Translation: Our industry is still lagging behind the industries of capitalist countries. There are more factories, more machines, and more electricity. "We must catch up and overtake the capitalists," wrote Lenin. During the Five-Year Plan, the USSR's industry will grow five times. Production will reach 55 billion rubles. The Urals, Siberia, Ukraine, Leningrad, and Moscow regions are the places where new factories are being built. Many machines and metals will be produced for the country. Do you see these factories on the map? They will be connected to power stations by power lines. Electricity will run to the machines, spinning gears, and factories will appear across the country. The more there are, the stronger we will be. The Five-Year Plan will make the USSR strong! List of Factories and Plants: markdown Copy code 1. Leninakan Textile Plant 2. Tkvarchal Coal Mines 3. Stalingrad Tractor Plant 4. Rostov Agricultural Machinery 5. Rutchenkivsky Fertilizer Plant 6. Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Plant 7. Central Chemical Plant 8. Gomel Agricultural Machinery 9. Melange Plant 10. Slavyansk Paper Mill 11. Ust-Sysolsk Paper Factory 12. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant 13. Magnitogorsk Plant 14. Oil Refineries 15. Nizhny Novgorod Automobile Plant 16. Sulfate Industry 17. Ashgabat Textile Factory 18. Koryazhma Pulp Mill 19. Kherson Cotton Factory 20. Spassk Cement Plant 21. Novosibirsk Chemical Plant 22. Semyonov Woodworking Plant 23. Mikhailovka Cement Plant 24. Automobile Chemical Plant 25. Krasnoselsk Porcelain Factory 26. Chernigov Cotton Mill 27. Biysk Chemical Plant 28. Ivanovo Agricultural Machinery Plant 29. Automotive Chemical Plant 30. Kemerovo Chemical Plant 31. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Chemical Plant 32. Indigirka Sulfur Plant Explanation: The map shows the planned construction of various factories and plants across the Soviet Union as part of the Five-Year Plan. The goal is to industrialize the country rapidly, close the gap with capitalist nations, and strengthen the USSR's economy. Key points include: Locations: Factories and plants are strategically placed in various regions, such as the Urals, Siberia, Ukraine, Leningrad, and Moscow, which are critical for industrial development. Connections to Power: The new factories will be connected to power stations, ensuring they have the necessary electricity to operate efficiently. Industrial Growth: The plan aims for a significant increase in industrial production, reaching 55 billion rubles. Strategic Industries: The listed factories and plants cover a range of industries, including textiles, chemicals, machinery, and more, highlighting a diversified industrial base. The map and accompanying text serve to communicate the ambitious goals of the Five-Year Plan to the public, showcasing the expected growth in industrial capacity and the economic strength it will bring to the Soviet Union., "A fine copy of this rare complex Constructivist panorama produced by A.M. Laptev, a gifted Soviet avant-garde graphic artist and graduate of VKhUTEMAS-VEKhUTEIN. Created to promote the vast industrial progress of Stalin's Five Year Plan through maps, charts, "Isotypes" and flaps that fold out to form an engaging visual essay on the then current economic state of the USSR. The panorama can be read in two directions: "The reader finds three maps: one for the electrification of the country, the second for the construction of factories, and the last for the collectivization of farms. Through these maps, young readers become familiar with a synchronic view of the Five-Year Plan ... Turning the book over and starting from the back cover, the reader is presented with targets for ten aspects of Soviet industry: electricity, factory construction, iron, coal, oil, the chemical industry, bread production, forestry, transportation, and culture. Laptev illustrates the situation before the implementation of the 1927-28 Five-Year Plan with both the text and pictures. The reader is invited to open the flaps on the pages to unfold the dramatic changes caused by implementation of the Five-Year Plan in each of these industries" (Duda, Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary, U. of Chicago exhibition 2011, No. 1)." (Ursus Books, 2024)