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Russian Spirit Keeps Soviet Railways Ready for War
Soviet reporter Ilya Ehrenburg recalls how Russian spirit sustains the vast rail network crucial to wartime logistics. He cites engineers like Peter Uzhakov enduring 70 hours in the cab, rail workers uncoupling ammo cars under bombardment, and lines in Siberia and Central Asia running normally. The piece notes railroads moved factories east, expanded capacity, and that American and British materiel pass through ahead of schedule.
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United Press
Kuibyshev
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Peter Uzhakov
K. I. Philipov
Siberia
Central Asia
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