‘On the Front Line – Road and Railroad Workers, Power Engineers and the Army’. The So-Called 1979 ‘Winter of the Century’ on the Example of the Lubusz Land Cover Image

„Na pierwszej linii drogowcy, kolejarze, energetycy i wojsko”. Tak zwana zima stulecia 1979 roku na przykładzie Ziemi Lubuskiej
‘On the Front Line – Road and Railroad Workers, Power Engineers and the Army’. The So-Called 1979 ‘Winter of the Century’ on the Example of the Lubusz Land

Author(s): Robert Skobelski
Subject(s): History, Oral history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Winter of the Century; Lubusz Land; power industry; transport; heat engineering; industry;agriculture;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the effects of the so-called ‘Winter of the Century’ of 1979 on the example of the Lubusz Land in a broad national context. The conditions in the country and the region were analysed in various domains of economic and social life: transport and communication, the energy and heating systems, trade and supply, and also in relation to industrial and agricultural problems. The then authorities’ incompetence was emphasised as a result of political system weaknesses, leading to numerous failures and organisational chaos.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 149-187
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish