The history of the development of the Stalinets heavy caterpillar tractors (1932–1950)

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The article examines the history of the development of the Stalinets caterpillar tractors in the context of tackling the economic and military tasks facing the USSR during the first four Five-Year Plans. The main tasks of the Five-Year Plans are specified. The South Urals region is characterized as a center of industrialization and collectivization pursued in the Soviet Union since 1928. The formation of the South Urals scientific school of agricultural engineering at the Chelyabinsk Institute of Mechanization and Electrification is shown. Performance characteristics of the Stalinets tractors, exemplified by their operation in extreme environments (Yakutian permafrost, World War II, South Pole exploration), are analyzed. It is emphasized that industrially implemented engineering developments significantly exceeded technical and operational characteristics of the heavy caterpillar tractors.

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Yulia S. Tsench

Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM

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Email: vimasp@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 1-i Institutsky proezd, 5, Moscow, 109428

Elena V. Godlevskaya

A. V. Yakovlev Chelyabinsk State Industrial and Humanitarian College

Email: elengodl@ya.ru
Russian Federation, Ul. Mashinostroitelei, 31, Chelyabinsk, 454139

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