... capitalist states had been fulfilled and this was seen as proof enough of the benefits of the five-year plans. The Soviet Union had made enormous economic progress but whilst beneath the surface this progress was unbalanced and was made amid chaos in both planning and application of policy which resulted in huge human cost the Soviet economy was transformed and ... rationing existed until 1936 and until that point many workers had to go hungry. Living conditions remained far below what the propaganda made out, and very few workers had running water, electricity or central heating, nor d...

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