Today we talk about the rapid industrialization the Soviet Union underwent in the beginning of the 20th century. How was a backwards, agrarian society able to accomplish in decades what took other nations nearly a century? What role did the United States and Americans play in helping the Soviet Union industrialize? And as the climate crisis demands restructuring of our own economy, what lessons are there to be learned from the Soviet Union industrialization?

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