The Foundation Pit

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The Foundation Pit (1929–1930) (Kotlovan) is a gloomy symbolical and satirical novel by Andrey Platonov. The plot of the novel concerns a group of workers in the early Soviet Union attempting to dig out a huge foundation pit, on the base of which a gigantic House for all Proletariat will be built. The workers dig daily, but they slowly cease understanding meaning in their work; the enormous foundation pit sucks out all their energy.

Along with Zamyatin, Platonov created one of the first state-control dystopias of the 20th century that had influence on such consequent masterpieces as Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World.


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