INDUSTRY AND MINING IN SIBERIA

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
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J ~3ao~,n is grope and in Siberia - orb along ~ the rrd. ~i.
~ ~f~.th the introdi~ctian o~ the five�~ear pine soul ~oaroee
r~ere diaoovered in a1~, df~otioae, Ce~1. production ittarea+~e~ bran
3~,,cxx~ ~n~ ~ 198 to 1~~,~oo,~vn tots i~ 1937.
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the ragan~da b~~izi. ~ar'b~ i,~ ~hd ~au~u~ad area are onpper
c~epoait~, eco t~hie area ~e nv~? lu~~rt a�a ut~,ted copper ~.r~duetr~,a~.
. area and ~ vanside~red ~ part off' the ~rhl rued ~.nduetr~.a1 area
and tbee thud aaal ~l.e~.d ~.n itianae the ' SQVIet ~in3,o~.
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hpp~te~,g 10,E tc?~?e d~i~~ , s
~o~riet iroza reeerv�~ m~e ;~~tfaawted at 260,aoo t~
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c~ov~ ~ in the; o~~ap~a~?~ bade a~ ~~~m~
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d~poi~~t. Ih~ the +~~?oat~d -~'iir~~a~r ~ ~ha ~-~e~~~~,~ o
o~ppex eneltitag t~hi~ ere~? e~~ ~ pert off' . that p,~ap, ~ a~ ~ee~,
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aodern refin~.ng and c~heaiioa~, induetr,~.
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oper~?ti~at~, hydro-elaotr~.o p~~` Nate tu~cno~rn. ~m ~.9^~ ~,9t~~~1~A~
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kila~atte of eleotrio ener~pr rrae generated, is 193? 3i,~,OW .
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the current !or the t�~tixe i~duetry of Qentrall~sia; ~'he ~ratera
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yen c~ ned ~,n Morn ~~beri~o.
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~?leo to de~relop pry in the eastern at~ee.
t'~e ~~ltere, but
~~e bean bu~.lt the t~ra~ eu�h a+~ the
~u~bo~ab3,lo ~'a+ator~.ee ~
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bin~sk ~ a ~
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~actar;~. an electr~.~al ~chi.n~r'~'
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tine sae f
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van$truat~d gnm+ania, ox~rgein and ~odiu~ p~nte. ~t P~-�~,~,�.titl~t-~u
ther� ie tlne larg�st Potassium a~ilorata plant in the wor~,d. It ie
planned to csanr~eat it r~ith a aepper ~aatary and prvduae eu~,phu~rio
said.
A tinted cahamioal induet~! ee diatr~.ct lie been eetahlf,eh;~d a~�,
Aktyubinek iri girder to da~elop the gazakh stan ~ rvak
depoe~.te. There are nc~ sulphur marks ~.n the i'
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Tur~er~ d�sert. number off' other ~aetar~.ew aro i.n th� plk~~ng
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etegeA 1ax~g~~" to utilize Qla~'~`ber~e salts. I
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~t p~ngc~ to tine Taeh~~n~ sal�ctr?~c pa~w~ y~ nu+.a~?~~?~ i
aarbon base fert~,~,;.z~r, woad products faatoriee and rubber ~'r�~ ~
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The d�~elopmenfi~ of the ~a~et hea~yr indu~ try has been, he reta~ore,
~~t the expen+~e o~ light indu~~~ry and Food proaese~.n~;, but an interest
is norr being text in p't�an~ni~ a mrare �~uitable de~alopmer~t.

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The f fret t~evt~lwpmente in the teA~~l4 indue try tapk pleas ~
~eritra~, ~ i.a, ~.ate~ .an expanded to ~talinabad aid ~our;~u~di~sg
terri~.torp wbiah beau a aottan textile uniter~ induetr~.a~, ar�~a. ~
~'he good auppl:~ee a~ wAete~rn ~3,beria are being. exploited
~a~ paper manu~aoture and large .~i,~.~.s are be~,ng c~ona trusted.
'Mark-~9~b ra~.l~ay ie used ~ trar~~~y lt~ber to the ~ea~g
~~nt,Nr~ o~ C:gtt$.rm~ 6wa�i~�m�!
~volen, leather a~ ahse industries are be~.n~; p3.ann~d far
1~ehkir and gee tern ~ib~aria.
A l~~ga ~ebe~ sugar iaotora.es have been opened ~.n tih�
Ka ~L ~e~~n fir h~.z and yak Asa e,reae o In tha Novi
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met are ne!s!ly eab~i~s~d ass
a~ a a.l1~u ~r~.Q~9 ~-ul toaaocv ,~aQtvriee
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'~be south. The etu-~lawar nib. ~.t~uetry .j a being remo~~�d is
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oa ital Choy ~,pn~,i~n~e toward due ~rlt~
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t et'~'~.ci~?nt ~ prc~du~,~1~.~n, Choy gave hi~k? reed
ghat x.11 be ~?a
~la~i Q~' At1 7~'d~ta~lt~' 1'ti~ Yi~'~+ux'~ f ~ ordex
~o~ ~uitiri~ the laaa
~atgot poer~.b~.~.~?i�a off' the tie~up. vita ~"d
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~ e tc eeaure the ~u1te � ~it~
to t~i~ opa~~+~~a~ the air f
eec~sia~ aid eubeec~~.oo iar i~are~'til~1?'
an ~duatr~.a7. ar+~ ov+~ry
stabh the mot Q~~iciant ~r�~,at~.oneh~,p betxee~r the
p~ran4d to e
t~rialo snd the ' a~or e~poride~ vn they. ~'or ex~Ple
r it p~,,d to e~cploit at the ea~ne tio~ the
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rim tae ~aocated itt the eat area, eta,
~.ieh~nt 4~ ,ted i~~~,r~al areao tl~p ~~et
Iu the eetab
~ur$~1~ ~h~e acpt~g0 pl~u1 ao~o~-Yatior~
~ov~rnment eou~ht
i~u~ ~ ~ user eouroee o~ rax r~.ala,
of ~ratu~port.]' ~n p~
de~rolo i~~ r~evr a~ off' a coua� activ~,t~'.
aid at the game ti~,e p
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e heavsr ~.nduetry ah~ upo~ e~elti.~~ word ~ thr
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mot ~t rtar~t ~acto~ ~.r~ hea~? ~.a~duetry.
per;
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b~ conet~.vated ~ i~adueta"~ ~a ceii~~~.~~~,~
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eto. ~atterad a~ong thee+~ are ~anganeu+a, wino, and nioke~, ~rart~a,
a~,tugetbar constituting a verq oanaentz~eted trea?aure trove.
A second Ural ~Eusnetsk united industrial area ae~ers a?t g'~~tetak
the world's g~~eatest coal prvduaing area, along the ~k~ib
Railway. In x.937 this area praduoed ~q,t~l00~t~ tons o~ aoa~,. xt
ie punned to use b,~~ o~ the itarsk axe to aonetruot a slsalt�r
designed to produc� 1,6oQ,t?~o tom ~f p~.g-ir9~. It ig e~cpeoted
tbi+~ w~.ll be finished dur~.ng the third dive-year plan period.
the raw a~teriaa eupp~jr for the industrial areas a~entioned
above aural the raw o ned ~~i-~~arh~t~~ iron ~~.ne azanv~l
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production 8~0, UQ4 tvr~) 2 ~ '~aehlcea ~ ~'a rh
ti�n l to�~ a~~ the ro ea~ved Kao~erh~n�~lo~eu~k ~ g
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fan fining area.
with iron s~elting ae ~tsio industry aa~d a4m~inixtg noa~
fermi m~tallurgio$1 imiustry wi,~h ~.t, by aonstruating ~a'r
~aatori+~s, ch�a~.aai war1~ and -eleatria plants in th� ~a~is
area. a new city of ~uaneitsk with a pop�~,at~.on of ~~~J,OOA ' be
bu~.lt up within five yore.
~auth of nuyarsir~ qa yhn Siberian ?ilway era the ~.n~si~u+~
,goal a~nes pith estimat+sd reserves of 17,x,000, tor~ K~ ~ ire
ag~ih the figure deaeru~ on trey i~terpretati~on of the n~eri+cal
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'~'i8I70 ~~~d ~ivua~ubr5 ~rG~r vt~aa a a a vua~~ tapes vtr
1~.n~ (a~.th !l~tt3d ~`�serves ~~,~7a,000 t~nl1~ a are
i~ the rti~lt~ th~s~ ai"~~s ~t~ a ',~i`�.ited ~eta~,~.tirgiCal
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the Jewish Antonoa ~ravina~. ~~ortb a~ t~ is a Ruragra~ u~~ed
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'gofer from the 'lien ~ tango in ~o c~~:trai dese ~rs
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x~ti is evident, also,
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~aov~ed seat qr the ~erdh ar~�
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a population a~ ot~' ~ ~
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aia ~aotern ~ibc~ria hoe lagged behil~
a1`Id diatanae ~rvm ~urop~n ~
in industrial de~rel~op~aent.
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grater per and large reeera'ee v~ iron,
p�tential r~~V~ a~'
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go~te avver 74 perv
the xet~e � Uhera th� Siberian
1~eavy along the yanks off'
the area fvreet~? are whin
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aa~.l ie e,~,tpble for agr~,au~?ture�
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height. there are ' lakes xhi
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the Autvno~ue Republic
an area vne~f3~~ the eiee
t~rr~,ty~ a~' the ~e~ lover bae?,
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the mn~{r� Novi�t U~on,ore .
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develop~ent a~ricuZture.
u~+rategiaa,y the area oa�upieg an isportant poait~.o~
intez~national~r, a~~eatf~ng the relat3.c~? of Rui~efa, A~erioa and
Japa.~. .`t�r th� ocoupation o~ ~anchuri~a by~ Japan the ~wviet
~c~rt:~~~nr~e:~1 ~ regarded hor defense require~ente in this area as
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area t;~at aould de~'er~ ~ tae 'a~.nat ~ttaak. vlivosto~ hao
boon d�~~~.aped ;t~to a a~~'~ ~e~. Xhile troub~.ed by
floating ioe ~ ~n~e~ Vi~?d~.~i~~o~ fe not at any tip rea~,iy an
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