Creation material fundament of construction industry on the north of West Siberian (second half of ХХ century)

After the discovery in the north of the Tyumen oblast' the biggest in the country oil and gas province town-planning policy of the region formed in a sharp discussion between the supporters of "inner" and "outer" settlement of labour forces. The followers of the "inner" model insisted on the necessity to build big cities with well-developed social and cultural infrastructure while the supporters of the second variant saw the economical benefits in the work on rotational basis when the specialists came from the mainland and lived temporarily in small villages. In the result of fruitful debates of highly respected scientists and experts the first variant was chosen. The supporters' strategy of the town-planning on the outback territory of the Asian North emanated from the fair necessity to include the region in the active economical process and to overcome if essential its non-diversified orientation. It was necessary to accomplish deep cultural reforms of the 1930s - 1950s, to involve the native population of the region into the values of contemporary civilization and to find an effective decision of demographical problems of the population settlement on the territory of the country. The chosen strategy demanded huge financial and labour expenses. The town-planning in the north of Western Siberia did not possess the necessary material fundament. There was an absolute absence not only of enterprises which produced building bulk material constructions, but even of engineered pits of sand, grail and breakstone. An outstanding role in creating the building industry on the north of Western Siberia played a talented organizer of construction operations A.S. Barsukov. The Central Administrative Board with special powers "Glavtyumengasstroy" headed by A.S. Barsukov managed to provide during the first period of time a delay-free supply of industrial, civil and house construction by necessary mechanisms and materials which were delivered from the mainland due to effective transport and provision work of the Board. Simultaneously the Board at the end of 60s - 70s managed to establish a proper construction base of the West-Siberian oil complex by bringing into operation in Tyumen, Surgut, Tobolsk, Lokosovo, Kharpa and other northern towns and villages the enterprises of local construction industry.

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