Historical Events tagged with "electrification"
Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.
Adoption of the GOELRO Economic Plan
The GOELRO economic development plan was approved by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR in a pivotal move aimed at rebuilding the war-torn economy of Soviet Russia. Spearheaded by figures such as Leon Trotsky and Gleb Krzhizhanovsky, it proposed a comprehensive strategy for the electrification and industrialization of the nation. The plan sought to harness and integrate various sectors of the economy to enhance productivity, improve living standards, and lay the foundation for a planned economy, a vision that appealed to the Bolshevik leadership.
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