 Vitaly Lelchuk also draws attention to the fact that by the beginning of the winter of 1941 the territory was occupied, where before the war 42% of the population of the Soviet Union lived, 63% of coal were mined, 68% of pig iron smelted, etc.Lelchuk notes that "Victory had to be forged not with the help of the powerful potential that was created during the years of accelerated industrialisation".The material and technical base of such giants built during the years of industrialisation, such as Novokramatorsk and Makeevka metallurgical plants, DneproGES, etc., was at the disposal of the invaders.