Academician V. S. Nemchinov on scientific problems of appropriate spatial distribution of country’s production powers (1949-1963)

The article analyses v. s. Nemchinov’s ideas on basic economic principles determining the tendencies of territorial public distribution of labour and problems of territorial reasonable distribution of production powers. It reveals the meaning of scientific, coordinating and expeditionary activities of Production Powers Studying Board under Science Academy of the uSSR. The work considers v. S. Nemchinov’s suggestions on directions of special expeditionary investigations on complex usage of natural resources of the USSR eastern regions and prospects of new industrial and power bases erection. In the end of the article the author makes a conclusion that v. S. Nemchinov grounded new suggestions on development of composite regional plans aimed at complete support of country’s eastern regions specific branches necessities as well as necessities of population. The author also puts forward a task of leveling the population living and culture standards by means of reasonable territorial distribution of surplus product.