Home – Home – Jornals – Humanitarian sciences in Siberia 2014 number

The article evaluates the current situation in the foreign historiography of the development of Siberian construction industry. The author considers 30 publications dealing with this topic; reveals main problems that caught the researchers’ attention. Foreign historians traced how the capital construction was connected with implementation of economic state policy aimed at realization of nationwide programs. They demonstrated how narrow departmental interests hampered the investment process in Siberia. Among the major factors in the development of the region’s productive forces scholars determined the military-strategic and export interests, the country’s aspiration to obtain the missing raw materials and finished goods. Foreign researchers paid much attention to the creation of West Siberian oil and gas complex, duly appreciated its significance for Russia and world economy. Another important issue attracting the researchers’ attention is a large-scale energy construction on the Yenisei and Angara Rivers. These authors traced the relationship between the construction of hydroelectric power plants and creation of large industrial hubs and regional industrial complexes. Foreign specialists also considered the extent of use of forced labor of prisoners, migrants, prisoners of war and internees. The most commonly use forms of manpower recruitment were organized recruitment, appeal to the public, sending college and vocational schools graduates to the trusts.