on a vast scheme of industrialization in the Urals and Western Siberia, far distant from the nearest frontiers, in the face of appalling difficulties. Since the old industrial centre of the Ukraine has been overrun, these newly developed regions have indeed become a stronghold of Russia's unconquerable resistance.
Behind the Urals
An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel. By John Scott. Pp. 224. (London : Martin Secker and Warburg, Ltd., 1942.) 7s. 6d. net.
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WILLIAMS, D. Behind the Urals. Nature 151, 516 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151516a0
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