Word: ishchenko
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...overcrowded, uncomfortable, dirty; food is scanty and not too good; the water supply is whimsical. But when news comes that a rival construction at Kharkov has broken the record for concrete pouring, shock-brigaders gird up their dirty loins, beg permission to have a try at the record themselves. Ishchenko's brigade gets the honor. It is partly like a sporting event, more like a battle. There are two deserters; one brigader runs several miles from the hospital where his wife is having a baby, to be on time; at a crucial moment the cement runs out: then some...
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