In this decade, the film The First Echelon dramatised a romantic relationship between two people that worked on one programme in this decade. The initiator of one programme in this decade awarded the Gold Star to Alexei Larionov for his province’s success, only later to find out his figures had been falsified in the Ryazan (-5[1])affair. The first year of that programme in this decade saw the creation of 425 new sovkhozy (“suv-HOZH-ee”). This decade saw the abolition of the (*) Machine Tractor Stations. The Sixth Five Year Plan was launched in this decade but rapidly abandoned. The “Corn Campaign” (10[1])of one leader in this decade included an unsuccessful attempt at cultivation in Siberia. For 10 points, the Virgin Lands Campaign took place in which decade, that also saw Roswell Garst’s corn farm visited (10[1])by Nikita Khrushchev? ■END■ (10[1])