Day Shift at MagnitogorskBeginning in 1928, Stalin’s government issued a series of ambitious five-year plans designed to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly. The plans focused primarily on boosting heavy industry and included the building of a gigantic steel complex at Magnitogorsk in the Ural Mountains. Here, steelworkers review production goals at the Magnitogorsk foundry. (© Sovfoto)