This book is a documentary evidence of an American worker, eyewitness and participant in the construction of Magnitogorsk. In 1931, carried away by the idea of ​ ​ building a new society in the Soviet Union, D. Scott came to Magnitogorsk. Working as a welder, then, after the completion of construction, as a workshop foreman, he lived for five years among Soviet people. A vivid, emotional description of the life of workers contains many interesting details and details and is a chronicle of the events and destinies of Soviet people during the first five-year plan.