Siberia is a vast territory stretching thousands of kilometers from the Far East to the Urals, with immense and diverse natural wealth.

A favorable combination of natural and economic factors is leading to the establishment of large production complexes of national and global significance. The key to unlocking the natural wealth of the remote and almost inaccessible regions of Siberia is the Baikal-Amur Railway, which is linked to the long-term plan for exploiting the Eastern part of the Soviet Union.

This book covers the distribution of productive forces, the construction of major industrial enterprises and electric power stations, the development of transportation, the laying of gas pipelines, and the emergence of new cities.

The author, Prof. Boris Orlov, D.Sc. (Economics), has lived and worked in Siberia for many years, which accounts for the vivid and absorbing narration.

Translated from the Russian by David Marks
Designed by Victor Batishchev

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Contents

Foreword 5

1. FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY 9
The Principal Stages of Economic Development 10
The Establishment of Siberian Science 34

2. THE SPRINGBOARD OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 48
Why Should Siberia’s Growth Rate Be Higher Than That of the Country as a Whole? 49
The Union of Science and Industry as the Accelerator of Economic Growth 66

3. INDUSTRY STRIDES AHEAD 83
The Future of Siberian Coal 85
Siberian Oil and Gas—“The Discovery of the Century” 93
The Future of Chemicals 116
The Siberian Power Industry 121
New Metallurgical Centres 131
Timber Complexes 142
Mechanical Engineering and Other Industries 148
The Baikal-Amur Railway — the Project of the Century 157

4. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIBERIAN REGION 161