THE VOSKRESSENSK 

CHEMICAL COMBINE 

THIS YEAR WILL MARK THE ENTRANCE OF 518 GIANT ENTERPRISES INTO THE RANKS OF SOCIALIST INDUSTRY. * THEY WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF TECHNOLOGY AND BUILT BY THE CREATIVE ENTHUSIASM OF THE MILLIONS OF THE WORKING CLASS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY. BEFORE THE EYES OF THE WHOLE WORLD, THE USSR IS TRANSFORMING ITSELF FROM A BACKWARD COUNTRY INTO AN ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL LAND AND COMPLETING THE FOUNDATION FOR ITS SOCIALIST ECONOMIC SYSTEM. * INDUSTRIALISATION IS THE MIGHTEST INSTRUMENT FOR THE REBUILDING OF THE VILLAGE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURE ON THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY. AMONG THESE 518 ENTERPRISES OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, WE FIND 10 LARGE-SCALE CHEMICAL COMBINES, EACH OF WHICH INCLUDES DOZENS OF MILLS AND FACTORIES. * THE COMBINES WILL FURNISH SUPPLIES FOR INDUSTRY AND NOURISHMENT FOR THE LAND THAT HAS BEEN BARBAROUSLY EXHAUSTED BY INDIVIDUAL FARMING. THE UNITS OF CHERNORECHENSKAYA. RUBEZHANSKY, PERM, KALATINSK, KONSTANTINOVKA, BEREZNIKI, AND OTHER ENTERPRISES OF THE BASIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ARE BEING OPENED, AND THE SUPERPHOSPHATE MILLS OF ODESSA AND VINNITSA ARE BEGINNING WORK. THE PLANS FOR THE VOSKRESSENSK 

IN MOSCOW REGION 

PHOTO BY M. ALPERT 

SUPERPHOSPHATE FACTORY 

GROUP OF CHEMICAL FACTORIES WERE DRAWN UP IN 1928/29 AND CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS ACTUALLY BEGUN IN 1930.  THESE FACTORIES SHOULD PLAY A DECISIVE R LE IN RAISING THE CROP YIELD OF MOSCOW AND THE NEIGHBOURING REGIONS, WHERE THE SOIL HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED BY PRIMITIVE FARMING METHODS. THE VOSKRESSENSK GROUP CONSISTS OF SULPHURIC ACID, PHOSPHATE, SUPERPHOSPHATE, AND PRECIPITATE FACTORIES.  PART OF THE COMBINE WILL BE OPENED IN 1931, AND IT WILL BE CARRYING ITS FULL LOAD IN 1932. IT WILL WORK ON LOCAL PHOSPHITES FROM THE QUARRIES AT VOSKRESSENSK AND LOPATINO.  BOTH THE COMBINE AND THE QUARRIES WILL BE FULLY MECHANISED. ELECTRIC EXCAVATORS ARE USED TO DIG THE PHOSPHITES, WHICH ARE HAULED TO THE WASHERS ON ELECTRIC DRIVEN TRIPS. * FROM THE WASHERS THEY ARE CARRIED BY ELECTRIC CONVEYORS TO THE BUNKERS OF AIR WAYS OPERATED BY ELECTRICITY, WHICH TRANSPORT THEM TO THE FACTORY. * THE COMBINE WILL PRODUCE ABOUT 200 000 TONS OF PHOSPHATES, ABOUT 100 000 TONS OF SUPERPHOSPHATES, AND 120000 TONS OF PRECIPITATES. THE PLAN OF THE COMBINE PROVIDES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION.  THE TOTAL COST OF THE COMBINE WILL COME TO ABOUT 43 MILLION ROUBLES 

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