IRL #5

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/coll.html

This is an article/document from the Russian Archives (in the Library of Congress). It connects to what we're learning in class because it's about Stalin's collectivisation and industrialization plans. It enhances what we've learned by providing more details on the expectations, methods, focuses, and numerical goals of the First Five Year Plan (e.g. a goal of a "330 percent expansion in heavy industry alone"). Since this is from the Library of Congress which is a pretty reputable source, there are not many limitations for using this in the area of reliability, but a reader does have to sort for useful information and factual evidence among some of the words like "unrealistic" and "incalculable" that can form early judgements in the reader's mind about Stalin's plans...