Editor: Lieven Soete, 
Update: 07-03-2004

The Industrialisation of Russia
with the Five-Yearsplans
1928 > 1941
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The story of Viktor Kalmikov, who came from a small village to work on the construction of Magnitogorsk
1929 > 1931
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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
Viktor Kalmikov Arriving by Train at Magnitogorsk, 1929

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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
Viktor Kalmikov on the Train to Magnitogorsk, 1929

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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
Viktor Kalmikov has arrived, Magnitogorsk, 1929
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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
Viktor Kalmikov,  Magnitogorsk, 1930
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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
Viktor Kalmikov in the tent,  Magnitogorsk , c. 1929
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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
Viktor Kalmikov at Night School, Magnitogorsk, c. 1931
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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
Victor Kalmikov as Shock-Worker. Magnitogorsk, 1930
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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
Magnitogorskii Zavod, 1929
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Max Alpert (Russian 1899-1980)
View of Dnepro-GES Dam, The Ukraine, 1936
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Dmitri Debabov | Magnitogorsk, 1932
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Dmitri Debabov | Turksib, 1931
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Emanuil Evzerikhin | The Red Proletarian, c.1930's
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Simon Fridland | Worker at a machine, 1930's.
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Simon Fridland | Komsomol. Saturday Volunteers, 1926
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Simon Fridland | Construction, 1930's.
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Mark Markov-Grinberg | Zakharchenko. From the Plow to the Stars, 1930's
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Y. Khaldei | Production worker, 1934
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Georgi Lipskerov | The First Automobile in Pamir, 1932
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Anonymous | On the Construction of the Metallurgic Factory of Magnitogorsk, 1930.
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Ivan Shagin | Construction of the Underground Tunnels on the eve of the 20th Anniversary of the Soviets, 1937.
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Arkadi Shaikhet | To the Construction of the Capital, 1927
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Arkadii Shaikhet | Komsomol Youth at the Wheel, 1936
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Anatoli Skurikhin | Worker at Kuzbass, 1933
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Anatoli Skurikhin | Blast furnace Kuznetskaia is working! 1932
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Anatolii Skurikhin | Donbass, Ural Mountains, early 1930s
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Anatolii Skurikhin | Donbass, Ural Mountains, early 1930s
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Alexandr Ustinov | Soldiers helping with construction of the Moscow subway, c.1936
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Alexandr Ustinov | Construction and crane, 1930's
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Boris Vdovienko | Steel Factory, 1930's
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Georgi Zelma (Uzbeki 1906-1984)
Uzbekistan. National Construction of Farakhad's Hydro-Electric Station on the Sir-Dar'ya River, 1943.
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Georgi Zelma (Uzbeki 1906-1984)
At the Metal Factory, 1930's
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Georgii Zelma (Uzbeki 1906-1984)
Joseph Stalin at Dneprostroy, 1930
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Georgi Zelma (Uzbeki 1906-1984)
The Moscow - Volga Canal, 1937.
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Georgi Zelma (Uzbeki 1906-1984)
Airplane Refueling at the Hydroport of Yakutsk City, 1931.
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Georgi Zelma (Uzbeki 1906-1984)
Two workers and a crane, 1930's
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Alpert, Max (Russian 1899-1980)
Construction of Magnitogarsk Steelworks, 1930
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Zelma, Georgii (Uzbeki 1906-1984)
Building a Bridge over the Dnepr River, June, 1944