Word: zwickau
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kremlin's new plans, which also include closing down unprofitable coal mines at Zwickau, cutting output of machine tools that Russia now produces, curtailing expansion of the ill-placed Stalinstadt steel works, building a merchant marine for Red China, and collectivizing more potato lands, spell harsh new shutdowns and uprootings for the East Germans. Nonetheless, it is a complete reversal of Russia's postwar practice of ripping up railroads, carrying off generators and machine tools...