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THE preliminary arrangements have recently been announced by the Soviet Government for the rehabilitation of the different regions of the U.S.S.R. oas they are liberated from the Germans. A Commission has been set up representing forestry, timber osupply and other interests to arrange for the erection of buildings on the collective farms and of dwellings for the workers. Use is to be made of local supplies of brick or artificial stone of various kinds, and of houses prefabricated in factories: the standard is to be a flat for four families, and thirteen factories are to be put into operation with a capacity of eighty fiats per month. The Agricultural Bank will allow 10,000 roubles credit to each family for a period of seven years.
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REHABILITATION OF THE SCORCHED EARTH IN THE U.S.S.R. Nature 152, 424 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152424a0
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