Video - Rapid Rise of Magnitogorsk and the Dark Side of the Soviet Union

Did you know that during the Soviet Union era, there was a city called Magnitogorsk that was built from scratch in just four years? It was constructed to house workers for a massive steel plant. Also, in the 1930s, the Soviet Union implemented a policy called "dekulakization," where wealthy peasants known as kulaks were stripped of their property and sent to labor camps. Additionally, Josef Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, had a secret police force called the NKVD, which was responsible for carrying out purges and executing political opponents. The Soviet Union was truly a fascinating and complex period of history!