USSR in Construction No. 5, 1934
Date Made: 1934-05
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: paper; ink; metal
Measurements: 45 3/4 in x 16 1/2 in; 116.205 cm x 41.91 cm; 11 3/4 in x 16 3/4 in; 29.845 cm x 42.545 cm
Oversized blue and gold colorblocked magazine journal with navy and tan writing. It focused on the development of Soviet agricultural industrialization and the meat industry under the Second Five-Year Plan. It details the construction and operations of major meat-packing plants in Moscow, Leningrad, Baku, Semipalatinsk, and other cities, emphasizing their role in expanding meat production and consumption across the USSR. The magazine details the growth of collective stock farms, state hog farms, and the creation of slaughterhouses, with particular attention to quality control measures, including the testing of carcasses by sanitary doctors and shows lab workers examining meat samples. It also covers the by-product and cold storage sections of the plants, as well as specialized equipment like the albumen drying pulverizing tower and Taabs-boilers. The issue highlights the Party goal of doubling and tripling meat consumption as part of this industrialization effort.
Accession Number: 2024.053.001