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You can read more about https://www.history.com/news/soviet-union-stalin-weekend-labor-policy https://www.history.com/news/soviet-union-stalin-weekend-lab... and I also bought the books and it was amazing.
- mantas 4y agoThis was true for a very short time though. That’s like painting whole USSR in the spirit of NEP or the corn experiment or Holodomor. On the other hand, all of that is a good example how experimental and far-reaching the totalitarian regime was. Which is a frequently overlooked feature of this „progressive“ mindset. Every societal change comes with a cost, frequently unexpected.
- meerita 4y agoYes, most of the things we discuss weren't applied the entire 80 years it lasted, and not even totally in all territories. But you all get the point.