Industrialization in the Soviet Union is a genuine “economic miracle”. For a very mild historical period, in just one third of a century, the country’s economy, having begun with the destruction of the Civil War, having overcome the tests of the Patriotic War, has reached the level of a scientifi c and industrial complex capable of creating atomic bombs and space rockets. There are two opposite points of view explaining this “economic miracle.” The one — the economy of the Soviet Union was built by the prisoners of the GULAG; another point of view — the economy of our country was created by the hands of enthusiasts who believe in building a bright future. The article justifi es the third point of view: in our country, a staff mechanism was created, or a fram’s party apparatus, to select and promote personnel. Built into a social vertical elevator, it ensured the advancement of talented people upstairs, and the country’s economy with labor potential.