The Activities of State Authorities for the Protection of Water Resources of the Ob-Irtysh Basin in the 1970s
https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.3.96.021
Abstract
In this article, the author examines the activities of regional state authorities for the protection of water resources of the Ob-Irtysh river basin in the 1970s. The formation of Soviet environmental legislation in the 1960s and 1970s introduced protective rhetoric into the management of natural resources, including water resources. As part of the activities of State authorities, local executive committees of workers’ deputies are given the right to form specialized commissions, including those dealing with environmental protection issues.
At the same time, the 1970s were a period of active development of the territory of Western Siberia, primarily associated with the formation of the West Siberian oil and gas complex. This, in turn, could not but aff t the state of the main water source in the region, the Ob-Irtysh river basin.
In this regard, the main purpose of this article is to analyze the activities of regional state authorities for the protection of water resources. The methodological basis of the research was the concept of ecological history. The archival funds of the Historical Archive of the Omsk region, the State Archive of the Tyumen Region, as well as the State Archive of Ugra served as the source base for the research. It should be noted that the presented work has sufficient scientific novelty. The author conducts a comprehensive analysis of the activities of state authorities for the protection of water resources in the Ob- Irtysh region.
The author concludes that the waters of the Ob-Irtysh basin suff from complex pollution (petroleum products, household), and also had problems with water treatment.
About the Author
M. S. Mostovenko
Surgut State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mostovenko Maxim Stanislavovich — Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher, VNIK «Water Space as a Resource, Threat and Image in the Ecological History of the North of Western Siberia in the 19th — Early 20th Centuries», Associate Professor of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Education
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Mostovenko M.S. The Activities of State Authorities for the Protection of Water Resources of the Ob-Irtysh Basin in the 1970s. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2025;(3(96)):206-216. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.3.96.021
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