PRIORITIES OF PARTY-STATE BODIES OF THE USSR IN FINANCING AND PLACEMENT OF ENTERPRISES OF TIMBER PROCESSING COMPLEX IN THE FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN (1928-1932)

Abstract

In the Soviet Union, with the beginning of the first five-year plan (1928-1932), it was planned to carry out on a large scale the reconstruction and construction of forest industry enterprises, bringing them closer to the sources of raw materials. Large production facilities in the fields of mechanical processing and deep processing of wood were to appear in different regions of the country, but primarily in the European North and the Ural. Active industrial development of the northern and eastern regions of the country led to increased interest of researchers, including on issues of capital investments and new construction in the forest industry. However, many aspects have been unaffected or considered superficially. This updates the appeal to the problems of financing and placement of enterprises in the forest industry. The basic theory is the concept of modernization. The novelty of the study is that for the first time an analysis of the indicators of the first five-year plan and statistical data on the forest industry has been undertaken, and the peculiarities of the placement of enterprises of the industry have been summarized. Conclusions were drawn about the plans of the party-state bodies of the Soviet Union to develop the spheres of mechanical processing and deep processing of wood, including the combination of enterprises, the approach of new industries to forest areas and waterways in the northern, north-eastern and eastern regions of the country. However, due to economic, technological, natural and resource reasons, during the first five-year plan, the emphasis on financing of the forest industry shifted to the development of forests and the construction of mechanical wood processing plants. Many indicators of the plan have not been implemented, a number of large projects, especially in the pulp and paper industry, have not been implemented.