“The Foundation Pit” is one of Andrei Platonov's most famous works, written in the late 1920s. The novella recounts the construction of a massive excavation pit for the foundation of the 'All-Proletarian House,' intended to symbolize the new world. Through the fates of workers and peasants, the author depicts the tragedy of collectivization and industrialization, reflecting the contradictions of the Soviet era and the absurdity of the utopian ideas of that time.