Features of the Development of Economic Activity in the Natural Areas of the Yenisei Region in the XIX–XX Centuries
https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.99.6.020
Abstract
The Yenisei Province was established in 1822 within the Yenisei River basin, where the Krasnoyarsk and Turukhansk districts of Tomsk Province had previously existed. The Yenisei province has unique geographical location as it stretches from south to north along the Yenisei River for 2,800 versts (2,985 km), encompassing six natural zones. The purpose of the research is to study the characteristics of economic development across various natural zones of the Yenisei River during both the imperial and Soviet periods. The Yenisei Province existed until May 1925, when the Achinsk, Minusinsk, Khakass, Kansk, and Krasnoyarsk districts previously established within its boundaries, were incorporated into the Siberian Region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). However, the agrarian and industrial development of the Yenisei region in Krasnoyarsk Krai, established in 1934, necessitated the restoration of economic ties that had historically been formed within the Yenisei Province. During the Great Patriotic War, industrial development in Krasnoyarsk Krai accelerated due to the evacuation of industrial enterprises from the western regions. The state policy aimed at developing the productive forces in the eastern regions of the USSR resulted in prioritized industrialization of the area, leveraging its unique natural resources.
The study is grounded in modernization theory. The researchers examined documents of government officials and scholars published during the Imperial period. The analysis of the Soviet period was carried out on the basis of archival documents of the executive bodies of the provincial, district, and regional councils of deputies, as well as their planning commissions, which have been introduced into academic circulation for the first time. The study is valuable both for understanding the history of the region and for informing management decision-making by incorporating the experience accumulated during the period under review.
About the Authors
S. T. Gaidin
Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gaidin Sergei Tihonovich — Doctor of History, Professor, Head of Department of History and Political Science of the Law Institute
G. A. Burmakina
Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Burmakina Galina Aleksandrovna — Candidate of Science (History), Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Human Ecology of the Institute for Economics and Management of Agricultural Complex
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Gaidin S.T., Burmakina G.A. Features of the Development of Economic Activity in the Natural Areas of the Yenisei Region in the XIX–XX Centuries. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2025;(6(99)):207-217. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.99.6.020
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