A statue of miner Nikita Izotov outside the Cultural Center on Lenin Avenue in Gorlovka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine. The statue was created by sculptor V.Kostin and architect N.Yakovlev. Izotov Movement, a form of Socialist competition in the Soviet Union was named after Izotov in 1932. The idea behind the movement was that achieving ultimate performance is possible by both mastering advanced production methods and sharing experience with less skilled workers.28.07.1982#6707932
After the 19th Congress of the Komsomol, a large group of 1,500 Komsomol members left for the Non-Black Earth Region to develop the area. Among them were young land reclamation engineers from Uzbekistan who went to the Novgorod Region. At the Leningradsky Railway Station in Moscow, shortly before the departure of the Moscow-Novgorod train.02.07.1982#6711318
After the 19th Congress of the Lenin All-Union Young Communist League (Komsomol), a large group of YCL members (1,500 people) went to develop the Non-Black Soil Zone. The group included young land reclamation specialists from Uzbekistan who left for the Novgorod Region. Photo: Welcoming a student construction team form the Uzbek SSR at a railway station in Novgorod.02.07.1982#6711310
After the 19th Congress of the Komsomol, a large group of 1,500 Komsomol members left for the Non-Black Earth Region to develop the area. Among them were young land reclamation engineers from Uzbekistan who went to the Novgorod Region. At the Leningradsky Railway Station in Moscow, shortly before the departure of the Moscow-Novgorod train.02.07.1982#6711307
Komsomol members from Uzbek SSR who came to the Novgorod Region following a call made at the 19th Congress of the Komsomol, to help develop the Non-Black Earth Region. A. Ablayev, construction worker.02.07.1982#6711304
Komsomol members from Uzbek SSR who came to the Novgorod Region following a call made at the 19th Congress of the Komsomol, to help develop the Non-Black Earth Region. A. Ashurkov is a member of the land reclamation team.02.07.1982#6711303
Komsomol members from Uzbek SSR who came to the Novgorod Region following a call made at the 19th Congress of the Komsomol, to help develop the Non-Black Earth Region. Ibragim Turdyev, worker at the Tashkentsky state farm, with twin daughters Nadezhda and Nargiza.02.07.1982#6711301
Komsomol members from Uzbek SSR who went to the Novgorod Region after the 19th Congress of the Komsomol, to help develop the Non-Black Earth Region.02.07.1982#6711300
"Labor Victory" sculpture, by Vadim Sokolov. 1950. The sculpture was showcased at the exhibition of Leningrad (St. Petersburg currently) artists at Manezh.01.07.1976#789031
Hundreds of thousands of Soviet students worked over a summer during the third labor semester at socially important construction sites. Future scientists, engineers and doctors became bricklayers, assembly engineers and construction workers. Students from Ivanovo depart for a summer labor semester.16.07.1974#6596943
Welder Lyuba Tsyganok at the construction of Kiev Hydroelectric Station, Ukrainian SSR. A photo from the exhibition fund.30.07.1964#6016108
Loading ore at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, a shock construction project in the 1930s.14.05.1932#6106169
The Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, a shock construction project in the 1930s. in 1932, the plant’s first blast furnace started smelting cast iron.14.05.1932#6106168
Members of the Young Communist League holding a rally before going to Vologda for timber-rafting in 1930. Reprophoto.01.07.1930#711699
Workers, builders of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, read a socialist emulation report on a bulletin board.14.05.1930#6106165
The famous Magnitka (Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works) was the most ambitious construction projects in the 1930s. The project largely involved manual labor.14.05.1930#6106163
A meeting of workers building Magnitogorsk city and the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, the largest construction project of the 1930s.14.05.1930#6106162
Workers started building a railway prior to construction of the famous Magnitka, the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. In June 1929, traffic was launched along the new railway, now the South Ural Railway, toward Magnitogorskaya station.14.05.1929#6106164
