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Word: chapcherginsk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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...Eastern Front. The Trans-Siberian railroad has been double-tracked all the way to Vladivostok, but is extremely vulnerable. If it were cut, the chief cities - Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Komsomolsk-would be isolated. Further north two new lines are being rushed. Biggest industrial enterprise in the Far East is the Chapcherginsk Tin Combinat, which produces 65% of all Soviet tin. No. 1 industrial center is Komsomolsk, where the Amur Steel Works turn out more than 750,000 tons of finished steel products per year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Siberian Bastion | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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