The Third Unfinished Five-Year Plan – on the Brink of War (1938–1941)

The sixth volume of Mikhail Vostryshev''s series is dedicated to the pre-war period in the history of the Soviet Union — a time when the country was experiencing the consequences of large-scale party purges and repressions. Despite losses and fear, Soviet people began to notice the first signs of improvement in their lives: hunger had receded, clothes appeared in stores, and some city dwellers wer...