Pivovarov Nikita Yu.,
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
G.M. Malenkov and Energy Development Plans for Eastern Siberia. December 1955
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2020-1-17
The publication introduces to scientific circulation G.M. Malenkov’s report on the creation of an energy base in the east of the USSR and the development of a complex of energy-intensive industries on its basis. A content of the document is important for understanding both the history of the Angara-Yenisei industrial region and the history of hydropower in the USSR. During the postwar period, special attention to development of this region due was given to the need to attract new raw materials and energy resources for the growing industry. In late November – early December, 1955, while serving as Minister of Energy industry of the USSR, G.M. Malenkov made a number of control trips across the Urals and Siberia. As a result of this work Malenkov came to disappointing conclusion about the state of affairs in the Urals energy system. He advocated the prompt construction of hydropower plants on the Angara and Yenisei rivers and accelerated industrial development of local fuel and raw materials resources. In the author’s opinion, G.M. Malenkov’s report served as a starting point for the subsequent implementation of the project to build cascades of hydroelectric power plants on the Angara and Yenisei rivers.
Publishing: 28/02/2020
How to cite: Pivovarov N.Yu. G.M. Malenkov and Energy Development Plans for Eastern Siberia. December 1955 // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 1 (9), pp. 235–260. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-1-17.pdf
Links: Issue 1 2020
Keywords: the Soviet power engineering; East Siberia; Angara-Yenisei industrial region; HPP; Presidium of CPSU Central Committee; G.M. Malenkov