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Tankograd (1941–45)

1941–1945 — Chelyabinsk became the chief Soviet tank factory after taking in the evacuated Kirov works from Leningrad and the Kharkiv diesel plant. The city earned the nickname Tankograd. Many of its workers were women and teenagers, and shifts lasted twelve hours or more.

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Turning point
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Stalin in World War II (chapter 10 of Stalin’s Soviet Union)
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The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
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TURNING POINT · THE SOVIET UNION UNDER STALIN, 1924–1953

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